Nanoracks is a private American in-space services company that builds space hardware and repurposing tools. They are known for facilitating experiments and launching CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit and operate a commercial laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Nanoracks also built the Bishop Airlock for launching payloads from the ISS and counts NASA among its major partners/customers. The company's services support microgravity research and small satellite deployment.
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NanoRacks is based in Houston and handles launches of smallsats from the International Space Station by taking them to the station on cargo spacecraft for later deployment or deploying them from the cargo spacecraft after departure.
NanoRacks signed its first customer for rideshares on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 2018-12-19.
NanoRacks began offering space on PSLV launches in August 2017, enabling placement of satellites into polar orbits not accessible from the ISS.
NanoRacks is working with Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH of Germany to manufacture the deployers that will be used for the PSLV mission.
Spire will launch four three-unit Lemur cubesats on a PSLV in March 2019 under a deal brokered by NanoRacks.
Lockheed Martin is partnering with commercial payload service provider NanoRacks to solicit ideas for payloads to fly on Orion missions.
Lockheed Martin partnered with NanoRacks in part because NanoRacks has extensive experience flying experiments to the International Space Station and deploying satellites from the ISS.
Astranis Space Technologies will work with NanoRacks to fund a future launch of a university-built 1U cubesat.
NanoRacks has deployed 223 satellites from the International Space Station to date.
Many of the satellites launched from Kibo were deployed in cooperation with NASA and NanoRacks.