Kongsberg NanoAvionics is a small satellite mission integrator and manufacturer, specializing in high-performance CubeSats, nanosatellites, and microsatellites. They offer standardized small satellite platforms and end-to-end mission services, with over 80 satellites launched or in production for customers in over 35 countries. As a subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, NanoAvionics partners with major players like NASA, ESA, and Thales Alenia Space, providing satellite buses and propulsion systems for various applications including remote sensing and telecommunications. They are known for enabling space-based connectivity and remote sensing, and for their contributions to the NewSpace economy.
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Alpha is one of four NanoAvionics-built satellites deployed to low Earth orbit on SpaceX Transporter-6.
NanoAvionics’ mission control center confirmed successful communications with all four Transporter-6 satellites and is executing the early operations phase (LEOP) to configure and validate the satellites for their primary mission objectives.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver and launch more than 20 satellites in 2023, up from 15 in 2022.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver and launch more than 20 satellites to customers in 2023, up from 15 in 2022.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first satellite weighing more than 100 kg based on the MP42 microsatellite bus in 2023.
NanoAvionics is planning a second solar sail mission using a 12U nanosatellite bus to host NASA’s composite solar sail system ACS3.
NanoAvionics’ mission control center confirmed communications with all four Transporter-6 satellites and is executing the early operations phase (LEOP) to configure and validate the satellites for their primary mission objectives.
The 6U nanosatellite 'Alpha' launched on Transporter-6 was manufactured by NanoAvionics for French space startup Gama.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver and launch more than 20 satellites in 2023, up from 15 in 2022.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first 100+ kilogram satellite based on the MP42 microsatellite bus in the stated plan.
NanoAvionics is planning a second solar sail mission using a 12U smallsat bus to carry NASA’s composite solar sail system ACS3.
NanoAvionics, a Lithuanian company, supplied part of the Gama Alpha platform including electrical systems, telecommunications, and on-board cards.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract to supply Constellr with two MP42 smallsat buses.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics signed a contract to supply Constellr with two MP42 microsatellite buses.
Absolut Sensing and Kongsberg NanoAvionics aim to achieve the first GEN1 launch in early 2024.
NanoAvionics provided consulting services and a feasibility study for Constellr’s initial satellite constellation and has collaborated with Constellr since the startup’s early days.
NanoAvionics will support Absolut Sensing toward a first GEN1 launch in early 2024.
Under the mission agreement NanoAvionics will provide a 16U nanosatellite bus, payload integration services, a satellite testing campaign, launch services, and satellite operations for GEN1.
Absolut Sensing ordered the chassis for a 16U satellite called Gen1 from Lithuania’s NanoAvionics for a launch in early 2024.
Kongsberg acquired a 77 percent controlling interest in NanoAvionics at an enterprise value of EUR 65 million on 8 September 2022.