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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Kongsberg NanoAvionics will expand its Lithuanian facilities in Vilnius and Kaunas to focus on serial manufacturing of satellite buses.
Kongsberg acquired a 77 percent controlling interest in NanoAvionics at an enterprise value of EUR 65 million on 8 September 2022.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will expand its Lithuanian facilities in Vilnius and Kaunas to focus on serial manufacturing of satellite buses.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will expand its Lithuanian facilities in Vilnius and Kaunas to focus on serial manufacturing of satellite buses.
Kongsberg acquired a 77 percent controlling interest in NanoAvionics at an enterprise value of 65,000,000 EUR on 2022-09-08.
The MP42 microsatellite bus weighs more than 50 kg and is NanoAvionics’ largest satellite bus to date.
NanoAvionics plans to add about 2,000 square meters of floor space at its facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The three Kongsberg-ordered spacecraft will be based on NanoAvionics’ MP42 microsatellite bus.
Roughly half of the components used for NanoAvionics’ satellite buses were sourced from outside suppliers six years ago, compared to around 20% today.
NanoAvionics’ current defense customers include Kongsberg, which ordered three satellites earlier 2022 for a maritime surveillance mission covering the North Sea.
Lithuania-based NanoAvionics built the spacecraft bus for Droid.001.
Lithuania-based NanoAvionics built the satellite bus for Turion Space’s Droid.001.
NanoAvionics began bulk buying components in 2020 to invest in stock against unusual market behavior.
NanoAvionics engineers used data-heavy images and videos during the LEOP (launch and early orbit phase) to verify the PC 2.0 payload controller is ready for advanced onboard data-processing applications.
NanoAvionics stripped down the GoPro Hero 7, fabricated a custom housing for the electronics, and produced a custom selfie stick to operate the camera in space.
NanoAvionics offers its microsatellite buses as part of an end-to-end mission infrastructure that includes launch and logistics, a ground station network, and mission operations.
The MP42 microsatellite was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in April of 2022 for NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite bus heritage mission.
The MP42 platform gained flight heritage in April, marking NanoAvionics’ expansion out of the 10-kilogram-and-under nanosatellite class.
The MP42D bus enables NanoAvionics to host customer payloads of up to 145 kg.
NanoAvionics announced the MP42 product line in March 2021.