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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DEWA and NanoAvionics collaborated to launch the first U3 nanosatellite as part of DEWA’s Space-D program.
NanoAvionics built three satellites on Transporter-3: DEWA-SAT 1, HYPSO-1, and ETV-A1.
NanoAvionics received a contract from Lemu to build a biodiversity observation satellite mission named Lemu Nge.
NanoAvionics built satellites for missions that included NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s first astrophysics payload in 20 years.
In 2019 NanoAvionics received a €10 million grant from the EU Horizon 2020 program and ESA to develop and launch the initial stage of a Global Internet of Things (GIoT) nanosatellite constellation.
NanoAvionics launched the first nanosatellite equipped with green propulsion.
NanoAvionics received a €1 million grant from the European Space Agency in 2024 to develop new technologies for small satellite propulsion systems.
NanoAvionics, together with other UN:IO consortium members, will start a feasibility study granted €1.4 million by the European Commission to create a sovereign communications network for Europe by 2025.
NanoAvionics booked the launch of its MP42 satellite on the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission planned for 2022.
NanoAvionics will provide a modular 16U satellite bus for the Contec mission that will consist of Contec’s laser communication terminal and an integrated imager with 1.5-meter resolution.
Contec signed a contract with NanoAvionics for an Earth observation satellite that will launch in the second half of 2023 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
D2/Atlacom-1 is a 6U nanosatellite supplied by NanoAvionics that launched earlier 2021 and is currently collecting hyperspectral data.
Contec provides ground station services and will collaborate with NanoAvionics to extend NanoAvionics’ global transmission cadence for mission operations.
EarthTV-1 is a 16U nanosatellite supplied by NanoAvionics for British space company Sen to provide real-time and Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth.
The payload of NanoAvionics’ modular 16U satellite bus will consist of an integrated imager with 1.5 m resolution supplied by a NanoAvionics partner and Contec’s laser communication terminal.
The contract between NanoAvionics and Contec establishes a two-way collaboration in which Contec will provide ground station services and NanoAvionics intends to use those services for future mission operations to extend its global transmission cadence.
NanoAvionics signed a contract with Contec to supply a 16U nanosatellite and provide mission integration and launch services for the Korean company.
D2/Atlacom-1 is a 6U nanosatellite supplied by NanoAvionics that launched earlier 2021 and is currently collecting hyperspectral data.
EarthTV-1 is a 16U nanosatellite supplied by NanoAvionics for British space company Sen that is about to provide real-time Ultra-High Definition video of Earth.
The launch of the Earth observation nanosatellite supplied under the NanoAvionics–Contec contract is planned for the first half of 2023.