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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NanoAvionics of Columbia, Illinois is designing and building the 12U cubesat for the ACS3 technology demonstration.
The NanoAvionics R2 cubesat launched in November 2020 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Accion TILE thrusters have flown on cubesats including the NanoAvionics D2/Atlacom-1 and OQ Technology’s Tiger-2 cubesat launched 2021-06-30 on the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare flight.
NanoAvionics built, tested, and launched the D2 / Atlacom-1 satellite in eight months.
The agreement to fly Dragonfly’s Mantis imaging payload on NanoAvionics D2/AtlaCom-1 was reached in October 2020.
The five payloads on the NanoAvionics 6U D2/AtlaCom-1 nanosatellite are Dragonfly Aerospace’s Mantis hyperspectral imager, CubeCom’s high-gain XANT4 X‑Band antenna and an upgraded XTX X‑band downlink transmitter, CubeSpace’s CubeStar Star Tracker, and Accion Systems’ TILE Thruster.
The second satellite onboard Transporter-2 is OQ Technology’s Tiger-2, a 6U spacecraft built by NanoAvionics.
NanoAvionics built, tested, and launched the D2 / Atlacom-1 satellite in eight months.
NanoAvionics builds about 95% of its satellite subsystems in-house with a controlled stock of components and raw materials.
NanoAvionics will develop the only satellite manufacturing facility in Columbia, Illinois to serve as its main U.S. hub.
NanoAvionics will produce numerous nano- and microsatellite buses at the Columbia facility for both single missions and constellations.
NanoAvionics has already tested the first satellites at its Columbia facilities for U.S. customer missions.
NanoAvionics intends to hire around 100 people by the end of 2022, with about half of those hires for the Columbia hub.
OQ Technology ordered a second satellite from NanoAvionics on 2021-05-10 to connect IoT devices to 0.005 kg technology.
NanoAvionics will build, integrate, and operate a 6U nanosatellite called Tiger-2 for launch in 2021.
Tiger-2 continues the collaboration between NanoAvionics and OQ Technology following MACSAT, which is the world’s first agile smallsat mission dedicated to 0.005 kg IoT in low Earth orbit led by OQ Technology and supplied by NanoAvionics.
NanoAvionics signed a contract with OQ Technology to build, integrate, and operate a smallsat named Tiger-2 for OQ Technology’s 0.005 kg IoT mission.
NanoAvionics established communications with Bravo, the second smallsat it built and launched for Aurora Insight.
NanoAvionics built the M6P buses, integrated the sensor payloads, and provided launch and operation services for Aurora Insight.
NanoAvionics announced plans on 2021-03-23 to build larger microsatellites, expanding from buses in the 12- to 35-kilogram range to 50 kg or more.