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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Tiger-4 satellite assembly took place at NanoAvionics facilities in Kongsberg.
Under the three-satellite order, NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 around 0.005 kg NB-IoT payloads provided by OQ Technology.
NanoAvionics has received an order from 0.005 kg telecoms operator OQ Technology for three additional satellites.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 at its MAIT facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Tiger-2 is a 6U cubesat built by NanoAvionics and launched in June 2021 aboard SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 dedicated rideshare mission.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 and previously built Tiger-2, Tiger-3, and MACSAT.
The three 6U nanosatellites Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 will be built at NanoAvionics’s new MAIT (manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The three Tiger nanosatellites ordered from NanoAvionics will be 6U cubesats built at a new facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 and previously built Tiger-2, Tiger-3, and MACSAT.
The Vilnius site gives NanoAvionics the potential to expand the facility to 2,000 square meters.
NanoAvionics manufactures 6U, 12U, and 16U nanosatellite buses and an ESPA-class microsatellite bus range of up to 220 kg at its Vilnius facility.
The Vilnius MAIT facility provides additional workspace and supports NanoAvionics’ objective of growing its global workforce of 250 employees and hiring more than 100 people across all offices 2023.
NanoAvionics has manufactured nearly 2,000 subsystems, including payload controllers, flight computers, electrical power systems, reaction wheels, and battery packs, for more than 120 satellite missions globally.
NanoAvionics has manufactured nearly 2,000 subsystems, including payload controllers, flight computers, electrical power systems, reaction wheels, and battery packs, for more than 120 satellite missions globally.
NanoAvionics manufactured nearly 2,000 subsystems for more than 120 satellite missions globally prior to opening the new facility.
The Vilnius facility provides additional workspace and supports NanoAvionics’ plan to grow beyond 250 global employees and hire more than 100 people across all offices 2023.
NanoAvionics employs more than 250 people across offices in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, and the United States and plans to add another 100 employees 2023.
NanoAvionics worked on 66 small satellites throughout 2022 and shipped 16 of those satellites to customers.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first 100+ kilogram satellite 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.