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Tel Aviv University

IL

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Tel Aviv University (TAU) is an academic institution actively involved in the space industry through its Space Engineering Center. The university designs, builds, and launches nanosatellites, including CubeSats, often in collaboration with high schools and the Israel Space Agency. TAU's space-related research focuses on areas like hyperspectral remote sensing, optical and quantum communication, and satellite communication, with projects like the Tevel 2 satellite constellation and the TAU-SAT series. The university also operates Israel's first ground station for tracking satellites, supporting government and commercial entities.

academic
Tel Aviv, Israel
www.tau.ac.il/
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TAUSAT2 is a 2U CubeSat developed by Tel Aviv University with a 3-axis attitude control system and a VHF-UHF transceiver.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 6, 2023ISISPACE Group launches 47 satellites with its ISILAUNCH38 Mission on board Falcon 9 Transporter-6 Launch

ION SCV007 and SCV008 will deploy TAUSAT2, a 2U CubeSat developed by Tel Aviv University using commercial off-the-shelf components.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 4, 2023D-Orbit launches Second Star to the Right and two ION Satellite Carriers on seventh orbital transportation mission

COTS-CAPSULE is a cubesat launched in December 2022 on SpX-24 for Tel Aviv University that recorded radiation data on the ISS and was able to locate the South Atlantic Anomaly.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 9, 2022Nanoracks’ multiple customer payloads launched on the SpaceX CRS-25 mission

TAU-SAT1 was devised, developed, assembled, and tested at the Nanosatellite Center at Tel Aviv University.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 5, 2020Tel Aviv University’s TAU-SAT1 Smallsat Now Undergoing Pre-Flight Testing — Launch Set For Q1 Of 2021

Tel Aviv University established a Nanosatellite Center to build shoebox-size small satellites for launch into space.

CapabilityGeneralGrowthValue 4.0Nov 5, 2020Tel Aviv University’s TAU-SAT1 Smallsat Now Undergoing Pre-Flight Testing — Launch Set For Q1 Of 2021
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