NanoAvionics debuted its 200 kg-class MP42 microsatellite bus for synthetic aperture radar applications on the CAS500-2 mission.
The CAS500-2 mission is the first SAR application for NanoAvionics’ MP42 platform.
Eycore-1 features an X-band radar integrated onto NanoAvionics’ flight-proven MP42 microsatellite bus.
NanoAvionics’ MP42 platform provides the high peak power and stability required for sub-meter resolution imaging.
SpinLaunch recently installed its first payload on the Kongsberg NanoAvionics MP42 satellite bus and completed end-to-end testing ahead of full system qualification.
The Meridian Space in-orbit demonstrator mission will showcase its communications payload on NanoAvionics’ standard MP42 microsatellite bus.
The collaboration will initially focus on integrating Kepler services with the MP42 microsatellite platform before expanding to NanoAvionics’ CubeSat lines.
NanoAvionics will use different optical inter-satellite links (OISL) across its MP42 microsatellite and cubesat platforms when offering Kepler’s services.
NanoAvionics will offer Kepler’s optical and on-orbit compute capabilities first on the NanoAvionics MP42 microsatellite and subsequently on its cubesat platforms.
NanoAvionics plans to offer Kepler-compatible optical communications capability on its MP42 microsatellite and cubesat platforms using different optical intersatellite links.
NanoAvionics’ MP42 is a microsatellite bus.
NanoAvionics will first offer the integrated optical capabilities on its MP42 microsatellite bus and later on its CubeSat platforms using different Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISL).
Startical has chosen NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite bus, which weighs approximately 110 kg, for a series of tests lasting six months.
NanoAvionics will provide the MP42 bus, integrate the payload, and perform the launch and first mission operations for Startical’s test mission.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will provide the MP42 bus, integrate the payload, and launch and execute the first mission operations to enable Startical’s experts to manage the ATM systems onboard.
Startical has chosen NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite bus, which weighs approximately 110 kg, for a series of tests lasting six months.
NanoAvionics’ MP42 platform gained flight heritage in April 2022.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first 100+ kilogram satellite based on the MP42 microsatellite bus in 2023.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first satellite weighing more than 100 kg based on the MP42 microsatellite bus in 2023.
NanoAvionics plans to deliver its first 100+ kilogram satellite based on the MP42 microsatellite bus in the stated plan.