The Loft–SmartSat CRC initiative builds on the Kanyini mission, Australia’s first sovereign state-led satellite, which launched in late 2024 and features SmartSat CRC technology.
Kanyini will be launched onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
The South Australian satellite Kanyini completed Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) testing ahead of its mid-2024 launch.
Inovor Technologies developed a custom satellite bus for Kanyini called Apogee.
Kanyini will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 500 km altitude once launched.
SmartSat CRC procured a small hyperspectral camera and the power system for Kanyini’s Earth observation payload.
The hyperspectral camera aboard Kanyini is the HyperScout 2 Flight Model built in the Netherlands.
Kanyini will carry an Earth observation payload that will collect hyperspectral imaging using HyperScout 2.
Kanyini will be used to improve bushfire preparedness, response, and resilience in Australia.
Inovor Technologies, an Adelaide-based satellite manufacturing company, is designing and building the Kanyini satellite.
Myriota, a South Australian space company, is contracted to provide Internet of Things space services for Kanyini.
South Australia invested in Kanyini to provide researchers a vehicle to develop and demonstrate satellite IoT connectivity technologies.