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The flight of IHI-SAT2 continues Kongsberg NanoAvionics' record of establishing first contact on all of its more than 50 satellite missions to date.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics built a 12U nanosatellite bus for the in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission that was successfully launched by Rocket Lab.
The ESRA mission represents the maiden flight of a NanoAvionics-built satellite in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
NanoAvionics provides modular smallsat platforms and has a track record of building and launching in-orbit demonstration missions.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 and previously built Tiger-2, Tiger-3, and MACSAT.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build Tiger-4, Tiger-7, and Tiger-8 at its MAIT 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 facility provides additional workspace and supports NanoAvionics’ plan to grow beyond 250 global employees and hire more than 100 people across all offices 2023.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract to supply Constellr with two MP42 smallsat buses.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics signed a contract to supply Constellr with two MP42 microsatellite buses.
The MP42 microsatellite bus weighs more than 50 kg and is NanoAvionics’ largest satellite bus to date.
NanoAvionics has contracts to provide satellite buses or complete satellites for startups including Gama and Turion Space.
NanoAvionics’ MP42 bus is a "50-kilogram-plus" platform that is the company’s largest microsatellite to date as it expands beyond the 10-kilogram-and-under nanosatellite class.
NanoAvionics scheduled a total of 15 satellite launches in 2022, with six satellites successfully deployed already.
NanoAvionics plans to launch 14 satellites 2022, including its first microsat MP42.
NanoAvionics received a €1 million grant from the European Space Agency in 2024 to develop new technologies for small satellite propulsion systems.
NanoAvionics expects to grow fivefold across its entire service portfolio for nano- and microsatellite missions and to produce about 120 satellites per year by 2025.
Lacuna Space agreed in July to purchase another NanoAvionics M6P nanosatellite bus that it plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2019.