Kongsberg NanoAvionics announced that four satellites it built will be placed into orbit aboard the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-10 mission.
According to the space sector, approximately 26,104 small satellites (defined as satellites weighing less than 500 kg) are scheduled to be launched by 2032, driven by defense authorities and strong demand in Asia for hardware and data services. The mass launched per day is equivalent to 1.5 tons. and Euroconsult, a specialized vertical analyst for satellite applications.
In addition, the analyst Outlook for the small satellite market The report estimates that the market value of the small satellite industry will be approximately $110.5 billion over the next decade, driven not only by satellite replenishment cycles around the world, but also by more complex and costly single-satellite missions for government users. It is estimated that it will reach .
Launched in 2014, NanoAvionics has completed more than 120 projects in 50 countries. The company has a global team of nearly 300 international experts with dedicated facilities in Lithuania, the US and the UK.
NanoAvionics’ three customers on its latest rideshare mission are Luxembourg’s OQ Technology, the world’s first satellite 5G Internet of Things (IoT) operator, Spanish Earth Observation (EO) company Satlantis, and ground station operator and The service provider is Contec from South Korea.
OQ Technology’s Tiger-7 and Tiger-8 nanosatellites are designed to expand the world’s first and largest 5G narrowband IoT constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) to 10 satellites. The two 6U microsatellites constitute his fifth and his sixth manufactured by NanoAvionics for OQ Technology. All of OQ Technology’s constellation satellites can connect directly to off-the-shelf IoT devices and machines to provide tracking and monitoring information.
The 16U Oracio satellite will be Satrantis’ third satellite to launch the iSIM-90 imager into space. Its high-resolution data provides insight into multiple EO applications, including infrastructure monitoring, methane gas emissions quantification, food security, and coastal and border awareness.
The project with Contec is designed to allow the company to create customized satellite imagery for its customers. The CONTECSAT-1 satellite is aimed at companies and organizations that require data on the marine environment, urban management, and agriculture. The 16U microsatellite integrates his 1.5m resolution multispectral imager provided by NanoAvionics partners.
Commenting on this development, Kongsberg NanoAvionics CEO Gilvinas Kvedaravicius said: “Our continued production of satellites for existing customers also confirms and validates the high quality and cost-effectiveness of our products and services. As a result, over the past five years nanoavionics has become We have successfully launched more microsatellites than any other external manufacturer, and we are seeing a rapid increase in demand for our microsatellite buses.”
