Kongsberg NanoAvionics (“NanoAvionics”) has announced that four of the firm’s manufactured satellites were successfully launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission.
NanoAvionics’s three customers on this rideshare mission are OQ Technology, the world’s first global satellite 5G IoT operator, Spanish EO company Satlantis, and South Korea’s Contec, a ground station operator and service provider.
OQ Technology’s Tiger-7 and Tiger-8 nanosatellites will expand the world’s first and largest 5G Narrowband-IoT constellation in LEO to ten satellites. The two 6U nanosatellites constitute the fifth and sixth satellite that NanoAvionics has manufactured for OQ Technology. All of OQ Technology’s constellation satellites can connect directly to off-the-shelf IoT devices and machines and provide tracking and monitoring information.
The 16U HORACIO satellite will be Satlantis’ third satellite embarking its iSIM-90 imager whose high-resolution data will provide valuable insights for multiple EO applications, such as infrastructure monitoring, methane gas emissions quantification, food security, coastal and border awareness, among others.
The “CONTECSAT-1” satellite is aimed at companies and organisations requiring data for maritime environments, city management, and agriculture. The 16U nanosatellite has an integrated multispectral imager, supplied by a NanoAvionics’s partner, with 1,5 m resolution. It will enable Contec to produce customized satellite imagery for their customers.
Žilvinas Kvedaravičius, CEO of Kongsberg NanoAvionics, said, “Our continued record of successfully building and launching nano- and microsatellites for individual missions as well as constellations is testimony to our position as the one of the prime smallsat manufacturers and mission operators in the US and Europe. The ongoing satellite production for existing customers is also an endorsement and validation of the high-quality and cost-effectiveness of our products and services. As a result, NanoAvionics has successfully launched more nanosatellites in the past five years than any other external manufacturer in the world, and we see a surging demand for our microsatellite buses, too.”
Kongsberg NanoAvionics is reshaping the space economy with our standardized small satellite platforms. We offer efficient, cost-effective satellite products and services that help organizations launch their space missions swiftly. Since 2014, over 120 projects in 50 countries have trusted us for our experience, technology and higher return on their satellite investment. The company has dedicated facilities in Lithuania, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As part of Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace since 2022, the firm is further strengthening their commitment to robust, innovative, secure and reliable space solutions.