SpinLaunch has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics (‘KONGSBERG’) as its exclusive satellite supplier for their LEO broadband communication constellation, Meridian Space—the parties have signed a contract for the delivery of 280 of these smallsats, […]
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SuperSharp achieves two critical milestones toward space telescope launch in 2026
SuperSharp Space Systems Ltd. (SuperSharp), a University of Cambridge spinoff, earlier this month received a £5 million award from the UK Space Agency—these funds will enable an on-orbit demonstration of […]
KONGSBERG launches and is now operating their 1st satellite
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG’) has entered the space industry as a satellite operator and service provider after the company launched their first microsatellite from California. The satellite, named ARVAKER […]
SuperSharp and NanoAvionics plan first of a kind disruptive Thermal InfraRed imaging satellite
UK based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s (NanoAvionics) MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark […]
SuperSharp + NanoAvionics to partner on a disruptive Thermal InfraRed (TIR) imaging satellite
NanoAvionics will also supply an additional two MP42 microsatellite platforms for Satlantis’s new generationsub-meter resolution Earth Observation satellites. SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s (NanoAvionics) MP42 […]
NASA‘s ACS3 satellite, built by NanoAvionics, successfully deploys solar sail
The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed — the deployment, a primary objective […]
Kongsberg NanoAvionics appoints new CEO
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has appointed Atle Wøllo as its new CEO, replacing Žilvinas Kvedaravičius who became interim CEO last year following the departure of co-founder and former CEO Vytenis J. Buzas […]
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace to provide maritime surveillance services to Norway
The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) has the overall responsibility for space operations and development in the Norwegian Armed Forces and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (Kongsberg) will provide the data that […]
Space-based air traffic test by Startical to be managed on a NanoAvionics smallsat
Startical, the company created by ENAIRE (Europe’s fourth-largest air navigation services provider), and Indra will use a satellite produced by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test the systems of the company’s future […]
NanoAvionics satellites expand 2 constellations with the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission launch
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, […]