https://spacewatch.global/tag/cubesat/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:24:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/cubesat/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/smallsat-2025-advancements-in-cubesat-technology-a-discussion-with-esas-dr-roger-walker/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67177 Join Daniela Jovic as he concludes the Small Sat conference in Utah with a special interview featuring Dr Roger Walker, head of the Cube Systems Unit at ESA. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/smallsat-2025-cubesats-and-beyond-insights-with-professor-jordi-puig-suari/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67138 Join Daniela Jovic on the third day of the Small Satellite Conference as she sits down with Dr Jordi Puig-Suari, Professor Emeritus from Cal Poly University and a key figure in the CubeSat community. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/arcfield-acquires-orion-space-solutions/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52571 Arcfield, a government technology and mission support provider, announced on the 29th of November that it has completed its acquisition of Orion Space Solutions, a developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions. Arcfield intends for the acquisition to enhance their space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking capabilities for agencies in the Department of Defence (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/nuspace-and-oxford-space-systems-mission-successfully-launched/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50911 NuSpace announced on the 5th of September that it has successfully launched its Internet of Things (IoT) satellite, NuLIoN and deployed Oxford Space Systems’ deployable helical antenna. The small CubeSat represents NuSpace’s commitment to providing large-scale sensor-to-satellite connectivity throughout Southeast Asia aiming to provide IoT applications at any time. The mission is a step towards NuSpace’s ambitions to establish a global IoT constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/endurosat-to-partner-with-nasa-for-solar-mission/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50817 EnduroSat will partner with the University of Berkley and NASA in the Solar PolArization and Directivity X-Ray Experiment (PADRE). It is a NASA CubeSat mission designed to study the Sun. The X-ray polarimeter and Directivity sensor will be hosted on EnduroSat’s 12U satellite scheduled for launch in 2025. It will enable observation of the Sun in hard X-rays (HXRs) from LEO to determine the angular distribution of accelerated electrons from standalone and joint SOLO/STIX observations. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-first-batch-of-tropics-satellites/ Thu, 11 May 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48607 Rocket Lab successfully completed the first of two dedicated Electron launches on the 8th of May to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA reports Business Wire. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/saic-and-gomspace-sign-memorandum-of-understanding/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48138 Science Application International Corp (SAIC), an American technology company that provides government services and information technology support, and GomSpace, a manufacturer and operator of nanosatellites, announced on the 18th of April that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. They will partner for CubeSat, MicroSat and SmallSats Systems and Solutions for the Americas market. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/indonesia-deploys-first-student-satellite-under-kibocube-program/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45878 Indonesia has successfully deployed the SS-1 (Surya Satellite-1), its first student satellite from the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of JAXA, the United Nations said. SS-1 was constructed by the awardees of the 3rd round of the KiboCUBE program, the students of Surya University.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/lunar-water-mapping-satellite-struggles-to-get-into-orbit-due-to-faulty-propulsion-system/ Mon, 02 Jan 2023 13:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45763 The NASA-funded LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper) spacecraft, launched on Artemis 1, did not make it into orbit around the moon due to a problem with the propulsion system. Engineers are currently trying to fix thrusters to then try to insert the cubesat into its designated orbit around Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/omans-first-satellite-is-ready-to-launch-from-the-uk/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44191 The first Omani satellite, Aman, has been successfully integrated with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, awaiting to be deployed into low Earth orbit, by Virgin from Newquay, Cornwall, UK. LauncherOne is already on the launch site, awaiting its launch license from the British government. This will be the first launch from UK soil and the first international launch for Virgin.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/arianespace-signs-cubesat-services-agreement-with-sab-ls/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43846 Launch services provider Arianespace, and SAB Launch Services (SAB-LS), specialized in launch services for small satellites, signed a multi-year framework agreement for the provision of end-to-end services for nanosatellites planned to fly on Arianespace missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/ororatech-accelerates-deployment-of-its-thermal-satellite-constellation/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43804 NewSpace intelligence startup OroraTech, has completed a significant review in its European Space Agency (ESA) InCubed program, paving the way for the delivery of the CubeSat FOREST-3, the company said. FOREST-3 will be the first satellite of a multipurpose nanosatellite constellation with an expected revisit time of 30 minutes by 2026.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/d-orbit-wins-tender-for-launch-and-deployment-of-two-tu-berlin-satellites/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42969 Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit, won a public tender for the launch and deployment of two satellites designed and built by TU Berlin’s (Technische Universität/Berlin Institute of Technology) Chair of Space Technology, D-Orbit said.  The two NanoFF (Nanosatellites in Formation Flight) ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/first-moldovan-satellite-gets-deployed-from-iss/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42694 The Republic of Moldova successfully deployed its first satellite, TUMnanoSAT, from the Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS) with the support of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) under the KiboCUBE programme, the Unites Nations said. KiboCUBE is part of the Access to Space for All ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/motorless-sailplane-could-examine-unknown-features-of-mars-atmosphere/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42062 University of Arizona aerospace experts and a NASA planetary scientist took inspiration from albatross flight to develop a sailplane that could potentially examine the Red Planet's atmosphere and geology. Atmospheric climate processes take place in the first few kilometers above the ground.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/gomspace-wins-dlr-contract-for-two-12u-cubesats/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41558 Nanosatellite manufacturer and operator, GomSpace, has been awarded a contract to deliver two 12-unit CubeSats to the German Space Agency, DLR, GomSpace said. The cubesats will serve as research objects for DLR’s Responsive Space Cluster Competence Center, RSC3, in Trauen, Germany.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/astras-nasa-tropics-cubesat-launch-ends-in-failure/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41501 Astra failed to launch two NASA weather monitoring cubesats on Sunday, 12th June due to a premature shut down of the rocket’s upper stage. Astra said it would provide more information after the completion of the full data review. Astra’s LV0010 (Rocket 3.3) vehicle launched after a terminated initial attempt due to an issue with the liquid oxygen propellant.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/nasa-selects-two-further-instruments-to-investigate-the-moon-under-artemis/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41436 NASA has selected two science instrument suites during the second selection through the agency’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) call for proposals, to explore the Moon under the Artemis program. The Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) and the Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications (LEIA)]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/us-nro-and-uks-ministry-of-defence-partner-for-historic-launch/ Wed, 11 May 2022 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40895 The United States’ National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is partnering with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) on the historic first commercial rocket to be launched from the UK, the MOD announced. The launch will be carried out by Virgin Orbit, sending 9 multinational rideshares to orbit aboard its LauncherOne and a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/terran-orbital-ships-capstone-to-launch-site/ Wed, 11 May 2022 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40887 Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, announced it has shipped its CAPSTONE satellite to a launch site in New Zealand. The satellite will launch on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket using a Lunar Photon satellite upper stage to deploy the spacecraft on a lunar transfer trajectory.  ]]>