https://spacewatch.global/tag/nanosatellites/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:00:31 +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/nanosatellites/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-paris-at-wsbw-with-niels-buus/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44333 SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Niels Buus, CEO of GomSpace Group, a European manufacturer of high-end nanosatellites, during the World Satellite Business Week, held in Paris, from the 12th to the 16th of September 2022. During this episode, Niels talked about some fundamental challenges in the satellite sector today and about strategies to deal with those. Tune in to hear more!]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/endurosat-and-sayarilabs-launch-first-kenyan-nanosat/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 07:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38777 SayariLabs, the first Kenyan space start-up to provide satellite services and space-based solutions, and software-defined nanosatellite and space services provider, EnduroSat, signed a commercial agreement to launch TAIFA-1, the first Kenyan 3U nanosatellite.  East Africa has experienced heavy droughts and wildfires, causing water crisis, and damage to agriculture and local food supplies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/terran-orbital-invests-300-million-in-mega-facility-in-florida/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36101&preview=true&preview_id=36101 Small satellites at large: The nanosat provider Terran Orbital is planning to build “the world’s largest” spacecraft facility in Florida, the company´s CEO Marc Bell and Florida`s Governor Ron DeSantis announced. Terran Orbital will invest $300 million into a 660,000 square foot facility which will create 2,100 new jobs.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/spacex-acquires-nano-sat-startup-swarm-technologies/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35026&preview=true&preview_id=35026 SpaceX has acquired the low-cost nano-satellite startup Swarm Technologies, filings to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) showed. Swarm Technologies operates “the world´s lowest cost two-way satellite communications network”, as the company says, with sandwich-sized satellites and “out-of-the-box” satellite kits and modems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/mauritius-first-nanosatellite-reached-the-iss/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33523&preview=true&preview_id=33523 Mauritius has its first own satellite. The first-ever Mauritian nanosatellite MIR-SAT1 has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX cargo Dragon rocket, the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation of the Republic of Mauritius announced.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/oq-to-develop-5g-configuration-under-esas-artes-umbrella/ Fri, 28 May 2021 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33116&preview=true&preview_id=33116 The Luxembourgish startup OQ Technology won a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an advanced 5G network configuration over LEO, MEO and GEO satellites, the company said. The project was proposed by ESA under the umbrella of its ARTES program and was looking for an “Agile Network Configuration for 5G Internet-of-Things services over satellite”.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/sateliot-leads-spanish-iot-nanosat-consortium/ Thu, 06 May 2021 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32513&preview=true&preview_id=32513 The Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Sateliot takes the lead to develop a low Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellite constellation offering 5G coverage and a secure quantum key information exchange system. Sateliot is leading a consortium of a dozen companies and the Spanish Ministry of Defense, as a potential user, to deploy the nanosat constellation, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/unseenlabs-raises-e20-million-for-its-geolocation-nano-fleet/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32345&preview=true&preview_id=32345 The maritime geolocation startup Unseenlabs raised €20 million to build its maritime geolocation fleet, the French company said. The series B funding round is "cementing its status as a European leader in the interception of radiofrequency signals from space”, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/ororatech-will-monitor-wildfires-with-spire-nanosatellite/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31746&preview=true&preview_id=31746 OroraTech, a Munich-based provider of satellite wildfire monitoring, and Spire, provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, want to partner to launch OroraTech’s first payload on a Spire 6U nanosatellite, Spire announced. The satellite planned for launch in December 2021 will carry OroraTech’s thermal-infrared camera and data processing unit designed to detect fires and transmit the data using Spire’s satellite and ground network, Spire said]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/spanish-sateliot-to-connect-nanosats-and-iot-with-5g/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30035&preview=true&preview_id=30035 Spanish Sateliot to connect nanosats and IoT with 5G]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/unseenlabs-to-launch-two-nano-sats-on-rocket-lab/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27943&preview=true&preview_id=27943 Unseenlabs to launch two nano-sats on Rocket Lab]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/esa-gomspace-nanosatellites/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26847&preview=true&preview_id=26847 ESA signs with Danish GomSpace to continue nanosatellite GOMX-5 mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/exolaunch-to-support-launch-of-four-spire-global-cubesats-on-soyuz/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26475&preview=true&preview_id=26475 Exolaunch to support launch of four Spire Global cubesats on Soyuz]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/exolaunch-to-deliver-salsat-into-orbit-for-the-technische-universitat-berlin/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25926&preview=true&preview_id=25926 Exolaunch to Deliver SALSAT into Orbit for the Technische Universität Berlin]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/aac-clyde-space-to-develop-next-gen-satellites-with-grant-from-scottish-enterprise/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23378 Glasgow's AAC Clyde Space will develop, manufacture and gain in-orbit heritage on its next generation nano and small satellites having secured financial support from Scottish Enterprise (SE). With a standardized and modularized design, the satellites will combine cutting edge technology with constellation ready productization.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/nanosatellite-with-global-mission-tested-for-space/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23073 The European Space Agency's largest antenna test facility remains operational despite the COVID-19 pandemic, performing pre-flight testing for the latest satellite in a constellation to serve the internet of things.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/nanoavionics-to-build-satellites-for-nasa-funded-aero-vista-mission/ Tue, 12 May 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22410 NanoAvionics has received a contract to build two nanosatellites for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AERO-VISTA mission team at NanoAvionics’ recently-opened manufacturing facility in Columbia, Illinois, USA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/bulgarias-endurosat-receives-investment-from-neo-ventures/ Fri, 01 May 2020 05:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22085 Bulgarian New Space company EnduroSat has received a US$362,000 investment from Neo Ventures, a venture capital company headquartered in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia, it was reported on 28 April 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/nanoavionics-selected-for-norwegian-dutch-strategic-research-mission-for-radar-signals/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21794 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/nanoavionics-and-mexican-space-agency-introduce-a-nanosatellite-pilot-project-for-future-space-missions/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21765 Nanosatellite manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics, together with the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) and students from the Polytechnic University of Atlacomulco will develop the first nanosatellite for the State of Mexico, (one of most important states of the country), the AtlaCom-1. ]]>