https://spacewatch.global/tag/vytenis-j-buzas/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/vytenis-j-buzas/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/zilvinas-kvedaravicius-appointed-interim-ceo-of-kongsberg-nanoavionics/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51921 Kongsberg NanoAvionics announced on the 24th of October that Vytenis J. Buzas has stepped down from his role of CEO. He will maintain his involvement with NanoAvionics, serving as a member of the board. Under Buzas’ stewardship NanoAvionics originated as the first national satellite mission in Lithuania and has gone on to commercialise its technology. Žilvinas Kvedaravičius, previously the CSO, is taking on the role of Interim CEO.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/speqtral-selects-kongsberg-nanoavionics-and-mbryonics/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50629 SpeQtral, a leading quantum communication technology company, has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) as the satellite bus provider for its upcoming SpeQtral-1 mission. Furthermore, the mission also has a second partner in Mbryonics, producing the satellite’s optical terminal. Using the technical expertise of NanoAvionics as a leading smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator and Mbryonics’s state-of-the-art optical terminal hardware, SpeQtral-1 aims to serve as a pathfinder commercial demonstrator, defining future quantum key distribution (QKD) services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/kongsberg-nanoavionics-to-build-oq-tech-satellites/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47228 Smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has received an order for three further satellites from 5G telecoms operator OQ Technology. As a result, these satellites will join OQ Technology’s existing constellation, turning the company into one of the largest 5G NB-IoT (narrowband Internet of things) satellite operators globally. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/kongsberg-nanoavionics-doubles-its-satellite-production-capacity/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46522 Small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has doubled its satellite production capability by officially opening its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/communications-successfully-established-with-nanoavionics-satellites/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13491 After the last week’s lift-off of the PSLV-C45 launch vehicle with two NanoAvionics nano-satellites, “M6P“ and “Blue Walker 1“, onboard, the company is pleased to confirm that the communication was successfully established with both satellites and they are flying in the Low Earth Orbit in a healthy condition.]]>