April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... if not thousands of suppliers, ensuring prices are low and supply is high. For much larger satellites and CubeSat deployers, 22N thrusters have been developed, delivering capabilities and accessibility unavailable anywhere else in the market...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... to conduct fundamental physics experiments and many such experiments are already being sent out, especially using CubeSats, because of their cost-effectiveness and fast deployability. The future of such constellations will include inter-satellite...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... up to an entire year. To minimise the risks and accelerate technology development, the mission adopts the widely used CubeSat form factor, with a capable Earth observation camera operating in the visible spectrum as the primary payload instrument...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
... State University’s LunaH-Map missions. “The BIT-3 is critical technology that will allow small spacecraft and CubeSats to acquire high quality scientific results on interplanetary missions throughout the solar system. It truly enables the science...
20 May 2026
Greek optical ground station boosts Europe’s space connectivity
...Digital Governance. The project falls under the Greek IOD/IOV CubeSat initiative, part of ESA’s Greek Connectivity Programme, which ... that group, they were two of three Greek CubeSats carrying optical communications payloads. For the PeakSat and ERMIS...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
...and data interfaces. The Directorate is also using CubeSat nanosatellites for in-orbit demonstration. Standardised dimensions increase ...the smaller of the two bodies. CubeSats ESA’s first technology-testing CubeSat was GomX-3, deployed from the ISS...
