Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 04/20/2025 06:02 amCould you please provide a link or attach this report? I can't find it. Thanks.Its located inside the "Attachment Menu" hyperlink.
Could you please provide a link or attach this report? I can't find it. Thanks.
On top of page 1, it says it's an April 2016 document
Arrow’s next XTERRA cubesat deployers are getting assembled and will be ready for integration soon. We’ll be deploying 3 customer cubesats on the Space-X Transporter 15 mission this Fall.
Get ready for launch! 🚀 The Arrow Science and Technology team just wrapped up integrating all three of Spacecoin™'s CTC-1 spacecraft 🛰️🛰️🛰️ for our Transporter-15 Rideshare Mission this Fall! Environmental testing is in full swing this week, and we are officially #ReadyForFlight!
The next time we see these three beautiful spacecraft 🛰️🛰️🛰️, they will be departing the XTERRA XCD 16U deployment mechanisms, as they reach their final destination in LEO later on this year via Transporter-15. It was such a blast to host our Spacecoin™ Customers recently in our Arrow Science and Technology facility as we put the finishing touches on pre-LV 🚀 integration. See you in Vandy, fellas! It’s been FUN!
Our Space Logistics team is ready for the upcoming Transporter-15 mission, with our Spacecoin™ Customer's CTC-1 🛰️ 🛰️ 🛰️ constellation. Arrow’s modular XTERRA XCD deployers are designed for Rideshare missions, accommodating payloads ranging from 1U to -16U. We have space available on several future #Rideshare missions, reach out to reserve your spot here: https://lnkd.in/gEQgT7ch! Congratulations Spacecoin™ - it's been a BLAST! 🚀
Payload-Centered Spacecraft, Designed and Manufactured at Scale Delivering flight ready, space deployed ESPA class platforms in less than 7 months.
Chimera-1 is Oligo’s inaugural SpaceShare mission—a 100kg small satellite launching in October 2025. It carries a mix of commercial, research, and internal payloads, serving as the company’s first on-orbit demonstration. The mission showcases Oligo’s ability to rapidly integrate and deploy diverse systems on a shared platform, setting the stage for scalable, software-driven satellite missions.
Oligo Space's website shows a number of launches: • Chimera-1 - Transporter-15 • Chimera-3 - Transporter-17 • Chimera-4 - Transporter-19QuotePayload-Centered Spacecraft, Designed and Manufactured at Scale Delivering flight ready, space deployed ESPA class platforms in less than 7 months.
What exactly are they? Platforms or some kind of hosting spacecraft? I imagine it is not correlated to the Chimera-LEO from EPIC?
🚀 Testing. Validating. Getting BentoBox ready to fly.On April 25th, our engineering team at Space Cargo Unlimited successfully completed a critical milestone: shock test validation for our BentoBox EQM (Engineering Qualification Model). This was no ordinary test - it was a confidence test, both for our hardware and for our team. ✅ 1 test = 1 Shock = 52g = 1 Total Success! The testing campaign focused on evaluating the shock loads anticipated across multiple stages of the mission, including stage separation, deployment of the re-entry system, and final splashdown on return to Earth. 🌍 Our goal was to verify that BentoBox can survive the loads experienced during the recovery phase without transmitting high-frequency shocks that could damage the sensitive payloads onboard. 🧫Thanks to our robust design and careful preparation, the results successfully confirmed the structural integrity of BentoBox and validated our digital simulations with real-world data. 📈🏆 This success means we can now finalize our flight model and move forward into manufacturing and integration.But perhaps even more importantly, this was a test of our team.During a demanding week of manufacturing, integration, and testing, we demonstrated that our multinational European team can work together seamlessly under pressure. 💪Special thanks to Christina for her critical contributions in machine tooling, and to everyone involved for their dedication and teamwork. 👏This is a critical milestone ahead of Mission Hop! 1 and another step in qualifying BentoBox as a trusted, return-capable microgravity platform. Next steps:➡️ Qualification Unit Testing➡️ Manufacturing Assembly Integration and Test (MAIT) phase
Széchenyi István University's SZESat PocketQube cubesat is probably on board. [Oct 1]Also Budapest University's NMHH-1 will be in the same dispenser.
Alba Orbital is launching and deploying HUNITY (AKA NMHH-1), a satellite developed by the Radio Club of BME and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), into orbit in Q4 2025.This is part of another rideshare agreement between both organisations. Previous satellites from BME, ATL-1, SMOG-P and MRC-100, were also managed by Alba Orbital to get them to orbit. HUNITY is a 3P PocketQube platform (external dimensions: 178 mm × 50 mm × 50 mm), and the most recent satellite developed by BME as part of an academic program led by students and lecturers. It is the successor to the SMOG-P, SMOG-1, and MRC-100 missions, and its name reflects its core values, combining the words Hungary, unity, and university. The mission is sponsored by Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság (National Media and Infocommunications Authority).The NMHH-1 satellite is designed and built to fly on board Alba Orbital’s ‘Flight 10’ PocketQube rideshare mission. HUNITY is going to be deployed at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) using Alba Orbital’s own AlbaPod deployer. While NMHH-1 orbiting the Earth, the satellite's primary mission is dedicated to testing the satellite platform, which will be commercialized later. There will be several side missions of the picosatellite: • A technology demonstration to host all subsystems of the satellite of BME’s partner University of Győr (Széchenyi István Egyetem). Their satellite will be a PocketQube satellite inside the satellite NMHH-1 as a payload. • After the first contact has been made and everything has been properly tested, there will be possibility for high school students to perform experiments of their own on the satellite. • HUNITY features a module dedicated to a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 that has some sensors attached and anyone can submit their code which can be uploaded to provide telemetry data • For the first time at BME, the solar array wings are going to be deployed at the start of the flight of the satellite to generate the power for the subsystems.
The overall goal of the CTC-1 mission, is to Demonstrate a 5th Generation (5G) communications NonTerrestrial Network (NTN) with spacecraft in a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO).Three identical satellites, CTC-1A, -1B and -1C, will be launched as a secondary payload aboard SpaceX Transporter-15, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, No Earlier Than 1 October 2025. It will be inserted into a circular SSO TBD orbit at 510 km, on an inclination from the equator of 97.4 degrees. Transmission will begin approximately two minutes after deploy and cease at the end of the mission. Atmospheric friction will slow the satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs about 1.5 years after launch. See the Orbital Debris Assessment Report for details.Each spacecraft has nominal dimensions of 16U stacked 10 cm X 10 cm X 10 cm CubeSat modules (giving an overall dimension of 20 cm X 20 cm X 40 cm.) The total mass of each spacecraft is about 25 Kg.
CTC-1 launches Fall 2025. Spacecoin has partnered with Arrow Science & Technology to deploy three satellites: CTC-1A, 1B, and 1C on SpaceX's Transporter-15.
The overall goal of the CTC-1 mission, is to Demonstrate a 5th Generation (5G) communications Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) with spacecraft in a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO). Three identical satellites, CTC-1A, -1B and -1C, will be launched. This ODAR describes a single satellite, except where risk is concerned, the cumulative risk of 3 spacecraft is given.The spacecraft will be launched aboard SpaceX Transporter 15, from Vandenberg Air Force Base.The spacecraft will be launched NET October 1, 2025, and the mission duration will be 2 years.The spacecraft will be inserted into a circular Sun synch orbit at 510 km altitude, on an inclination from the equator of 97.4 degrees.[...]The spacecraft is a 16U 2 X 2 X 4 CubeSat with the dimensions of 20 X 20 X 40 cm. The total mass is 21.3 kg.
Our three CTC-1 satellites have completed their final health assessments and are on their way to Vandenberg Space Force Base, ready for launch in Q4 2025. CTC-1A, CTC-1B, and CTC-1C await integration aboard a Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX's Transporter-15 mission, marking a pivotal step toward our first satellite constellation.
The NSL Upland ground station will provide telecommand uplink and telemetry downlink for the Space Telecom CTC-1 experiment. Space Telecom will also operate a similar ground station on their campus.The overall purpose of the CTC-1 experiment is to Demonstrate a 5th Generation (5G) communications Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) with spacecraft in a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO).The CTC-1 experiment is addressed by 3 license applications, one for each of the 3 identical cubesats in the mission: 0546-EX-CN-2025, 0800-EX-CN-2025 and 0801-EX-CN-2025.
Satellite Name: CTC-1a -1b -1cInclination: 97.4°Apogee/Perigee: 510 kmOrbital Period: 1.58 hoursMLTAN: 20:31
Our three satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base and are now undergoing final preparations for the upcoming Transporter-15 mission.Our team, in collaboration with Arrow Science and Technology, has successfully:🛰️ Performed health checks to verify all systems are functioning properly🛰️ Pulled transport safety RBF pins that prevented accidental activation during shipping🛰️ Mounted each CTC-1 satellite onto the payload adapter (think of it like a vertical parking garage for satellites!)Once all payloads are integrated with the vehicle, the stack gets enclosed in the rocket's payload fairing and transported to the launch pad ahead of liftoff.Next stop: Launch
Argus is a technology demonstration mission for a low-cost and efficient vision-based Orbit Determination system, aimed at solving the lost-in-space problem for small satellites, with an anticipated launch in Fall 2025. The project is led by PI Prof. Zachary Manchester and Prof. Brandon Lucia at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
The research project is to demonstrate visual-only on-orbit attitude and orbit determination in a 1U Cubesat form-factor, avoiding the need for terrestrial tracking radar, or GNSS/GPS-based solutions, even for such small space vehicles. This capability has never been demonstrated on orbit and requires a bi-directional radio link to operate and accomplish the mission objectives. The space vehicle will communicate to Earth its attitude and orbit, as determined using this visual-only implementation, and the ground station will then task the space vehicle to perform variants of the technique and to send to Earth key experimental data related to this mission. The existing infrastructure is inadequate because the mission depends on closing a link using 432MHz LoRa over a custom application protocol, and requires interaction at a fine grain with mission operators. No existing commercially available infrastructure accommodate this set of experimental requirements sufficiently, requiring operations for this mission to establish a new station.
The spacecraft shall be compatible with the ExoLaunch EXOpod Nova deployment systemThe spacecraft shall be capable of operating in a sun-synchronous orbit typical of SpaceX Transporter launches.[...]The CubeSat shall follow all dimensional requirements pertaining to a 1U craft (A 1U craft shall fit within a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm prism and shall weigh a maximum of 2 kg, subject to change based on the dispenser).
Planning a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg NET Oct 2025 into a 510 km polar orbit.
President @ChingteLai visited TASA to meet with our team and see FS-8A—the first satellite of the FORMOSAT-8 constellation—set to launch this October. With backing from the government, the mission is ready for a great start! 🚀🌏🛰
First FORMOSAT-8 satellite is likely aboard this launch:
complete all environmental testing and verification work for FORMOSAT-8 before the end of June this year, and make full preparations for its transportation and launch.
The council added that the first satellite, called FS-8A, is set to be transported to the U.S. in August for launch in October.
Mass: ~400 kgDimensions: 120 cm x 140 cm X 160 cmAltitude: 561 km
The satellite will be launched as a secondary payload aboard SpaceX Transporter 15, No Earlier Than October 1, 2025. It will be inserted into a circular orbit at 510 km, on an inclination from the equator of 97.4 degrees and an LTAN of 1000. Transmission will begin 30 minutes after deployment, and cease at the end of the mission (nominally 2 years after launch). Atmospheric friction will slow the satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs approximately 2.5 years after the end of the nominal mission. See the Orbital Debris Assessment Report for details.The spacecraft is a single unit with the dimensions of 12x ~ 10 cm X 10 cm X 10 cm CubeSat modules (giving an overall dimension of 22.6 cm X 22.6 cm X 39 cm.) The total mass is about 19.5 Kg.
Care Weather Technologies' 1U Veery-0G cubesat will be carried on an Exolaunch Exopod dispenser. (1110-EX-CN-2024) [Dec 2]
Launch Mission: Transporter-15Launch date (no earlier than): October 1, 2025Date for initiation of on-orbit operations: 0-3 days after launchExpected mission duration: 2 years
Veery-0G uses a 1U Cubesat form factor with rails and includes solar panels to decrease its orbital life as shown in Fig. 1. Its maximum dimensions are 113.5mm x 136mm x 136mm.
Bright skies ahead! ✨ We’re pleased to announce that our team successfully completed the integration of the 🇺🇸 Veery-0G (v0.5) "Brendan" satellite from Care Weather with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, just ahead of the highly-anticipated #Transporter15 mission 🚀Veery-0G "Brendan", Care Weather's fifth test satellite, aims to improve hurricane forecasts by measuring ocean surface wind speed. The satellite will also demo several new guidance, communications, and software systems.Exolaunch is honored to support Care Weather in their pursuit of accurate and helpful weather forecasts, providing comprehensive mission management, satellite integration, logistics support, and our flight-proven EXOpod #Nova to ensure Veery-0G "Brendan" is deployed safely and reliably to orbit. We’re grateful for Care Weather’s trust and for SpaceX’s role in enabling access to space!
Exolaunch Announces Partnership with South Korea's Nara Space to Manage Launch and Deployment of Advanced Satellite Constellations [Feb 25]QuoteExolaunch today announced a new multi-launch agreement (MLA) with South Korean satellite manufacturer Nara Space. The agreement, which spans from 2025 through 2028, solidifies a partnership to deploy several 12U and 16U satellites in orbit during SpaceX rideshare missions, with options to launch additional satellites ranging from 3U to 16U in size across the contract term. The MLA kicks off with the deployment of Nara Space's Observer-1B, a 16U Earth observation cubesat, slated to launch in 2025.[...]Under this new agreement, Exolaunch will support the deployment of Nara Space's expanding satellite programs and customer missions, including the Observer and Narsha series. Following the launch of Observer-1B, Narsha, a methane-monitoring satellite, is scheduled for deployment in 2026 as the first step toward a full-scale global constellation.Equipped with a hyperspectral imager operating in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) range, Narsha will detect methane emissions as small as 100 kg/h with a ground sampling distance of less than 50 meters, enabling the detection of even weak methane signals. With a 12-satellite constellation planned by 2028, the system aims to achieve 90% global coverage within a four-week cycle, significantly enhancing methane emission monitoring and contributing to global climate and environmental initiatives.
Exolaunch today announced a new multi-launch agreement (MLA) with South Korean satellite manufacturer Nara Space. The agreement, which spans from 2025 through 2028, solidifies a partnership to deploy several 12U and 16U satellites in orbit during SpaceX rideshare missions, with options to launch additional satellites ranging from 3U to 16U in size across the contract term. The MLA kicks off with the deployment of Nara Space's Observer-1B, a 16U Earth observation cubesat, slated to launch in 2025.[...]Under this new agreement, Exolaunch will support the deployment of Nara Space's expanding satellite programs and customer missions, including the Observer and Narsha series. Following the launch of Observer-1B, Narsha, a methane-monitoring satellite, is scheduled for deployment in 2026 as the first step toward a full-scale global constellation.Equipped with a hyperspectral imager operating in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) range, Narsha will detect methane emissions as small as 100 kg/h with a ground sampling distance of less than 50 meters, enabling the detection of even weak methane signals. With a 12-satellite constellation planned by 2028, the system aims to achieve 90% global coverage within a four-week cycle, significantly enhancing methane emission monitoring and contributing to global climate and environmental initiatives.
Observer-1B: Reinforcing the VisionSet to launch in late-2025, Observer-1B replicates the platform and payload of 1A, enhancing revisit capabilities and constellation redundancy. It lays the foundation for Nara Space’s ambition to scale to over five years.
🇰🇷 We are proud to continue our long-term collaboration with Nara Space, moving forward with the integration of their 16U satellite, GYEONGGISat-1 (Observer-1B), at our Berlin headquarters for launch on the SpaceX’s #Transporter15 mission aboard Falcon 9 🚀This launch follows our multi-launch agreement with Nara Space, further strengthening our partnership and contributing to the advancement of the South Korean #NewSpace industry.Built for Gyeonggi Province, as part of NaraSpace's future #EO constellation, this mission marks the first time a local government in South Korea has independently secured a dedicated Earth observation satellite to monitor land use and detect forest and urban change, providing decision-ready data for province- and city-level climate policy implementation 👏
The satellite has picked up a practical purpose in recent months. Originally, CalgaryToSpace was going to build and launch FrontierSat with internal payloads designed completely by the students. However, Dr. Johnathan Burchill, PhD, an assistant professor in transdisciplinary space science and aerospace technology with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science, had a different idea.“They agreed to fly a particular scientific instrument I had sitting on a shelf waiting for a mission of opportunity,” says Burchill, whose mini-plasma imager will sit on the front of FrontierSat and investigate upper atmospheric ionized winds.[...]The final version of the satellite is being constructed over the next few weeks, and it will then undergo a critical vibration test this month.[...]After a successful test, the team can look forward to a launch in the fall. Exolaunch, a Germany company specializing in mission management and launch services, will partner with CalgaryToSpace to ensure the satellite deployment is timed appropriately for the target orbit of 510 kilometres above Earth's surface. The FrontierSat journey to orbit will begin on a SpaceX craft.
The satellite will serve as a platform for two scientific instruments: (1) The Mini Plasma Imager (MPI), (2) A Deployable Composite Lattice Boom (DCLB). In a near-polar orbit, the satellite will be used to collect data on ionic winds over the long term, up to 2 years. The DCLB will be deployed for its very first demonstration in space and will have its structural and flexural properties studied through camera images.
Satellite 1 is a 3-Unit CubeSat, approximately 30cm long, with room for both scientific instruments and all of the systems essential for operation
Exolaunch will ensure proper integration of FrontierSat into the deployer and provide invaluable guidance in creating documentation required for the satellite to launch. Exolaunch is also providing its EXOpod Nova deployer that will safely contain our satellite and will deploy it into space at the right moment to achieve our target orbit.
University of Calgary CTS-SAT-1 NGSO Amateur UHF
As a result, a standard general-purpose bus system for 10kg class 6U satellites, a mass production system, and an automatic operation system for multiple satellites have been established, and a multi-purpose satellite constellation consisting of seven satellites will be demonstrated in orbit using these systems by the fiscal year of 2025.
TASA's FORMOSAT-8A might be on this launch.
The name PARUS was inspired by the chestnut-bellied tit (Sittiparus castaneoventris), a bird native to Taiwan. The agency said the name reflects the spirit of Taiwan-built CubeSats carrying local innovation into space.TASA added that the next CubeSat in the series, PARUS-6U1, is set to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission in October. The mission’s primary payload will be FS-8A, the first satellite of the Formosat-8 series.
Launch Date: October 2025
Quote from: StraumliBlight on 11/21/2024 12:42 amTASA's FORMOSAT-8A might be on this launch.Taiwan's PARUS-T2 CubeSat launched by SpaceX rocket [Jun 24]QuoteThe name PARUS was inspired by the chestnut-bellied tit (Sittiparus castaneoventris), a bird native to Taiwan. The agency said the name reflects the spirit of Taiwan-built CubeSats carrying local innovation into space.TASA added that the next CubeSat in the series, PARUS-6U1, is set to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission in October. The mission’s primary payload will be FS-8A, the first satellite of the Formosat-8 series.FORMOSAT-8AQuoteLaunch Date: October 2025
