Kongsberg NanoAvionics, Mokslininku Str. 2A, Vilnius (2026)

12/05/2026

Two more pre-integrated MP42 microsatellite buses shipped to our customer, where they will meet their sub-meter optical imagers for payload integration. Every constellation builder has a different operational model, and we support customers at three levels, offering:

— Ready-to-launch satellites, where we handle payload integration, testing, and launch preparation end-to-end.

— Pre-integrated buses, like these MP42s, where the spacecraft platform arrives integration-ready, and the customer takes ownership of payload integration and final testing, keeping control of the most mission-specific work in-house.

— Subsystems and avionics kits, for teams who want full ownership of spacecraft assembly and testing, and simply need flight-proven hardware to build around.

Whether you're scaling a constellation or flying your first mission, our products, services, and flight heritage from over 60 launched satellite missions meet you where you are.

If you want to design, build, or test cutting-edge satellites for leading commercial, scientific, and governmental organizations - explore nearly 20 of our open positions (including internships) in the comments below.

07/05/2026

Space-based national security capabilities are no longer limited to only the largest space powers. At yesterday, our Business Development Manager, Tomas Versalovicius, presented how sovereign space capabilities have become faster to deploy, more scalable, and significantly more accessible through modern small satellites.

Drawing on real mission examples, Tomas demonstrated how NanoAvionics’ flight-proven small satellite platforms, combined with payloads from customers and partners, already provide practical sovereign solutions across multiple domains, including:

— High-resolution optical and thermal imaging
— Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
— RF maritime surveillance
— Signals intelligence (SIGINT)
— Broadband connectivity

From border monitoring to maritime awareness and resilient communications, cost-effective small satellites are enabling governments and organizations to build capabilities that do not depend on others.

Thank you to everyone who joined the discussion and the organizers of Vilnius Space Days, Inovacijų agentūra, for bringing together the Baltic and European space community to discuss the future of security, resilience, and innovation from orbit.

Photos: Innovation Agency Lithuania

05/05/2026

✅ 4th successful launch of the year with 3 customer satellites:
🛰 Poland’s 1st domestic SAR satellite
🛰 World’s 1st quantum key distribution CubeSat
🛰 World’s 1st neutrino detector in space

Following a successful launch on May 3rd, NanoAvionics' mission control established contact with all satellites under its operations on the first attempt.

This continued our 100% first-contact success rate and brought the total number of NanoAvionics-built satellites launched to more than 60.

Satellites aboard the CAS500-2 using NanoAvionics satellite buses include:

🛰️ Eycore-1: an all-European Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, built by Eycore and featuring our flight-proven MP42 microsatellite bus.

It will validate Eycore’s X-band SAR payload and lay the groundwork for an all-European, military-grade SAR solution that will provide governments with rapid, sovereign access to sub-meter, day-night, all-weather imagery.

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🛰️ QUBE-II: the world's first quantum key distribution (QKD) CubeSat, built on our 8U CubeSat bus, by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) Quantum Communication initiative.

It will demonstrate the first-ever quantum key exchange between a CubeSat and a ground station, setting the stage for cost-effective, unhackable global communications using a compact, lightweight optical terminal.

Zentrum für Telematik Würzburg (ZfT) is the QUBE-II satellite system responsible, while OHB System AG coordinates the overall system, including payloads from Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

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🛰️ SNAPPY: the world’s first space-based neutrino detector, built on our 3U CubeSat bus, carrying a Wichita State University-designed prototype neutrino detector.

It will prove the detector can operate in space and measure background rates relevant to solar neutrino detection via a double-pulsed signature that cleanly identifies true solar neutrino interactions. The mission will gather critical data to support future solar neutrino research closer to the sun.

Learn more about the missions on our blog below.

Launch and deployment images: SpaceX

03/05/2026

Next stop: Space! In less than an hour, the CAS500-2 rideshare mission will rise to the skies, with its 45-minute launch window opening on May 3rd, 06:59 UTC. Here's what's heading to Sun-synchronous orbit from California this time:

🛰️ Eycore-1: an all-European Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, built by Eycore and featuring our flight-proven MP42 microsatellite bus.

It will validate Eycore’s X-band SAR payload and lay the groundwork for an all-European, military-grade SAR solution that will provide governments with rapid, sovereign access to sub-meter, day-night, all-weather imagery.

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🛰️ QUBE-II: the world's first quantum key distribution (QKD) CubeSat, built on our 8U CubeSat bus, by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) Quantum Communication initiative.

It will demonstrate the first-ever quantum key exchange between a CubeSat and a ground station, setting the stage for cost-effective, unhackable global communications using a compact, lightweight optical terminal.

Zentrum für Telematik e.V. Würzburg (ZfT) is the QUBE-II satellite system responsible, while OHB SE coordinates the overall system, including payloads from German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), and the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

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🛰️ SNAPPY: the world’s first space-based neutrino detector, built on our 3U CubeSat bus, carrying a Wichita State University-designed prototype neutrino detector, funded by the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program.

It will prove the detector can operate in space and measure background rates relevant to solar neutrino detection via a double-pulsed signature that cleanly identifies true solar neutrino interactions. The mission will gather critical data to support future solar neutrino research closer to the sun.

Tune in to the launch on SpaceX’s website.

*Launch integration image: SpaceX.

01/05/2026

The world’s first space-based neutrino detector is set to launch this Sunday, at 06:59 UTC. SNAPPY, built on our 3U CubeSat bus, will carry and test a Wichita State University-designed prototype neutrino detector, which will:

Prove the detector can operate in space and measure background rates relevant to solar neutrino detection via a double-pulsed signature that cleanly identifies true solar neutrino interactions.

Neutrinos are among the most elusive particles in the universe. About 100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body every second, or even more when you’re standing next to a potassium-filled banana aisle.

Because of their elusivity, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them. Understanding neutrinos holds the key to understanding the structure of the universe and the origin of mass.

SNAPPY is a NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)-funded 3U CubeSat, led by WSU professor Dr. Nickolas Solomey, and developed in collaboration between NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and the universities of Wichita, University of South Dakota, University of Minnesota, and University of Michigan.

Stay tuned for more launch updates. We have several customer satellites flying aboard the CAS500-2 mission this Sunday, ranging from 3 kg CubeSats to 200 kg-class microsatellites.

If you want to learn why neutrinos are so fascinating, we'll link to a recent video from the Physics Girl in the comments that goes into more detail.

30/04/2026

This all-European Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, built by Polish company Eycore and featuring our flight-proven MP42 microsatellite bus, is ready to launch this Sunday, May 3rd, at 06:59 UTC. Once in orbit, Eycore-1 will:

Validate Eycore’s X-band SAR payload and lay the groundwork for an all-European, military-grade SAR solution that will provide governments with rapid, sovereign access to sub-meter, day-night, all-weather imagery.

Eycore-1's agility, accuracy, and comprehensive imaging modes will provide everything from border-length surveillance to vehicle-level details.

Read more about the mission on our blog in the comments below, or apply for one of our open positions if you would like to work on strategically important missions like this one.

P.S. Our CAS500-2 rideshare mission updates aren't over yet - we have more customer satellites flying aboard, so stay tuned.

28/04/2026

The world's first quantum key distribution (QKD) CubeSat is set to launch this Sunday. QUBE-II, built on our 8U CubeSat bus, is a German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) Quantum Communication initiative, which will:

Demonstrate the first-ever quantum key exchange between a CubeSat and a ground station, laying the foundation for cost-effective, unhackable global communications using a compact, lightweight optical terminal.

Zentrum für Telematik Würzburg (ZfT) is the QUBE-II satellite system responsible, while OHB System AG coordinates the overall system, including payloads from Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Stay tuned for launch updates as we have more satellites flying aboard the CAS500-2 mission this weekend.

If you want to design, build, or test cutting-edge satellites for leading commercial, scientific, and governmental organizations - explore nearly 20 of our open positions (including internships) in the comments below.

23/04/2026

Two more customer satellites are on their way to the launch pad, built on our flight-proven, 200 kg-class MP42 microsatellite and 8U CubeSat platforms. Once in orbit:

— Our MP42 microsatellite bus will support a customer’s Earth observation mission, designed to collect sub-meter imagery for national security applications.

— The 8U CubeSat bus will help demonstrate secure, cutting-edge communication technologies for the first time integrated in a compact, cost-effective CubeSat.

Stay tuned for upcoming launch updates and explore our open positions if you want to help us build some incredible spacecraft. Aerospace engineering experience is a plus, but NOT required.

Career page link below.

22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! Our satellites prove its beauty every day, we'd thought we'd share some it. See our blogpost in the comments if you're wondering how we captured these satellite selfies.

21/04/2026

Last April, we announced our contract with SpinLaunch to build 280 satellites for its Meridian Space broadband constellation. This April, Meridian's demo satellite is fully integrated and getting ready for launch qualification:

SpinLaunch integrated its novel reflectarray antenna with our MP42 microsatellite bus and successfully conducted payload functional tests last week, demonstrating its readiness to complete high-throughput links with customers from orbit.

Yesterday, we finished installing the satellite's solar panels and began preparing the satellite for its launch qualification.

In parallel, our teams are working on Meridian's constellation-optimized satellite design, which will combine a customized version of our MP42 microsatellite bus with 18 of SpinLaunch's reflectarrays in a low-mass, high-throughput package.

This will enable a new capability in low Earth orbit (LEO): low-cost, sovereign broadband constellations that provide global Tbps capacity in far fewer launches than other SatCom systems in LEO.

Learn more about our partnership with SpinLaunch on our blog below, and take a look at our open positions if you want to help us build 100s of strategically important satellites.

17/04/2026

Calling for interns who dream about space! Learn and contribute to ongoing satellite product development projects while working closely with our experienced engineers.

As a Product Engineering Intern, you will:

— Support Product Engineers in complex product development
— Maintain comprehensive, organized, and accessible product documentation
— Design, develop, integrate, and test products
— Address technical challenges that arise during the development process, and more.

Learn more and apply on our website in the comments below.

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