Kongsberg NanoAvionics

09/06/2026

Satellite: successfully shaken. SpinLaunch is now one step closer to launching its first customer link satellite, carrying the payload that will power the 280-satellite Meridian Space broadband constellation:

SpinLaunch's low-power, high-throughput reflectarray antenna, paired with flight heritage derived from our MP42 microsatellite bus, is designed to deliver global Tbps capacity in far fewer launches than other SatCom systems in low Earth orbit. For governments and enterprises, that means affordable, sovereign broadband infrastructure they can own and control independently.

Passing its shake test at our partner's V2i cleanroom facilities was step #1 of the satellite's "Test as You Fly" campaign, demonstrating nothing will come loose or break during its launch.

Afterward, the satellite entered our thermal vacuum chamber to run test scripts under simulated cold, heat, and vacuum conditions, just like in space.

Eager to apply your skills to satellite engineering, production, or testing? We have nearly 20 open positions on our careers page below.

Images courtesy of V2i.

06/06/2026

Darbas kosmoso industrijoje "nėra kažkas tolimo ir nepasiekiamo — tai įprasta inžinerija unikaliausioje aplinkoje", — apie savo karjeros kelią pasakoja Kongsberg NanoAvionics Palydovų programų direktorius Kristijonas Kerekeš. 👉

Klaipėdiečio Kristijono Kerekeš vardas Lietuvoje plačiai nuskambėjo prieš daugiau nei dešimtmetį, kai jis „Ąžuolyno“ gimnaziją baigė penkiais šimtukais. Vėliau, studijuodamas Kaune, vaikinas laimėjo vasaros stažuotę NASA, po kurios dar tvirčiau suprato – savo profesinį keli....

02/06/2026

SpaceNews recently spoke with our CEO, Atle Wøllo, about NanoAvionics' growth, serial satellite production, how we're supporting commercial and sovereign constellations, and how the wider KONGSBERG ecosystem strengthens the solutions we can offer our customers.

Read the full interview here:

Kongsberg NanoAvionics sets sights on building and supporting sovereign constellations

29/05/2026

We’re crazy about satellites, and we’re crazy about pink soup. So, today we gave in to the Go Vilnius craze and combined the two to celebrate this traditional 18th-century Lithuanian summer dish. Best combo ever? Probably.

Happy Friday! Hope your weekend is as refreshing as a bowl of pink soup.

27/05/2026

Nearly 100 high school students from all across Lithuania gathered to launch their CanSats into the cloudy skies last week, and just like every year, we couldn't resist joining the fun.

Congratulations to the 21 participating teams, which all designed and built functioning CanSats. Kudos to our colleague Karolina, who volunteered to serve on the jury evaluating all flights, landings, mission objectives, and mechanical, electrical, and software designs.

The winning team, "Oscar," demonstrated a controlled flight to a 1200-meter altitude, data logging and downlink, and parachute landing.

Oscar's secondary mission included an autonomous on-board AI image analysis system that captured, processed, identified, and classified objects during flight. Their CanSat transmitted only the most relevant detection results and selected images to the ground station, optimizing data transfer, power usage, and communication efficiency.

This secured team Oscar a trip to attend the 'Space Engineer for a Day' event at ESA's technical center in the Netherlands, among other prizes.

Congratulations to all participants, you're all winners in our books! The knowledge, skills, and experience you've gained are the greatest prizes of them all.

And a big thanks to the Space Hub group at the Innovation Agency Lithuania and the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology for organizing the event and ensuring more and more teams participate each year.

Next, we look forward to meeting the top 11 teams for a tour of our satellite production facilities.

Images: Inovacijų agentūra / Team Oscar

20/05/2026

Giedrą naktį Lietuvoje plika akimi galima pamatyti danguje skriejantį palydovą, sukurtą čia pat. Ką kosmose veikia Lietuvoje gaminami palydovai? 👇

Kai 2014-aisiais į orbitą iškeliavo „LituanicaSAT-1“, daugeliui lietuvių kosmosas staiga tapo nebe toks mistiškas ir tolimas. Tąkart iš palydovo sklido prezidentės Dalios Grybauskaitės balso žinutė – ją galėjo išgirsti kiekvienas smalsus radijo ryšio entuziastas. Tai buvo misija...

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.