The main purpose of nanosatellites is to provide a fast and affordable access to space for small payloads.

General features of all nanosatellites according to the Cubesat standard are:

• Each single nanosatellite may not exceed 1 kg mass and 10x10x10 cm³.
• LEO (Low Earth Orbits).
• Less qualification requirements (use of COTS parts).
• Double and triple configurations are possible: 2 kg (20x10x10 cm³) or 3 kg (30x10x10 cm³).

Thanks to CubeSat standard, scientific and technical research teams from a variety of disciplines can access to a space flight mission at low cost and in a short term to address:

–Small budget research projects.

–In-Orbit Demonstration / Validation of novel products.

–Technology In-Flight qualification.

–Educational and training programmes.

CUBESAT PLATFORM:

Emxys has developed its own nanosatellite platform for IOD/IOV applications, NAOSAT.

MISSION APPLICATIONS

The range of scientific and technical disciplines targeted by CubeSat missions is growing continuously:

• Life Sciences.
• Physics (Nuclear, Optics & Photonics, Atmospheric,…).
• New concepts in Communications.
• Qualification flight for technology test-beds.
• Advanced propulsion concepts.