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NanoAvionics’ 12U satellite bus is characterized by its modular and highly integral design. The M12P system offers an extended payload volume of up to 11U, to allow customers to focus on high-level implementation tasks and primary mission goals.
The proven and robust setup is designed to reduce development time and costs, with an optimized 12U platform that requires minimal flight readiness and flight acceptance in order to finalize for launch.
The company also offers a single fault-tolerant version of the bus, known as the M12P-R, which eliminates single point failures, increasing reliability and redundancy. The M12P-R has a payload volume of up to 8U and can house payloads with a maximum mass of 16kg.
The M12P’s standardized configuration is also provided with sample mission code pre-installed. This enables a faster setup, simpler payload integration, and the ability to run system diagnostics immediately, in order to accelerate mission development. The platforms are suitable for a wide range of applications in areas such as:
Both M12P models support a variety of common data interfaces and feature a fail-safe design that can keep the satellite fully operational in the event of hardware malfunction. The systems are equally well-suited for use in single-satellite missions or as the standardized platform for an entire constellation.
Both the M12P and M12P-R buses can be equipped with an optional propulsion system capable of performing high-impulse maneuvers (such as orbit synchronization, orbital deployment and maintenance, or atmospheric drag compensation). Such operational versatility can extend satellite lifetime and open up new mission concepts.
Download M12P/M12P-R bus brochure here
NanoAvionics’ 12U satellite bus is characterized by its modular and highly integral design. The M12P system offers an extended payload volume of up to 11U, to allow customers to focus on high-level implementation tasks and primary mission goals.
The proven and robust setup is designed to reduce development time and costs, with an optimized 12U platform that requires minimal flight readiness and flight acceptance in order to finalize for launch.
The company also offers a single fault-tolerant version of the bus, known as the M12P-R, which eliminates single point failures, increasing reliability and redundancy. The M12P-R has a payload volume of up to 8U and can house payloads with a maximum mass of 16kg.
The M12P’s standardized configuration is also provided with sample mission code pre-installed. This enables a faster setup, simpler payload integration, and the ability to run system diagnostics immediately, in order to accelerate mission development. The platforms are suitable for a wide range of applications in areas such as:
Both M12P models support a variety of common data interfaces and feature a fail-safe design that can keep the satellite fully operational in the event of hardware malfunction. The systems are equally well-suited for use in single-satellite missions or as the standardized platform for an entire constellation.
Both the M12P and M12P-R buses can be equipped with an optional propulsion system capable of performing high-impulse maneuvers (such as orbit synchronization, orbital deployment and maintenance, or atmospheric drag compensation). Such operational versatility can extend satellite lifetime and open up new mission concepts.
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Omnispace & Thales Alenia SpaceLaunch date
2022 05 25The 12U Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space communications satellite named Spark-2 is an addition to their identical Spark-1 satellite that launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission in April, 2022. The satellite was build for Omnispace’s satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure.
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Omnispace & Thales Alenia SpaceLaunch date
2022 04 01NanoAvionics was contracted by Thales Alenia Space to build the initial two satellite buses for Omnispace’s satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. Omnispace is reinventing mobile communications by delivering the world’s first global hybrid 5G non-terrestrial network based on 3GPP standards. These initial satellites, for operation in non-geostationary orbit (NGSO), will support the development and implementation of Omnispace’s global hybrid network. Spark-1 is the first satellite built & launched for Omnispace & Thales Alenia Space.
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NASALaunch date
2023NanoAvionics was selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). The aim of the ACS3 mission is to replace conventional rocket propellants by developing and testing solar sails using sunlight beams to thrust the nanosatellite. These solar sail propulsion systems are designed for future small interplanetary spacecraft destined for low-cost deep-space and science missions requiring long-duration, low-thrust propulsion.
As part of this project, NanoAvionics also supplied a mechanical testbed model and a FlatSat model. In addition, a team of NanoAvionics engineers have been providing the support required for testing, integration, and operations of the nanosatellite.