EnduroSat
{{Short description|Bulgarian aerospace manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
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| type = Private
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| founder = Raycho Raychev
| location_city = Sofia, Bulgaria
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| industry = Aerospace engineering
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| num_employees = 215
| num_employees_year = March 2025
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.endurosat.com}}
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EnduroSat AD is a Bulgarian aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Sofia. It was founded in 2015 by Raycho Raychev.
The company designs, builds, and operates CubeSats and Nanosatellites for commercial and scientific missions and is developing inter-satellite linking and data applications. EnduroSat was nominated as one of the top 5 small satellite start-ups.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-20|title=5 Top Emerging Small Satellite Startups Research|url=https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/5-top-emerging-small-satellite-startups/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Startus-insights.com|language=en-US}}
EnduroSat is a member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Missions
- EnduroSat One: first Bulgarian CubeSat mission.{{Cite journal|last=Kolev|first=A.|last2=Ivanov|first2=I.|last3=Nedelev|first3=I.|last4=Danchev|first4=V.|date=2019-02-26|title=EnduroSat one - The first Bulgarian CubeSat mission|url=https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5091337|journal=AIP Conference Proceedings|volume=2075|issue=1|pages=160010|doi=10.1063/1.5091337|issn=0094-243X|url-access=subscription}} The cubesat was developed within the Space Challenges 2018 program and aims at raising awareness on the topic of satellite communications and popularizing amateur radio activities.{{cite web |url=https://one.endurosat.com/ |title=EnduroSat One |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=EnduroSat}} It was embarked on the cargo resupply mission Cygnus CRS-9 to the ISS launched on 21 May 2018 from Wallops Island and was deployed on 13 July 2018 via the ISS' JEM airlock.{{Cite web|title=EnduroSat One|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/endurosat-a.htm|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Space.skyrocket.de|language=en}}
- SPARTAN: first Shared Sat mission, it consists in a 6U cubesat carrying a total of 7 payloads.{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/shared-satellite-service-is-on/ |title=Space operations redefined – Our Shared Satellite Service is ON |work=EnduroSat |date=10 July 2020 |access-date=14 January 2023}} It was launched on 30 June 2021 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission.{{cite web |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/commercial-space-services-redefined/ |title=Commercial space services redefined |date=1 July 2021 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}}
- Platform 1 (SharedSat 2141): second 6U Shared Sat mission that includes an electric propulsion demonstration for Hypernova Space Technologies and the Edge computing payload from IBM.{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/small-satellite-propulsion-flying-on-shared-sat-service/ |title=Next gen small satellite propulsion flying on our Shared Sat service |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/edge-computing-in-space-by-ibm/ |title=Edge Computing in Space by IBM |date=15 December 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}} It was launched on 25 May 2022 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of SpaceX Transporter-5 mission.{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/platform-1-in-space/ |title=Platform-1 in Space |date=26 May 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}}
- Platform 2 (SharedSat 2211): it includes a space weather payload from Mission Space{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/endurosat-and-mission-space/ |title=EnduroSat & Mission Space redefine space weather data infrastructure |date=20 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}} and two space propulsion demonstrations, one from Magdrive and one from Hypernova Space Technologies{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/magdrive-spacecraft-propulsion-via-endurosats-space-service/ |title=Magdrive to unleash their next-gen spacecraft propulsion via EnduroSat’s Space Service |work=EnduroSat |date=21 November 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/hypernova-to-test-propulsion-via-our-space-service/ |title=Hypernova to test cutting-edge propulsion via EnduroSat’s Space Service |date=8 December 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSat}} It was launched on 3 January 2023 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of SpaceX Transporter-6 mission.{{cite press release |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/platform-2-is-in-orbit/ |title=Platform-2 is in orbit |date=4 January 2023 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=EnduroSpace}}
- Platform 3 (Sateliot_0 Groundbreaker, 2B5GSAT): 6U demonstrator of Sateliot's announced constellation for 5G IoT connectivity in Low Earth orbit.{{cite web |url=https://sateliot.space/en/news-sateliot-space/sateliot-to-launch-first-ever-satellite-under-5g-standard-to-democratize-iot/ |title=Sateliot to Launch First-Ever Satellite Under 5G Standard to Democratize IoT |date=30 March 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=Sateliot}}{{cite tweet |author=EnduroSat |author-link=EnduroSat |user=EnduroSat |number=1617544227000356865 |date=23 January 2023 |title=Our upcoming missions Taifa-1 and Platform-3 have been flawlessly integrated at the EXOpod. Scheduled for launch April 2023. Congrats to our partners, customers, and team. Special thanks to @EXOLAUNCH #spaceiscloserthanyouthink https://t.co/xxgTG8fvxB |language=en |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123234613/https://twitter.com/EnduroSat/status/1617544227000356865 |archive-date=23 January 2023 |url-status=live}} It was launched on 15 April 2023 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of SpaceX Transporter-7 mission.{{cite web |url=https://exolaunch.com/news_87 |title=Exolaunch Flawlessly Deploys 21 Satellites on Transporter-7 Rideshare Mission |date=18 April 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=ExoLaunch}}
- TAIFA-1: built on behalf of the Kenyan Space Agency and SayariLabs, it's a 3U cubesat equipped with a hyperspectral Earth observation camera intended to provide disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities.It was launched on 15 April 2023 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of SpaceX Transporter-7 mission.{{cite web |url=https://www.endurosat.com/news/taifa-1-kenyan-nanosat/ |title=TAIFA-1 – First Kenyan software-defined NanoSat |date=25 January 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=EnduroSat}}
- Platform 5: Shared Sat mission. No details have been released so far about the payloads hosted on this cubesats. It was launched on 11 November 2023 as part of SpaceX Transporter-9 rideshare mission.{{cite web |last=Lentz |first=Danny |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/transporter-9/ |title=SpaceX Transporter 9 rideshare features new OTV from Tom Mueller’s Impulse Space |date=11 November 2023 |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=NASASpaceFlight}}
- OSW Cazorla: 3U cubesats built for Odyssey SpaceWorks, a company specialized in operating satellites that house miniaturized R&D labs. This first satellite hosts two labs: one contains a bioreactor to grow multiple independent cultures of animal muscle tissue built by the Kaplan Lab at Tufts University, and one contains sensors made by Physical Synthesis to be tested in high stress environments.{{cite web |url=https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/platform-5 |title=OSW Cazorla |access-date=15 November 2023 |work=Nanosats Database}} It was launched on 11 November 2023 as part of SpaceX Transporter-9 rideshare mission.
- Barry (B1B2): 12U demonstrator for Rogue Space Systems' constellation of orbital robots for close-up inspection and assistance. This first satellite will validate a variety of hardware and software technologies, including Rogue’s Scalable Compute Platform (SCP).{{cite web |url=https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/rogue-space |title=Barry (B1B2, Laura Orbot, Orbital Robot) |access-date=15 November 2023 |work=Nanosats Database}} It was launched on 11 November 2023 as part of SpaceX Transporter-9 rideshare mission.
- PEARL-1C, 1H: two 6U cubesats for Foxconn.{{cite web |url=https://www.tasa.org.tw/activity/iCASE/2021/download/FULL-icase2021_FINAL_Name_Change/SPC-02-iCASE2021-FULL-AB109-3YA4A48st2.PDF |title=An Introduction to PEARL CubeSat Mission |access-date=18 December 2023}} They serve as demonstrators for their planned LEO broadband communications satellites and their beyond 5G (B5G) capabilities.{{cite press release |url=https://www.honhai.com/en-us/press-center/press-releases/latest-news/1138 |title=Electronics giant, Foxconn, awards Exolaunch with contract to deploy the group's first satellites |date=6 November 2023 |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=Foxconn}} They were launched on 11 November 2023 as part of SpaceX Transporter-9 rideshare mission.
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.endurosat.com}}
- [https://twitter.com/endurosat Twitter Account]
Category:Spacecraft manufacturers
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Sofia