Betzdorf, Luxembourg, February 18, 2020. ESAIL, the first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA’s SAT-AIS program for tracking ships, has arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, Guiana. It was built by Luxembourg-based company LuxSpace, a subsidiary of...
The first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA’s SAT‐AIS programme for tracking ships, called ESAIL, has passed another milestone. On 9 May its Canadian operator exactEarth signed the launch service agreement with Arianespace. ESAIL is part of ESA’s...
In May 2018 LuxSpace successfully completed the acceptance test campaign of the Flight Model of the Attitude Determination and Control System Interface (ADCS I/F) Unit. This concludes the first all-inhouse design and development of a flight product unit by LuxSpace....
At the end of this very successful and busy year we have been rewarded with smoothly running test campaigns and highly satisfying test results. Between 11th and 18th December, the LuxSpace ESAIL team successfully performed the environmental qualification for its...
2017 has been another exciting and successful year for LuxSpace, featuring the successful launch of OHB’s first SmallGEO satellite platform, the completion of the design phase for the ESAIL microsatellite, the initial development phase of LuxSpace’s new and innovative...