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A fall of CubeSats

Written by  Wednesday, 18 December 2024 09:40
GomX-4 pair

Four pioneering ESA Technology CubeSats reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the last few months. Each was only about the size of a shoebox or smaller, but despite their diminutive dimensions the missions left an outsize legacy in terms of demonstrating innovative space technology, industrial capacity building and scientific data return. 

GomX-4B
GomX-4B

“The GOMX-4 mission is now an important part of our legacy, and the products, capabilities and reliability demonstrated through this mission continues to be an important asset for building trust with existing and future customers”, says Lars Krogh Alminde, Co-founder and Vice President Strategy & Business Development.

A dedicated follow-on mission, GOMX-5, is in development.

ESA's Technology CubeSats

ESA supports Technology CubeSats through the ‘Fly’ element of its General Support Technology Programme, with many more in preparation. As well as HENON, CubeSpec, and GOMX-5, all due for launch in 2026, other missions include next year’s GENA-OT which will test a new 16U platform from OroraTech and fly numerous technology experiments. Meanwhile ESA's PRETTY CubeSat for satnav reflectometry testing goes on operating in orbit.


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