Sputnix (Russian: спутникс, also спутниковые инновационные космические системы, "Satellite Innovative Space Systems") is a privately-owned satellite construction company headquartered at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. It is one of Russia's first private space companies. It was founded in 2011 by ScanEx.
Industry | Commercial spaceflight[1] |
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Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Key people | Vladislav Ivanenko (CEO) |
Website | sputnix |
Sputnix was established in 2011 by the ScanEx satellite technology department, which developed the orientation and stabilization system of the Chibis-M microsatellite by order of the Russian Space Research Institute.[2][3][4] It is based at the Skolkovo Innovation Center.[5][6]
Since 2012, Sputnix has been creating satellite platforms and service systems for microsatellites and nanosatellites. In 2013, Sputnix received a license from the Russian Federal Space Agency to carry out space activities and began to create a microsatellite-technology demonstrator TabletSat-Aurora.
On June 19, 2014, the first privately-owned Russian microsatellite, Tabletsat-Aurora, was launched into a Low Earth orbit on a Ukrainian launch vehicle Dnepr rocket[7][8] implementing a contract between Sputnix and ISC Kosmotras.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2017, Sputnix developed the Orbiсraft-Pro satellite platform based on the international CubeSat standard. The OrbiСraft-Pro platform is a design kit that allows the assembly of various configurations of nanosatellites with different payloads. The scientific and educational satellites SiriusSat-1[14] (COSPAR 1998-067PG; decayed from orbit 9 December 2020) and SiriusSat-2[15] (COSPAR 1998-067PH; decayed from orbit 9 December 2020) were created with the OrbiСraft-Pro platform, and launched from the International Space Station on August 15, 2018.[16][17][18][19]
Sputnix develops orientation and stabilization systems and other service systems for microsatellites and CubeSat satellites; microsatellite and CubeSat platforms, allowing the quick creation of satellites for technological, scientific and educational experiments; equipment and software for ground communication stations; attitude determination and control system (ADCS) test benches for research of small satellites dynamics in the simulated space environment of zero gravity, homogenous unsteady magnetic field, sunlight, sky of stars; and equipment for aerospace education.[20][21]
Sputnix is known as an experienced producer and exporter in the space field.[22] The company provides solutions[buzzword] for educational aerospace laboratories and aerospace education for schools and universities. Sputnix delivers satellite functional kits, data receiving ground stations, space environment simulators and equipment, accompanied by educational materials.
Name | Weight, kg | Launch date | Launch vehicle | Purpose |
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Chibis-М | 34,4 | 25.01.2012 | Progress M-13M | Scientific sat |
TabletSat-Aurora | 26 | 19.06.2014 | Dnepr rocket | RS |
Al Farabi-1 | 2 | 15.02.2017 | PSLV-C37 | Ed-Tech sat, RS |
SiriusSat-1 | 1,45 | 15.08.2018 | Progress MS-09 | Ed-Scientific sat |
SiriusSat-2 | 1,45 | 15.08.2018 | Progress MS-09 | Ed-Scientific sat |
NRU HSE - DZZ | 3,5 | 22.03.2021 | Soyuz rocket | Ed-Scientific sat |
Sirius-DZZ | 3,5 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
OrbiCraft-Zorkiy | 8 | RS | ||
KSU-CubeSat | 1,1 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
ChallengeOne | 2,1 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«SXC3-214-MIET-AIS» | 4 | 09.08.2022 | Soyuz rocket | Ed-Scientific sat |
«SXC3-219 ISOI» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«SXC3-2110 Voenmeh» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«SXC3-217 Siren» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«SXC3-215 Vizard» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«CubeSX-HSE-2» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«SXC3-218 KuzSTU» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«ReshUCube-1» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«UTMN» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat | ||
«Monitor-1» | 4 | Ed-Scientific sat |