Four days after the successful launch of the H-2B rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center (Japan), as planned, the TuPOD safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), on-board the HTV-6 supply ship. In fact, the HTV-6 docking went along on schedule: on Tuesday December 13, at 10:39 a.m. (GMT), “KOUNOTORI6” was captured by the ISS’ robotic arm (Canadarm-2, 17.6 meters-long) […]
Update: The TuPOD will be released in January 2017 (exact date yet to be set). The first launch into Space ever of the TuPOD took place today December 9, 2016, at 13:26:47GMT, from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, in Japan. The TuPOD is a 3U CubeSat satellite that works at the same time as a deployer […]
Here below you may download the Press Release (in English and in Italian) on the TuPOD satellite/deployer launch, scheduled for December 9 2016, 1:26 PM (GMT) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, headed to the International Space Station. English: Italian:
Update: The TuPOD will be released in January 2017 (exact date yet to be set). The TuPOD, the satellite/deployer containing the first TubeSats ever to be released into space, continues its path as it has been handed over to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). On November 7th 2016 the TuPOD has been integrated in the CubeSat launcher J-SSOD (JEM Small Satellite […]
Once again GAUSS has designed an innovative system, this time to deploy the first TubeSats into orbit. The TuPOD is a 3U CubeSat and has the capability to board and release two TubeSats. It will be launched soon by the Italian company. The satellite/deployer has been designed by GAUSS Srl in cooperation with the US company Tetonsys, […]
On 16/20 May 2016 SpaceOps, together with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), has organized the “14th International Conference on Space Operations” at the Daejeon Convention Centre (Republic of Korea), hosted by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in collaboration with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). Worldwide space agencies (such as ESA and NASA, among others), students and young […]
