Sputnix

Sputnix (, also спутниковые инновационные космические системы, "Satellite Innovative Space Systems") is a privatelyowned 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.

History

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]

In 2013, Sputnix received a license from the Russian Federal Space Agency to carry out space activities and began to create microsatellite technology-demonstrator TabletSat-Aurora.

On June 19, 2014, Tabletsat-Aurora was launched into Low Earth orbit on a Ukrainian launch vehicle, the 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]

Main activities

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]

International activity

Sputnix is known as an experienced producer and exporter in the space field.[22] The company assists 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.

Satellites