CubeSat
5 October 2025
Highlights of the “Making Space Open – 2025” Conference
Today, Moscow became the focal point of discussions on the future of private space exploration and open technologies as it hosted the technology and science conference “Making Space Open – 2025
1 October 2025
The Gamma Spectrometer on Board the 239Alferov Satellite Begins Its Scientific Mission
On September 27, 2025, the 239Alferov satellite commenced its operational phase in orbit.
25 September 2025
Geoscan’s Space Mission Is Bringing Space Closer and Making It More Accessible for Education and Research
On July 25, 2025, at 08:54 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome as part of the Ionosphere-M Mission Nos. 3 and 4 under the program of the State Corporation Roscosmos
8 August 2025
Geoscan’s Cleanroom: Where Satellites Are Assembled
The first Russian 16U CubeSat, InnoSat16, was launched into orbit on July 25 as part of a constellation consisting of nine small satellites developed by Geoscan
28 July 2025
New Geoscan Satellites Establish Contact
On July 25, nine experimental small satellites developed by Geoscan were launched into a near-polar sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 500 km
4 July 2025
Nine Geoscan Satellites Ready for Launch
A group of nine small spacecraft developed by Geoscan is set for orbital deployment in Q3 2025. The CubeSats are equipped with various types of payloads designed to test commercially potential technologies.
7 May 2025
Five Geoscan-Developed Satellites Use Active Attitude Control System in Orbit
On November 5, 2024, five small spacecraft were launched into orbit. All these CubeSats were developed by Geoscan based on the Geoscan 3U platform. Currently, the satellites are undergoing testing of the reaction wheels and the active attitude control system.
16 April 2025
Satellite Developed by Geoscan to Carry 7787 Names into Orbit
April 15 marks the completion of the second “Send Your Name to Space” campaign. This time, we collected 7787 names and over 3500 images from 117 countries.
27 January 2025
First Geoscan 16U Platform-Based Satellite Developed
In collaboration with the National Research University – Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (NRU UNN), Geoscan has developed the first Geoscan 16U platform-based satellite as part of the Space-π educational project. The ‘Lobachevsky’ microsatellite will be the first 16U CubeSat device designed for agricultural and environmental research.