CubeSat

The “Send Your Name into Space” campaign is in full swing: until October 15, 2026, anyone can send their name, photograph, or drawing into orbit

Satellite imagery is the foundation of Earth remote sensing: it is used to assess the condition of areas and obtain data on regions that are difficult to survey regularly by other means.

Specialists from Geoscan and Samara National Research University have fine-tuned the hyperspectral imaging performed by the Colibri-S small satellite.

The 239Alferov satellite, developed by Geoscan on the Geoscan 3U platform, continues its scientific mission by recording space events using a gamma-ray spectrometer. As of February 10, 2026, the instrument has detected three gamma-ray bursts, including the bright GRB 260101A. This event became the first major result of the gamma-ray spectrometer’s operation and confirmed its ability to detect gamma-ray bursts and transmit data for astrophysical research.

Geoscan has completed in-orbit flight test program for InnoSat16 – the company’s first 16U-size CubeSat. This winter Geoscan’s small satellite development team and the Mission Control Center team successfully finished testing the attitude determination and control system (ADCS) onboard the satellite launched in July 2025. Following the tests, the satellite deployed its solar panels.

On December 28, 2025, at 4:18 p.m. Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. As a secondary payload, it carried the Lobachevsky CubeSat, developed by Lobachevsky University and Geoscan and based on the Geoscan 16U satellite platform.

InnoSat3 and Geoscan-2 continue to carry out their mission in orbit. Both satellites were launched in July 2025 and are operating normally, showcasing Geoscan’s satellite-based transport monitoring technologies.

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

On September 27, 2025, the 239Alferov satellite commenced its operational phase in orbit.