November 22, 2017

D-Star One is ready to launch!

From the 6th to the 20th of November, at the Vostochny launch site (Tsiolkovsky, Amur Oblast, Russia), the teams of German Orbital Systems GmbH (GOS) and iSky Technology s.r.o. (iSky) conducted final preflight checkout procedures of the D-Star ONE SC subsystems and telecommunication modules.

All tests were completed successfully. Based on the results GOS and iSky concluded that the satellite is fully ready for launch. D-Star ONE was integrated into the deployer which was mounted on the Fregat upper stage??™s adapter frame and successfully passed joint test with electrical systems of the upper stage.

The deployer, launch services and technical support for the D-Star ONE mission were provided by ECM Space Technology GmbH (Berlin, Germany).

The launch of D-Star ONE is scheduled for November 28, 2017 along with the Meteor-M ?2-1 meteorological mission of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos. On its way to orbit the main payload will be accompanied by 18 small satellites, 14 of which are CubeSats (including the D-Star ONE) launched by ECM Space Technology GmbH

German Orbital Systems GmbH

German Orbital Systems GmbH is a Berlin-based space company. It was founded in 2014 by former scientific staff of the Technical University of Berlin and is the first German company focused on the CubeSat market. The product portfolio includes subsystems and turn-key satellite missions, which consist of the ground-, space- and launch segments. Since 2016, GOS has been responsible for the separation sequence as a part of ECM Space Technologies GmbH CubeSat dispensers.

iSky Technology s.r.o.

Sky Technology is a Czech space company established in 2016. The company is actively developing in the segment of strategic mission planning, space market analysis, and turn-key space solutions. iSky Technology develops conceptual solutions for businesses in the space industry: from mission design to launch, software development and satellite operation on orbit. iSky Technology specializes in smallsat constellation projects and operates successfully in the North American, European, Russian and the CIS markets.

ECM Space Technologies GmbH

ECM Space Technology GmbH is a German company, spin-off from the department of aeronautics of the Technical University of Berlin. It was founded in 2010 to provide products and technologies for small satellites, launch systems and launch services. Since 2010 ECM has performed numerous successful launches of German satellites and was appointed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as an authorized partner for small satellite launch solutions. Today ECM is one of the world??™s leading launch providers for small satellites, especially of the CubeSat format.