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:
GAUSS is taking part in the “System-level mission” in Brazil as a representative of the Italian space technology field and a contributor to the aerospace cooperation between Italy and Brazil. The mission is taking place on 23, 24 and 25 November 2016 in São José dos Campos (São Paulo, Brasil), at Parque Tecnologico and INPE Headquarters. The initiative […]
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 […]
GAUSS is participating in the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2016), held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 26 to 30 September 2016, being also present at a number of pre-congress related events starting on 22 September. This key event of the aerospace sector is organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), the Secretarìa de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), the […]
