Engineering:ERMIS

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ERMIS
OperatorGreece NKUA, Hellenic Space Center, 23px European Space Agency
COSPAR IDERMIS-1: 2026-067BB
ERMIS-2: 2026-067BC
ERMIS-3: 2026-067AS
Mission duration3 months, 9 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type2x 6U, 1x 8U CubeSat
Start of mission
Launch date30 March 2026, 11:02 UTC
RocketFalcon 9 Transporter 16
Greek CubeSat In-Orbit Validation
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OptiSat →
 

The ERMIS Constellation is a Greek space mission for in-orbit technology demonstration of various communication and Earth observation technologies.[1][2] The satellite constellation consist of three CubeSat-type small satellites, two 6U and one 8U,[3][4] that were all launched to low Earth orbit together on the Transporter-16 flight of the Falcon 9 rocket on 30 March 2026.[5][6][7] The two smaller satellites (ERMIS-1 and ERMIS-2) are designed to test 5G connectivity for Internet of Things and the larger satellite (ERMIS-3) also includes an ATLAS-1 laser terminal from the Lithuanian company Astrolight.[1] The mission was developed by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with the support of the EU's and ESA's Greek CubeSat In-Orbit Validation programme.[8][9][10][11][12]

See also

  • List of European Space Agency programmes and missions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tomaswick, Andy (2026-04-10). "ESA Launches 7 New Missions to Supercharge Space Data Transfer" (in en). https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esa-launches-7-new-missions-to-supercharge-space-data-transfer. 
  2. ↑ Dux, Simon (2026-02-24). "Taara and Astrolight push laser comms back into focus" (in en-GB). https://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/taara-and-astrolight-push-laser-comms-back-into-focus/. 
  3. ↑ "COSPAR App". https://app.cospar-assembly.org/2025/browser/presentation/36613. 
  4. ↑ ERMIS Project Press Release
  5. ↑ "OQ Technology - The worlds first satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity." (in en). https://oqtec.com/. 
  6. ↑ "SpaceX" (in en). http://www.spacex.com/. 
  7. ↑ www.matak.sk, Juraj Maták-. "Družice". http://www.kozmo-data.sk/druzice/detail/2026-067/. 
  8. ↑ "SatNOGS DB - ERMIS-1". https://db.satnogs.org/satellite/98369/. 
  9. ↑ "ERMIS Constellation In-Orbit Validation" (in en). 2024-01-15. https://software.aerospace.uoa.gr/projects/ermispa/. 
  10. ↑ "Exolaunch". https://www.aerospace.uoa.gr/news.php?article=650. 
  11. ↑ Ackman, Ben (2026-03-30). "SpaceX Launches 119 Payloads on the Transporter-16 Rideshare Mission" (in en-US). https://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2026/03/30/spacex-launches-119-payloads-on-the-transporter-16-rideshare-mission/. 
  12. ↑ "Seven missions launched to test optimised data transfer from space" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/Seven_missions_launched_to_test_optimised_data_transfer_from_space. 

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