Fédération Nanosats
for Earth and Universe Science
Promote
the development of major scientific advances in Earth and Universe Sciences
Capitalise
on the wealth of experience of the partners and their human and technical resources
Amplify
the dynamism of the Earth and Universe Sciences nanosats communities
Challenges
In a rapidly evolving context, scientific projects of nanosatellites represent a real paradigm shift for new concepts in space observation and exploration. What strategy should France adopt?
- The BRITE constellation: a scientific NewSpace success story
As part of the first SLOT (Off-The-Shelf Online Seminar) organised by the Fédération Nanosats on 13 November 2025, Konstanze Zwintz (Innsbruck University) looked back on 14 years of science generated by observations from the BRITE constellation. With its five nanosatellites – the sixth was unable to detach from the launcher due to a lack of… Read More »The BRITE constellation: a scientific NewSpace success story - Launch of a webinar series dedicated to cubesats
Foreword Fully embracing its role as a research and coordination federation, the Fédération Nanosats is launching a brand new series of online seminars entirely dedicated to scientific nanosatellite projects. Every second Thursday of the month at 2:00pm starting in November, renowned scientists and engineers will be invited to present their projects and main findings and… Read More »Launch of a webinar series dedicated to cubesats - Science, the unfortunate omission from the Assises du Newspace Conference
The 4th edition of Les Assises du Newspace was held at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie de la Villette conference centre in Paris on 8 and 9 July. Some 1,000 leading players in the space industry came together with great enthusiasm to discuss the major challenges facing French and European space: sovereignty, defence,… Read More »Science, the unfortunate omission from the Assises du Newspace Conference