GENA-OT Spacecraft

In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of an IOD/IOV commercial service for hosted payloads.

In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of an IOD/IOV commercial service. It includes smart panels for flexible payloads integration and operations, real time access to payload via telecom constellation (Iridium), and high-capacity on-board processing. 

Platform: 16U CubeSat with 3-axis pointing and low-thrust EP.
Payloads: Up to 11U, shared by up to 10 payloads.
Programme: General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).
Contractor: Orbital Oracle Technologies (DE).

In this project, a generic 16U platform for commercial IOD/IOV service is being developed, and required critical technologies matured to high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) such that they may be used in future operational missions with a lower risk. The platform can be tailored to the specific payload needs, by including higher accuracy attitude sensors, electric propulsion, or high-performance on-board payload data processing unit, for example, and can offer up to 12U of payload volume, depending on the selected configuration. 

The objectives of the mission are threefold: 

1. To demonstrate the capabilities of the Generic Flexible Nano-satellite platform to successfully support the operations of number of IOD/IOV payloads in orbit for their minimum required duration and deliver the associated payload data to customers 
2. To demonstrate an independent IOD/IOV Service using the Generic Flexible Nano-satellite platform, web interface and service-related processes for IOD/IOV customers under commercial conditions 
3. To validate a sustainable business model by tracking all costs & revenues over the project lifecycle and re-evaluating the financial planning assumptions for the first fully commercial IOD/IOV Service mis

GENA-OT carries multiple scientific payloads. This includes the relaunch of the ICARUS satellite-based animal tracking system from the Max Planck Institute, which has been on hold since 2022. Other projects include technology demonstrators from UniBw’s SeRANIS Mission and contributions from the Munich Center for Space Communications. The platform allows these programs to perform scientific experimentation and validation of new technologies on-orbit quickly and easily, without the need to build full satellite platforms.

The satellite deployed its solar arrays and began communicating with us soon after launch, exactly as planned. All critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) steps have been completed, and we are now concluding the first commissioning milestone, including full attitude control.

GENA-OT is behaving beautifully in orbit: plenty of power, strong communications, and stable temperatures. We’re now in the final stages of validation before entering nominal customer operations.

• 3UCubed
• 6GStarLab
• Accenture-1
• AE5Ra
• AE5Rb
• AE5Rc
• Black Kite-1
• BRO-17
• BRO-20
• CTC-1A
• CTC-1B
• CTC-1C
• Flock-4h 1
• Flock-4h 2
• Flock-4h 3
• Flock-4h 4
• Flock-4h 5
• Flock-4h 6
• Flock-4h 7
• Flock-4h 8
• Flock-4h 9
• Flock-4h 10
• Flock-4h 11
• Flock-4h 12
• Flock-4h 13
• Flock-4h 14
• Flock-4h 15
• Flock-4h 16
• Flock-4h 17
• Flock-4h 18
• Flock-4h 19
• Flock-4h 20
• Flock-4h 21
• Flock-4h 22
• Flock-4h 23
• Flock-4h 24
• Flock-4h 25
• Flock-4h 26
• Flock-4h 27
• Flock-4h 28
• Flock-4h 29
• Flock-4h 30
• Flock-4h 31
• Flock-4h 32
• Flock-4h 33
• Flock-4h 34
• Flock-4h 35
• Flock-4h 36
• FRG-10D1
• GENA-OT
• HCT-SAT 2
• IHI-Sat 2
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2 GHGSat D
• Lemur-2 GHGSat E
• Lilium-2
• Lilium-3
• LUNA 1
• MAUVE
• MICE-1
• Observer-1 B
• OTTER (MSAE-OTTERS)
• Phasma A
• Phasma B
• PHI-1
• PW6U
• R5-S7
• SPEQTRE
• SPiN-2
• T.MicroSat-1
• TORO 2
• TRYAD 1
• TRYAD 2
• VEERY-0G
• WISDOM-A
• WISDOM-B
• ANISCSAT
• NMHH-1
• SARI-1
• SARI-2
• Foresail-1p
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4C
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4D
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4E
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4F
• FOSSASat (WISeSAT-5)
• FOSSASat (WISeSAT-6)
• FOSSASat (WISeSAT-7)