EPFL's SwissCube Satellite Control System becomes Elveti at Solenix
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Through an international collaborative agreement, the software, initially developed by students for the SwissCube project, will now receive worldwide distribution.
Solenix GmbH and EPFL have entered a license agreement that will allow Solenix to develop and market a satellite control system for nano and small satellites based on the SwissCube Satellite Control System (SCS).
Private companies and universities are increasingly using CubeSats and other small satellites for commercial and technological demonstration purposes. This trend increases the need for a cost-effective, lightweight and flight-proven solution, such as the SwissCube SCS, capable of efficiently handling single-satellite missions, as well as constellations.
The development of the SwissCube SCS started in 2006 for the needs of the SwissCube mission, the first Swiss satellite. It has been used operationally since the launch of the satellite in 2009 and the community operating the satellite still relies on it today.
An upgraded version of the SwissCube SCS is also the core of the solution proposed as baseline mission control system to the teams of the EU-funded QB50 project. The extensibility and versatility of the SwissCube SCS allowed meeting the project requirements with its 50 CubeSats developed by universities around the world in the frame of this project.
Solenix believes that the accumulated experience put into the SwissCube SCS makes it the perfect solution for addressing the challenges of nano and small satellite operators. Moreover, Solenix has gathered extensive knowledge of the system dating back to its early days. EPFL thus considers Solenix as an ideal commercial provider of services related to the SwissCube SCS.
The SwissCube SCS will be integrated into Solenix’s suite of products under the name Elveti. Under this name, the solution will be modernized and extended in partnership with customer representatives. The integration with complementary products from Solenix will additionally extend the solution with a powerful web-based data analysis tool and an intuitive and adaptive dashboard.