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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]

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References

  1. ^ a b Tomaswick, Andy (2026-04-10). “ESA Launches 7 New Missions to Supercharge Space Data Transfer”. Universe Today. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  2. ^ Dux, Simon (2026-02-24). “Taara and Astrolight push laser comms back into focus”. Mobile Europe. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  3. ^ “COSPAR App”. app.cospar-assembly.org. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  4. ^ ERMIS Project Press Release
  5. ^ “OQ Technology – The worlds first satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity”. OQ TECHNOLOGY. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  6. ^ “SpaceX”. SpaceX. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  7. ^ www.matak.sk, Juraj Maták-. “Družice”. Kozmonautika. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  8. ^ “SatNOGS DB – ERMIS-1”. db.satnogs.org. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  9. ^ “ERMIS Constellation In-Orbit Validation”. Space Software Group. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  10. ^ “Exolaunch”. www.aerospace.uoa.gr. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  11. ^ Ackman, Ben (2026-03-30). “SpaceX Launches 119 Payloads on the Transporter-16 Rideshare Mission”. Via Satellite. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  12. ^ “Seven missions launched to test optimised data transfer from space”. www.esa.int. Retrieved 2026-04-11.