CIRA Space Qualification Center Strengthens Its Decade-Long Collaboration with EnduroSat

In recent months, the CIRA Space Qualification Center successfully completed a series of qualification campaigns for CubeSat-class satellites in support of the Bulgarian company EnduroSat, with which CIRA has had a decade-long collaboration.

The recent tests involved several internationally significant missions, including:

ICARUS II Mission (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space): vibration and thermal vacuum tests for a 6U CubeSat PFM (Proto Flight Model). The payload, developed by Talos GmbH, is supported by scientific partner Max Planck Institute and National Geographic Society. The mission aims to monitor wildlife through a UHF Software Defined Radio (SDR), connecting to animal collars to provide data on their movements and potential patterns useful for predicting natural events.

Balkan Constellation: vibration tests for Balkan-2, a 6U CubeSat from the Balkan Constellation, which aims to contribute to the European Copernicus program. This mission focuses on Earth observation, with a particular emphasis on environmental monitoring, land use, agriculture, forests, coastal areas, infrastructure, and more across Europe and the Balkans.

CIRA continues to demonstrate its expertise in space qualification, providing advanced testing services for CubeSats and small-to-medium satellite platforms, and enabling innovative, high-impact missions.