Orbital Micro Systems Delivers Satellites to NanoRacks

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) revealed that the first satellite in its Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) constellation has been delivered to NanoRacks for launch integration. Housed in an AAC Clyde Space bus, the satellite will be launched April 17 from Wallops Island, Virginia. It will be put into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) on the International Space Station (ISS) — via NanoRacks’ Space Act Agreement with NASA’s US National Lab. In addition to this launch, OMS plans to place six to eight more weather observation satellites in orbit throughout 2019. The mission is part of the In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) Program, funded by Innovate U.K. and managed by the Satellite Applications Catapult. More

(Source: Via Satellite - Mar 6)