Project News

The 6th International Workshop on Lean Satellite was held in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, from 4 to 7 December 2023. Prof. Sano, Prof. Nakayama and Ezra Fielding (M2) of Kyushu Institute of Technology gave presentations on the progress of the VERTECS satellite development. Prof. Sano presented “VERTECS: 6U satellite for astrophysical science” on the second day of […]

The 2023 Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan was held at the Higashiyama Campus of Nagoya University from 20 to 22 September 2023. Prof. Sano and Dr. Takimoto of Kyushu Institute of Technology gave presentations on the progress of the VERTECS satellite development. Prof. Sano presented “Visible Extragalactic background RadiaTion Exploration 6U

The 2023 Small Satellite Conference was held at Utah State University from 5 to 10 August 2023. Prof. Sano gave a presentation on the progress of the VERTECS satellite development. Prof. Sano’s presentation was entitled “Astronomical 6U CubeSat Mission VERTECS”. For more information on this presentation, go to: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2023/all2023/154/

On the 23rd of May 2023, the VERTECS collaboration, along with various partners and stakeholders, successfully completed the Mission Definition Review (MDR). This achievement marks a significant milestone in the project’s development and brings it one step closer to realizing its mission objectives. The purpose of MDR is to examine the proposed requirements, the mission

JAXAと九州工業大学は「産学官による輸送/超小型衛星ミッション拡充プログラム（拡充P）」の枠組みのもと、超小型衛星によるミッション「VERTECS（Visible Extragalactic background RadiaTion Exploration by CubeSat）」を始動すると発表しました。 https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/research-portal/people/2023/0214/

VERTECS was featured in JAXA ISAS News No. 503. Read more at the following link: https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/outreach/isas_news/files/ISASnews503.pdf (Document available in Japanese only)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (President: Hiroshi Yamakawa; hereinafter referred to as “JAXA”) and the Kyushu Institute of Technology (President: Yasunori Mitani, hereinafter referred to as “Kyutech”) will be undertaking a nanosatellite mission – “exploring the star formation history via observation of the cosmic optical background by high-precision attitude control 6U satellite*” – under the