We begun testing the engineering model of the Phoenix-SAT satellite. The satellite’s launch into LEO (Low Earth Orbit) is planned for 2027. The project is co-financed by the European IPCEI-CIS program, which supports the development of strategic EU digital technologies.
Phoenix-SAT is a 6U software-defined satellite (SDS) based on the Phoenix-RTOS operating system and the GR765 processor from Frontgrade Gaisler. The platform was designed as a reference architecture for the growing Space Cloud Computing segment, whose global market value is estimated at $6.12 billion in 2025, with a forecasted growth to $25 billion by 2035.
In collaboration with the CBK PAN (Space Research Center), a platform based on a single microprocessor system was developed from scratch. The key functionalities (e.g. AOCS) are implemented in software. The satellite is equipped with a 60 TOPS AI accelerator, a software-defined radio, and a camera, among other features, enabling the development of scalable telecommunications and data processing applications in space.
Our goal is to develop cost-effective and scalable satellite platform for NewSpace enabling to develop space supercomputers and computing constellations on LEO. Due to Phoenix-RTOS and its microkernel-based scalable architecture it is possible to aggregate many satellites into the one computing systems like it was made years before when largest MPP supercomputers (e.g ASCI Red) were developed. This is our strategic goal!