In the next decade, Europe will need a replacement for the International Space Station (ISS) – a new environment in which payloads can be tested in microgravity and the extreme conditions of space. Levity Space System has set its sights on providing public and private institutions with frequent, affordable access to space. MESA – Europe’s first modular and stackable satellite structure – is designed to facilitate microsatellite launches, in-orbit demonstrations, and the hosting of experiments. lt will be launched as a secondary payload between the upper stage and primary payload of the Arianespace launch vehicles VEGA-C+ and -E.

Benefits:

• Flexible, modular structures for space transports
• Sustainable R&D in space in the post-ISS era
• Turnkey launch solutions and microsatellite deployment in constellations
• MESA subsystems capable of transporting technologies and experiments directly from labs into space

MPBUS is a decentralised power distribution architecture for spacecrafts, capable to transmit data over the same two power wires, allowing both weight reduction and cost reduction, due to harness design, assembly and integration tasks simplification.

• Two front ends, for power sources and for consuming energy devices
• No Power Distribution Unit (PDU), each device has its own power/load management
• Smart Battery Management: on-board computer can decide which of the distributed batteries is active
• MPBUS branches can be jettisoned (launchers stages)
• Up to 3 Mbps per data comms

Innovative development framework for small satellite industry, utilising advanced complexity handling techniques adapted for use in both cyber and physical domains. The advantages:

• Providing higher reliability end products with lower costs
• Cloud-based framework, integrating wide range of tools
• Agile and model-based/-driven development approaches
• Automated consistency checks, overall validation and verification support
• Reuse and easy adaptation of system modules