The Lithuanian Space Association (LSA; lt, Lietuvos kosmoso asociacija, ''LKA'') is a space organisation based in
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
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Lithuania. It is one of the partners that created the first two Lithuanian satellites.
History
In 2007 several Lithuanian institutions and enterprises signed a co-operation agreement to establish the National Technology Platform of Space Technologies and after a year the Government of Lithuania assigned the
Ministry of Education and Science to start negotiations on co-operation with the
European Space Agency.
In 2009 the Lithuanian Space Association was officially founded.
In 2010 Space Science and Technology Institute was founded by Lithuanian Space Association.
In 2014, the LSA launched its first two satellites
LitSat-1 and
Lituanica SAT-1 via the
NanoRacks
Nanoracks LLC is a private in-space services companywhich builds space hardware and in-space repurposing tools.The company also facilitates experiments and launches of CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit.
Nanoracks's main office is in Houston, Texa ...
SmallSat Deployment Program. They were deployed from the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...
on February 28, 2014.
Members of the first successful Lithuanian CubeSat project LituanicaSAT-1(one of two first European CubeSats launched from International Space Station) founded a company
NanoAvionics.
See also
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List of government space agencies
This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.
As of 2022, 77 different government space agencies are in existence, 16 of which have launch capabilities. Six government space agencie ...
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Lithuanian Space Science and Technology Institute
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NanoAvionics
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://space-lt.eu/en/
2009 establishments in Lithuania
Organizations based in Vilnius
Scientific organizations based in Lithuania
Space agencies
Space organizations
Space program of Lithuania