Acktar space missions

BepiColombo

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black, Acktar White on MERTISSERENA

The BepiColombo mission is two satellites launched together to investigate Mercury’s magnetic environment and its structure.

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MOM - Mars Orbiter Mission

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on Kovar

Exploring Mars while utilizing local technology contributed to the global scientific community and also put MOM in the spotlight, making it the pride of Asia.

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Chandrayaan-2

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on Kovar

Chandrayaan-2 is the second ISRO Lunar Exploration mission, which strives to achieve both scientific and technological goals.

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AWS - Arctic Weather Satellite

Acktar Parts: Vacuum Black on Microwave Radiometer

Precise weather forecasts play a crucial role in our daily routines. It influences choices as essential as selecting clothing and as significant as planning crop harvests, ship routes, flight approvals, and so on...

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FLEX – Fluorescence Explorer

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black on FLORIS

By capturing the faint glow of plant photosynthesis, FLEX is the next level of vegetation detection. Monitoring Earth’s vegetation has huge implications for Earth's ecosystems and climate processes...

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Euclid - Solving the Mysteries of Our Universe

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on NISP

What is the nature of dark energy? What are the characteristics of dark matter? How has the universe expanded over time? Can we define precisely what gravity is? We are far from knowing the answers to these questions. But Euclid might help us with that.

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DESIS – Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on the optical system

Can Earth's problems be solved by looking at it from above? By capturing detailed spectral data of its surface, DESIS aimed to answer this question positively.

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JUICE – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black on JANUS, PEP, RPWI, 3GM, SWI.

As the first large-class mission within ESA's Cosmic Vision Program, JUICE embarks on a journey to uncover answers to important questions about our solar system.

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ISS - The International Space Station

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black on Kibo Laboratory Module

The ISS is a collaborative scientific and technological mission that unifies brilliant minds from around the world. Exploring frontier science and developing future technology together. It is the ultimate symbol of global unity.

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CHEOPS – CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on the Focal Plane Assembly

CHEOPS is on a fascinating cosmological journey of exploration of the extrasolar world!

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James Webb Space Telescope

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black on Filter Wheel, Calibration Assembly

How were black holes formed? Is there another form of life out there? Where? How did everything begin? These and many more ambitious questions have thrived in the scientific world for decades. Come and meet Webb – the telescope that will unveil the past and change the future.

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CanX-2 Satellite

Acktar Parts: Nano Black on Aluminum substrate

Part of the Canadian CubeSat nanosatellite program, an academic experiment that demonstrated how compact technology can achieve great scientific impact.

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CHIME - Hyperspectral Imaging Mission

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on the Spectrometer

Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment, or simply CHIME, will help maintain and ensure a more sustainable future for our planet.

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KOMPAST 7

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on Titanium substrate

Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 7 (Arirang 7) combines advanced and precise optics for environmental monitoring, thereby contributing to the global effort in climate research.

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EnMAP - Hyperspectral Satellite

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on FSSA

EnMAP - Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program - is designed to monitor and analyze our environment using hyperspectral data, revealing changes in ecosystems and resources.

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Terra – EOS Mission

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black

Terra is the EOS Flagship – Climate Research Orbiter. It will observe Earth’s surface from space and reveal how the world is changing in all physical aspects, enabling us to understand how to maintain the balance of our global climate.

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Aqua – EOS Mission

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black

Aqua, an EOS Mission – The Fluid Investigator. Aims to explore Earth’s water in all its forms, from ocean currents to clouds, to find vital discoveries about Earth’s water cycle.

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Aura - EOS Mission

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black

As part of the EOS mission, Aura is focusing on the atmosphere by monitoring air quality, ozone, and climate interactions.

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NASA EOS - Earth Observation System

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black

NASA’s Earth Observing System has many components that change over time. Acktar coated the components – Terra, Aqua, and Aura. All three satellites are still active beyond the initial planned mission durations.

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Galileo – Navigation System

Acktar Parts coated on different instruments

Galileo - Europe's global navigation satellite system. It supports transportation, communication, and scientific applications with European-built accuracy and independence.

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Sentinel-2

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black, Vacuum Black on MSI

A constellation of 2 identical satellites — Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B — following each other on the same orbit and phasing at 180 degrees to one another.

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Sentinel-3

Acktar Parts: Magic Black on Titanium substrate

A constellation of 2 identical satellites — Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B — following each other on the same sun-synchronized orbit.

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Sentinel-4

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Gold, Magic Black, on UVN

The Senitinel-4 is an instrument aboard the MTG-S satellites. Its main function is air quality monitoring as part of the Sentinel satellites series under the Copernicus program

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Sentinel-5

Acktar Parts: Vacuum Black on UVNS

The Sentinel-5 is an instrument mounted on the MetOp-SG-A satellite, which is a mission dedicated to monitoring the composition of our atmosphere as part of the Copernicus Program.

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Sentinel Satellites

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Gold, Magic Black, Vacuum Black

The Sentinel Satellites are part of ESA’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. Acktar coated several of its satellites – Sentinel 2,3,4,5.

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Solar Orbiter

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black, Magic Black, on SPICE, METIS

The Solar Orbiter is a collaboration between two world-leading space agencies, NASA and ESA, to investigate the most powerful source of force in our solar system – the Sun.

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Europa Clipper

Acktar Parts: Fractal Black on E-THEMIS

Europa Clipper is one of the most ambitious planetary exploration missions to date. It will investigate Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and answer one of the biggest questions: Is there other life in our solar system?

Europa Clipper

Mars Perseverance Rover

Acktar Parts: Vacuum Black on SHERLOC

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover aims to answer one of the most intriguing questions in the astrobiology field these days – Did life ever exist on Mars?

VENµS

Acktar Parts: Vacuum Black

The VENµS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite) is a successful Israeli-French collaboration that has contributed to science, technology, and education.

Martian Moons eXploration

Acktar Parts: Vacuum Black on NavCams

Are the Martian Moons asteroids? Are they something else, much larger? The answer might explain the early dynamics of our solar system, and this is what MMX is willing to discover.