Orbit NTNU Information

Orbit NTNU is a non-profit, volunteer student organization, stationed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. We design and build small satellites that we launch into space. Our aim is to create the next generation of space talent. As a nonprofit student organization supported by sponsorship, Orbit NTNU selects our own missions with the purpose of learning and challenging space knowledge. We are in the unique position to be able to lauch payloads that would not be affordable on commercial options. Satellites are built with our in-house developed subsystems, hands-on experience and devotion. We set a new example by proving how volunteer students can spend their spare time booking a launch with SpaceX while gaining unique knowledge in the development of spacecraft. Our current mission is the FramSat satellite. This is Orbit NTNU's first partner mission with our sponsor Eidsvoll Electronics AS aimed to test and verify their sun sensor. Orbit NTNU has tailored this mission system in-house and will take part in the historic first launch from European soil. Our first mission, SelfieSat, is Norway's first operational student satellite. It is designed to take selfies from space equipped with a display screening and deployable selfie stick. Our next mission will challenge us in ways not thought possible, pushing technology far beyond what has been done before. The BioSat Project will develop and construct the necessary systems needed to keep a plant alive in the harshest environment known to humanity.