Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP)'s nanosatellite business Tyvak International announced on Friday that its Milani spacecraft, which will be supporting the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Hera mission, has achieved Test Readiness Review.
“Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) is proud of Tyvak International’s successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review,” Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) CEO Marc Bell said in a statement.
“We are honored by the trust placed in Tyvak International by ESA, and we look forward to continuing to design, build, deliver, and operate cutting-edge satellite solutions for missions, like Hera Mission.”
Tyvak vice president of programs and Milani program manager Margherita Cardi added: “We’ve always been proud to be part of such a challenging mission and the Test Readiness Review is a crucial milestone for the program.”
The next step for Milani is the execution of the Environmental Test Campaign at Laboratorio di Qualifica Spaziale of CIRA (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, Capua, Italy) which will be followed by the nanosatellite returning to Tyvak for final testing and verification.
Expected to be delivered to the ESA in early 2024, Tyvak said Milani will be the agency’s first deep-space nanosatellite and the first-ever nanosatellite to orbit an asteroid.
Tyvak International, a Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) Corporation, is a leading European nano and microsatellite provider, based in Turin, Italy.
Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries.