Dear Members, Friends, Alumni, and Supporters of WARR MOVE,
We are looking back on a successful and eventful year 2025.
MOVE-II
One of the most important events was the deorbit of our MOVE-II satellite after over 6 years in orbit. Over the last decade, this mission was an essential part of the MOVE team, and we are unbelievably proud of what our alumni and mission controllers achieved with this mission.
With the loss of our last active satellite, the team continued to work on bringing smaller and bigger experiments back to space to continue the heritage.
STONCS
One of those missions we delivered in 2024 for integration is STONCS (Student Technology ON CubeSats), or as we call it, “Fly Your Circuit” (more information). It is a PCB piggybacking on a satellite by Ororatech. The goal of the STONCS mission is the verification of our self-developed sun sensors and other components. This mission was launched at the end of March, and we are incredibly thankful that this was possible.
REXUS/BEXUS
To continue this experience and to have missions with a shorter timeline, we decided to participate in BEXUS (Launch October 2026) and REXUS (Launch March 2027) by DLR, SSC, and ESA.
We do this in REXUS with PEANUT, short for Piezo Electric Actuators on Nanosatellite Unit Testbed, which aims to demonstrate actuation based on piezoelectric effects to reduce vibrations caused by traditional reaction wheels.
For BEXUS (Balloon EXperiments for University Students), we are working on project PHILEAS, short for Project for High-altitude Identification of Lightweight Exogenic Airborne Specimens, aiming to quantify the presence of microplastics in the atmosphere.
Both of these smaller projects are based on our BEYOND satellite bus, which we developed over the last years.
MOVE-III
Next to those missions, we are also finalizing our MOVE-III design and integrating many subsystems of this mission equally. For this mission, we also have two new big sponsors:
- IQ-Spacecom, who will provide us with our S-Band antennas
- LEO-Space, who will provide us with reaction wheels
In general, the design was cleaned up and is now in the midst of integration and testing. For this mission, we also got a really nice Christmas present: We have a launch for late 2026! We still cannot provide much information yet, but stay tuned for updates in the new year.
So all in all, there are big plans for the next year and a lot of work to do. If you would like to contribute, reach out to us. We are always in need of reviewers and other partnerships to be able to realize our projects, both in small ways through donations as well as in larger ways.
In the meantime, the entire MOVE team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026, full of exciting possibilities!
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