KOSTKA (Czech for 'cube') is an educational and amateur radio satellite developed by the YSpace team from Brno University of Technology.[1] The 1U CubeSat will be the first Czech satellite designed and built entirely by students.[2][3] The satellite is designed to test an innovative CubeSat antenna design, with which the team has won the ESA BIC Liftoff Challenge in 2025.[4][5] Its designers also proposed to use the satellite to communicate with an automated meteorological station in Antarctica.[1] KOSTKA serves as a precursor to YSpace's more ambitious mission CIMER designed to perform microbiological experiments in orbit.[2][6]
| Operator | Brno University of Technology |
|---|---|
| Website | www |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | 1U CubeSat |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2026 (planned) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 |
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edit- 1 2 "Mission Kostka". vut.cz. Brno University of Technology. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- 1 2 "First Czech satellite designed and built entirely by students is heading into space". vut.cz. Brno University of Technology. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Studenti z Brna sami navrhli a sestrojili družici, která v létě poletí do vesmíru". Brněnská Drbna (in Czech). 2026-04-02. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Soutěž ESA BIC Liftoff Challenge ovládl studentský tým YSpace z VUT". vedavyzkum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Brněnští studenti vymysleli revoluční uchycení antén vesmírných minisatelitů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 2025-12-18. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Kosmické Brno: YSpace / CIMER a KOSTKA". Kosmonautix.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Družice studentů z Brna zamíří do vesmíru v polovině letošního roku". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2026-04-04. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "First Czech satellite designed and built entirely by students is heading into space". vut.cz. Brno University of Technology. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "New-BUT students are heading to space: the KOSTKA satellite will launch in…". Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology. 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Vichá, Barbora (2026-06-22). "KOSTKA míří do vesmíru. První česká družice postavená studenty se představí veřejnosti". Česká cesta do vesmíru (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-06-22.
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