Libre Space Foundation
Athens, Greece
About
Founded in 2015, Libre Space Foundation is a foundation based in Athens, Greece working on science & research, education.
Libre Space Foundation is a non-profit foundation registered in Greece in 2015. It develops open-source hardware and software for space, covering ground stations, satellites, deployers and communication protocols, and publishes all of its work openly. Its headquarters in Athens includes a cleanroom and thermal vacuum chamber. The foundation relies on a small paid staff and a worldwide community of volunteer contributors, including students who operate ground stations.
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LSF-SATNOGS-COMMS
Turn-key communications and radio module for CubeSats, integrated with the SatNOGS Network.
LSF-HOLOGS
Optical ground station on Mount Holomondas for satellite laser links.
LSF-QUBIK
Series of open-source 1P PocketQubes for LEOP identification and radio-ranging experiments.
LSF-OPTICAL-MAKERSPACE
ESA-supported community around open-source optical ground stations and free-space laser links.
LSF-ERMINAZ
Multi-PocketQube amateur-radio mission led by AMSAT-DL, built on the QUBIK bus.
LSF-HELEO
Greek optical Earth-observation constellation, developed as a subcontract with Open Cosmos.
LSF-SIDLOC
Spacecraft identification and localisation via broad-spectrum beacons received by SatNOGS.
LSF-UPSAT
The first satellite made entirely with open-source hardware and software.
LSF-SATNOGS
Global network of satellite ground stations.
LSF-PHASMA
Space-based spectrum monitoring mission flown under the Greek In-Orbit Demonstration CubeSat initiative.
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National Technical University of Athens, National Observatory of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Patras, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ISIS Innovative Solutions In Space, Airbus Defence and Space, The Exploration Company, Firefly Aerospace, Open Cosmos, AMSAT-DL, FOSSA Systems, Planetek Hellas, UARX Space, European Space Agency, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance
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