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GOMX-5
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
Operator European Space Agency
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type8U CubeSat
ManufacturerDenmark GomSpace
Start of mission
Launch date1 October 2026, 18:32 UTC
RocketFalcon 9 Transporter-18
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
Altitude500 km
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GOMX-5 is a low Earth orbit technology demonstration satellite under development by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Danish company GomSpace. The mission is designed to demonstrate a new 8U CubeSat platform for GomSpace, as well as an innovative maritime domain awareness payload detecting signals across UHF to X-band for maritime surveillance.[1][2][3][4] The satellite also carries a radiation detector developed by Czech Technical University with ESA support.[5][6] The satellite is equipped with an electric propulsion system, developed by the French company ThrustMe, for orbit raising and end-of-life disposal in compliance with ESA's space debris mitigation policy.[7][8] GOMX-5 was launched in October 2026 on Falcon 9's mission Transporter-18.[2][3][4][9][10][11]

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  1. ↑ "GOMX-5 (GomSpace Express-5) - eoPortal". www.eoportal.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "GOMX-5: A Standardized CubeSat Platform Demonstration with Maritime Domain Awareness and ESA Zero Debris Compliance « SmallSat Europe". 2025.smallsateurope.com. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 Kulu, Erik. "GOMX-5". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 "GOMX-5". www.esa.int. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Space research overview of IEAP CTU (archived)
  6. ↑ "HardPix radiation detector developed by CTU Institute of Radiation Engineering is in space - News service - Czech technical university in Prague". aktualne.cvut.cz. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "ThrustMe wins ESA GSTP contract to demonstrate the largest orbital change ever done by a 20kg class satellite - ThrustMe: Advanced In-Orbit Propulsion Systems". www.thrustme.fr. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "La startup française ThrustMe embarque sur la mission Gomx 5 de l'ESA". Air et Cosmos (in French). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "CubeSat for safer seas and cleaner orbits ready to launch". www.esa.int. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Wall, Mike (1 October 2026). "SpaceX launches Google AI satellite, 129 other payloads on 2nd leg of spaceflight tripleheader (video)". Space. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Davenport, Justin (1 October 2026). "Starfish Otter, other payloads launch on Transporter 18". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
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