Menut

Solving global challenges: Menut

About Menut

MENUT is the second satellite of Catalonia’s NewSpace Strategy. Promoted by the Government of Catalonia and the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC). MENUT is a six-unit CubeSat weighing less than 10 kg, with a mission to observe Earth in order to improve spatial planning and help understand the effects of the climate crisis.

MENUT, which is Catalan for ‘small’,  orbits around 538 km from the Earth at a speed of about 8 km/s. The satellite can take images at five metres ground sampling distance of any place in the world.

Climate monitoring

MENUT is the second satellite of Catalonia’s NewSpace Strategy. Promoted by the Government of Catalonia and the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC). MENUT is a six-unit CubeSat weighing less than 10 kg, with a mission to observe Earth in order to improve spatial planning and help understand the effects of the climate crisis.

MENUT, which is Catalan for ‘small’,  orbits around 538 km from the Earth at a speed of about 8 km/s. The satellite can take images at five metres ground sampling distance of any place in the world.

Key Features

Satellite: 6U Cubesat

Partners: Generalitat de Catalunya, IEEC

Mass - 10kg

Orbit - 528 km, Sun-Synchronous

Camera - Menut provides a 4.75m resolution (GSD) with 19.5km swath

Laser Communication Terminal - The CubeLCT will be used to develop and demonstrate space-to-ground communication. The laser terminal can offer speeds of up to a rate of 100 Mbps whereas S-Band downlink speeds are in the range of 1-15 Mbps.

Solar panels - One single deployable and one double deployable, as well as body-mounted panels. These can raise  up to ~75 W in optimal conditions.