Tyvak

Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems designs, builds and provides nanosatellite and CubeSat space vehicle products and services for government and commercial customers. Tyvak is based in Irvine, California.

Not to be confused with Tyvek.

Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
TypePrivate
IndustryAerospace
Founded2011 (2011) in San Luis Obispo, California
Founders
Headquarters
Irvine, California
Websitetyvak.com

In 2011, Jordi Puig-Suari, co-inventor of the CubeSat design, and Scott MacGillivray, former manager of nanosatellite programs for Boeing Phantom Works, established Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems in San Luis Obispo, California, to sell miniature avionics packages for small satellites, with the goal to increase the volume available for payloads.[1]

On 18 November 2019, Tyvak was one of five companies selected to be eligible to bid for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).[2]

Satellites

Tyvak-0172 was launched as a rideshare on Falcon 9 SAOCOM 1B launch 30 August 2020, with another microsatellite GNOMES 1 (PlanetiQ).[3] OSM-1 Cicero, a 6U remote sensing cubesat built by Tyvak for Orbital Solutions, was launched as a rideshare on the 16th launch of the Vega rocket on 3 September, along with Tyvak-0171[4]

References
  1. Werner, Deborah (13 August 2012). "Builders Packing More Capability into Small Satellites".
  2. Karen Northon (18 November 2019). "New Companies Join Growing Ranks of NASA Partners for Artemis Program" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: NASA. NASA. Retrieved 18 November 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "SAOCOM 1B Mission". 30 August 2020.
  4. "What's On Board Vega Booster – Parabolic Arc". Retrieved 3 September 2020.


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