Elon Musk sent a Bulgarian Satellite into Space with SpaceX's first flight in 2023

A Bulgarian nanosatellite flew into space with the first orbital flight for 2023 of Elon Musk's company SpaceX. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched as part of the multi-customer Transporter-6 mission. SpaceX's mission is to launch 114 satellites from 24 countries into orbit. According to Space Flight News, a Bulgarian satellite is also on board Elon Musk's rocket.

In the announcements about the shared flight, there is no information about the satellite itself and who owns the Bulgarian satellite, but in the meantime, the Bulgarian company EnduroSat announced the successful low-orbit (LEO) launch of the Platform-2 microsatellite.

EnduroSat is one of the successful start-up companies in Bulgaria, which specializes in the development and construction of microsatellites with modular constructions for various purposes. The startup received equity financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the amount of 10 million euros in 2021, and among other investors are the venture capital fund Neo Ventures. EnduroSat has already launched several micro and nanosatellites, some of which were prototypes. Platform-2 is one of the company's first commercial customer missions to be successfully launched into orbit.

The Bulgarian telecommunications satellite BalkanSat is planned to be launched into space in 2023, which should provide services to the public and private sectors through the BalkanSat 30B system. The network will provide communications on the territory of Bulgaria for both the public and private sectors. BalkanSat holds the second geostationary orbit position for the country, the first being owned by BulgariaSat. The latter already launched a satellite in 2017, which mainly provides a DTH (television) signal for the South-East European region.<...