Libre Space Foundation
@librespace.bsky.social
A non-profit organization promoting, advancing and developing free & open-source space technologies and supporting knowledge for space.
Working towards making space open and accessible to all humanity!
https://libre.space/
Working towards making space open and accessible to all humanity!
https://libre.space/
We are heading back to orbit🛰️✨!
Our #opensource PICOBUSv2 deployer will fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18, inside UARX Space's OSSIE-D, carrying 8 QUBIK-based PocketQubes:
🛰️ 1 NIS-PQ (Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools)
🛰️ 3 ERMINAZ-2 (AMSAT-DL)
🛰️ 4 SIDLOC-PQ (Libre Space Foundation)
Our #opensource PICOBUSv2 deployer will fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18, inside UARX Space's OSSIE-D, carrying 8 QUBIK-based PocketQubes:
🛰️ 1 NIS-PQ (Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools)
🛰️ 3 ERMINAZ-2 (AMSAT-DL)
🛰️ 4 SIDLOC-PQ (Libre Space Foundation)
October 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We are heading back to orbit🛰️✨!
Our #opensource PICOBUSv2 deployer will fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18, inside UARX Space's OSSIE-D, carrying 8 QUBIK-based PocketQubes:
🛰️ 1 NIS-PQ (Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools)
🛰️ 3 ERMINAZ-2 (AMSAT-DL)
🛰️ 4 SIDLOC-PQ (Libre Space Foundation)
Our #opensource PICOBUSv2 deployer will fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18, inside UARX Space's OSSIE-D, carrying 8 QUBIK-based PocketQubes:
🛰️ 1 NIS-PQ (Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools)
🛰️ 3 ERMINAZ-2 (AMSAT-DL)
🛰️ 4 SIDLOC-PQ (Libre Space Foundation)
🎉4 years ago, Libre Space Foundation's QUBIK-3 & 4, along with PICOBUS, returned to space aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha Flight 2. #ToTheBlack🚀
As we prepare for yet another mission, we celebrate this milestone & keep working to make…𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞!
🌎️🌍️🌏️
www.libre.space
As we prepare for yet another mission, we celebrate this milestone & keep working to make…𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞!
🌎️🌍️🌏️
www.libre.space
October 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
🎉4 years ago, Libre Space Foundation's QUBIK-3 & 4, along with PICOBUS, returned to space aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha Flight 2. #ToTheBlack🚀
As we prepare for yet another mission, we celebrate this milestone & keep working to make…𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞!
🌎️🌍️🌏️
www.libre.space
As we prepare for yet another mission, we celebrate this milestone & keep working to make…𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞!
🌎️🌍️🌏️
www.libre.space
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📌Tomorrow, the Libre Space Foundation is sending another #opensource mission to space!🛰️
We're returning to orbit aboard SpaceX's #Transporter18, and in the coming days, we'll share details about our new mission.
Stay tuned...
🔗 libre.space
▶️ spacex.com/launches/tra...
We're returning to orbit aboard SpaceX's #Transporter18, and in the coming days, we'll share details about our new mission.
Stay tuned...
🔗 libre.space
▶️ spacex.com/launches/tra...
September 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
📌Tomorrow, the Libre Space Foundation is sending another #opensource mission to space!🛰️
We're returning to orbit aboard SpaceX's #Transporter18, and in the coming days, we'll share details about our new mission.
Stay tuned...
🔗 libre.space
▶️ spacex.com/launches/tra...
We're returning to orbit aboard SpaceX's #Transporter18, and in the coming days, we'll share details about our new mission.
Stay tuned...
🔗 libre.space
▶️ spacex.com/launches/tra...
📌Important update regarding #OSCW:
Despite our best efforts to make it happen, forces outside our control have made it impossible to host the event this year. Sadly, OSCW will be cancelled for 2026.
We’re shifting our focus toward next year’s edition. Keep an eye out for updates ❤️🚀
Despite our best efforts to make it happen, forces outside our control have made it impossible to host the event this year. Sadly, OSCW will be cancelled for 2026.
We’re shifting our focus toward next year’s edition. Keep an eye out for updates ❤️🚀
August 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM
📌Important update regarding #OSCW:
Despite our best efforts to make it happen, forces outside our control have made it impossible to host the event this year. Sadly, OSCW will be cancelled for 2026.
We’re shifting our focus toward next year’s edition. Keep an eye out for updates ❤️🚀
Despite our best efforts to make it happen, forces outside our control have made it impossible to host the event this year. Sadly, OSCW will be cancelled for 2026.
We’re shifting our focus toward next year’s edition. Keep an eye out for updates ❤️🚀
🎉On this day in 2017, #UPsat 🛰️ was deployed from the #InternationalSpaceStation. The first-ever #opensource satellite to be launched!
All subsystems were designed from scratch and manufactured by the Libre Space Foundation, kick-starting a new era in #spacetech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPSat#:....
All subsystems were designed from scratch and manufactured by the Libre Space Foundation, kick-starting a new era in #spacetech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPSat#:....
May 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🎉On this day in 2017, #UPsat 🛰️ was deployed from the #InternationalSpaceStation. The first-ever #opensource satellite to be launched!
All subsystems were designed from scratch and manufactured by the Libre Space Foundation, kick-starting a new era in #spacetech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPSat#:....
All subsystems were designed from scratch and manufactured by the Libre Space Foundation, kick-starting a new era in #spacetech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPSat#:....
Day #3 at the Dayton Hamvention!
Drop by booths 1005 and 1006 in Building 1 to check out some of our #opensource projects on display.
#Hamvention2026
#SatNOGS
#SatNOGSKits
#SIDLOC
#QUBIK
hamvention.org
Drop by booths 1005 and 1006 in Building 1 to check out some of our #opensource projects on display.
#Hamvention2026
#SatNOGS
#SatNOGSKits
#SIDLOC
#QUBIK
hamvention.org
May 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Day #3 at the Dayton Hamvention!
Drop by booths 1005 and 1006 in Building 1 to check out some of our #opensource projects on display.
#Hamvention2026
#SatNOGS
#SatNOGSKits
#SIDLOC
#QUBIK
hamvention.org
Drop by booths 1005 and 1006 in Building 1 to check out some of our #opensource projects on display.
#Hamvention2026
#SatNOGS
#SatNOGSKits
#SIDLOC
#QUBIK
hamvention.org
Day #2 at the Dayton Hamvention!
hamvention.org
hamvention.org
Dayton Hamvention® — The World’s Largest Amateur Radio Event
The world’s largest amateur radio gathering featuring exhibitors, flea market, forums, and hands-on experiences each May in Xenia, Ohio.
hamvention.org
May 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Day #2 at the Dayton Hamvention!
hamvention.org
hamvention.org
⏳Only a few days left before the Dayton Hamvention begins!
The Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the conference, and if you are attending as well, feel free to stop by and connect with them.
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
The Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the conference, and if you are attending as well, feel free to stop by and connect with them.
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
hamvention.org
May 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
⏳Only a few days left before the Dayton Hamvention begins!
The Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the conference, and if you are attending as well, feel free to stop by and connect with them.
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
The Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the conference, and if you are attending as well, feel free to stop by and connect with them.
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
⏳Only a few weeks left before the Dayton Hamvention begins!
Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the Conference, excited to participate in the world's largest #amateurradio gathering!
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the Conference, excited to participate in the world's largest #amateurradio gathering!
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
Dayton Hamvention® — The World’s Largest Amateur Radio Event
The world’s largest amateur radio gathering featuring exhibitors, flea market, forums, and hands-on experiences each May in Xenia, Ohio.
hamvention.org
May 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
⏳Only a few weeks left before the Dayton Hamvention begins!
Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the Conference, excited to participate in the world's largest #amateurradio gathering!
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
Libre Space Foundation and SatNOGS teams will be at the Conference, excited to participate in the world's largest #amateurradio gathering!
#Hamvention2026
#opensource
#radioamateur
Find out more about the event at: hamvention.org
📌 Οur friends at @freecad.org are launching the first-ever community design contest, in partnership with @labcrafter.co.uk.
The 2026 Contest focuses on #OpenScience hardware, inviting participants to design an open hardware pinch valve.
Find out more at: blog.freecad.org/2026/05/01/f...
The 2026 Contest focuses on #OpenScience hardware, inviting participants to design an open hardware pinch valve.
Find out more at: blog.freecad.org/2026/05/01/f...
FreeCAD Community Design Contest 2026: Open Science
The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the w…
blog.freecad.org
May 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
📌 Οur friends at @freecad.org are launching the first-ever community design contest, in partnership with @labcrafter.co.uk.
The 2026 Contest focuses on #OpenScience hardware, inviting participants to design an open hardware pinch valve.
Find out more at: blog.freecad.org/2026/05/01/f...
The 2026 Contest focuses on #OpenScience hardware, inviting participants to design an open hardware pinch valve.
Find out more at: blog.freecad.org/2026/05/01/f...
"...Space 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, an opportunity to explore, develop, use, and thrive differently. A way to ensure the longevity, sustainability, openness, and equality of those efforts for all humanity."
• Read the full version of the 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨 and sign it: manifesto.libre.space/en/
• Read the full version of the 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨 and sign it: manifesto.libre.space/en/
April 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"...Space 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, an opportunity to explore, develop, use, and thrive differently. A way to ensure the longevity, sustainability, openness, and equality of those efforts for all humanity."
• Read the full version of the 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨 and sign it: manifesto.libre.space/en/
• Read the full version of the 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨 and sign it: manifesto.libre.space/en/
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🤔 How will these missions help us better understand the new laser communication technologies? 🛰️
🇬🇷 Multiple CubeSats are launching within the Greek Connectivity programme.
@esa.int 's Greek Connectivity Programme Manager Frederic tells us 🗣️
#GreekCubeSats
🇬🇷 Multiple CubeSats are launching within the Greek Connectivity programme.
@esa.int 's Greek Connectivity Programme Manager Frederic tells us 🗣️
#GreekCubeSats
March 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🤔 How will these missions help us better understand the new laser communication technologies? 🛰️
🇬🇷 Multiple CubeSats are launching within the Greek Connectivity programme.
@esa.int 's Greek Connectivity Programme Manager Frederic tells us 🗣️
#GreekCubeSats
🇬🇷 Multiple CubeSats are launching within the Greek Connectivity programme.
@esa.int 's Greek Connectivity Programme Manager Frederic tells us 🗣️
#GreekCubeSats
📌Join us this weekend at @fosdem.org for a two-day event dedicated to promoting free & #opensource software.
Both the Libre Space Foundation and the SatNOGS team members will be roaming the event.
Reach out to us via social media or via the contact form on our site.
libre.space/contact-info/
Both the Libre Space Foundation and the SatNOGS team members will be roaming the event.
Reach out to us via social media or via the contact form on our site.
libre.space/contact-info/
Contact info - Libre Space Foundation
Mailing Address Libre Space FoundationIrous 21GR 10442 Athens,Greece Billing Address Libre Space Foundation Irous 2110442 GreeceVAT No. 997 539 194
libre.space
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
📌Join us this weekend at @fosdem.org for a two-day event dedicated to promoting free & #opensource software.
Both the Libre Space Foundation and the SatNOGS team members will be roaming the event.
Reach out to us via social media or via the contact form on our site.
libre.space/contact-info/
Both the Libre Space Foundation and the SatNOGS team members will be roaming the event.
Reach out to us via social media or via the contact form on our site.
libre.space/contact-info/
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Successful launch of four of our missions!
On Friday 28 Nov, 7 CubeSats were launched into space 🚀
They will provide services from better spectrum use understanding and improved ship tracking, to helping agriculture and ecosystem tech in remote areas 🌊🚢🚜🖲️
On Friday 28 Nov, 7 CubeSats were launched into space 🚀
They will provide services from better spectrum use understanding and improved ship tracking, to helping agriculture and ecosystem tech in remote areas 🌊🚢🚜🖲️
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Successful launch of four of our missions!
On Friday 28 Nov, 7 CubeSats were launched into space 🚀
They will provide services from better spectrum use understanding and improved ship tracking, to helping agriculture and ecosystem tech in remote areas 🌊🚢🚜🖲️
On Friday 28 Nov, 7 CubeSats were launched into space 🚀
They will provide services from better spectrum use understanding and improved ship tracking, to helping agriculture and ecosystem tech in remote areas 🌊🚢🚜🖲️
Reposted by Libre Space Foundation
Cleaner airwaves and safer seas from space! 🇬🇷🛰️
Three Greek CubeSats – developed by
@librespace.bsky.social and Prisma Electronics – have successfully launched.
They will detect unauthorized radio use and track ships, helping protect global trade and communication.
www.esa.int/Applications...
Three Greek CubeSats – developed by
@librespace.bsky.social and Prisma Electronics – have successfully launched.
They will detect unauthorized radio use and track ships, helping protect global trade and communication.
www.esa.int/Applications...
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Cleaner airwaves and safer seas from space! 🇬🇷🛰️
Three Greek CubeSats – developed by
@librespace.bsky.social and Prisma Electronics – have successfully launched.
They will detect unauthorized radio use and track ships, helping protect global trade and communication.
www.esa.int/Applications...
Three Greek CubeSats – developed by
@librespace.bsky.social and Prisma Electronics – have successfully launched.
They will detect unauthorized radio use and track ships, helping protect global trade and communication.
www.esa.int/Applications...
📌Thank you, ESA - European Space, ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications, Exolaunch, SpaceX and IDR Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad "Ignacio Da Riva" for the support and collaboration.
The #PHASMAmission would not have come true without your support and guidance.
📸: Exolaunch
The #PHASMAmission would not have come true without your support and guidance.
📸: Exolaunch
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📌Thank you, ESA - European Space, ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications, Exolaunch, SpaceX and IDR Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad "Ignacio Da Riva" for the support and collaboration.
The #PHASMAmission would not have come true without your support and guidance.
📸: Exolaunch
The #PHASMAmission would not have come true without your support and guidance.
📸: Exolaunch
Our PHASMA-DIRAC is alive and kicking!
#PHASMAmission
#PHASMAmission
📌Satellite PHASMA-DIRAC 🛰️ from the Libre Space Foundation's #PHASMAmission is alive and received by the SatNOGS Network 📡.
network.satnogs.org/observations...
network.satnogs.org/observations...
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our PHASMA-DIRAC is alive and kicking!
#PHASMAmission
#PHASMAmission
📌PHASMA-DIRAC and PHASMA-LAMARR 🛰️of the #PHASMAmission will embark on their journey to space in less than an hour!
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow the #Transporter15 launch live at: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow the #Transporter15 launch live at: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📌PHASMA-DIRAC and PHASMA-LAMARR 🛰️of the #PHASMAmission will embark on their journey to space in less than an hour!
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow the #Transporter15 launch live at: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow the #Transporter15 launch live at: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
📌Our PHASMA-DIRAC🛰️ and PHASMA-LAMARR🛰️ are ready for launch!🚀
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow SpaceX
's Transporter-15 #Falcon9 launch live at: spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow SpaceX
's Transporter-15 #Falcon9 launch live at: spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📌Our PHASMA-DIRAC🛰️ and PHASMA-LAMARR🛰️ are ready for launch!🚀
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow SpaceX
's Transporter-15 #Falcon9 launch live at: spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
▶️Follow SpaceX
's Transporter-15 #Falcon9 launch live at: spacex.com/launches/tra...
📸: Exolaunch
The #PHASMAmission will run experiments to analyse the spectrum of terrestrial RF transmissions - to quantify global spectrum use, locate potential sources of interference, & detect possible signal transmission violations.
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
📷: Exolaunch
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
📷: Exolaunch
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The #PHASMAmission will run experiments to analyse the spectrum of terrestrial RF transmissions - to quantify global spectrum use, locate potential sources of interference, & detect possible signal transmission violations.
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
📷: Exolaunch
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
📷: Exolaunch
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our PHASMA-LAMARR 🛰️ is named after Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-American actress & self-taught inventor who co-invented a frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum technology that became the foundation for modern wireless systems.
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our PHASMA-LAMARR 🛰️ is named after Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-American actress & self-taught inventor who co-invented a frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum technology that became the foundation for modern wireless systems.
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
#PHASMAmission
@esa.int @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
📌The PHASMA-DIRAC 🛰️ is one of the #CubeSat platforms comprising the Libre Space Foundation’s #PHASMAmission. Named after Paul Dirac, the renowned British theoretical physicist, regarded as one of the founders of quantum mechanics.
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📌The PHASMA-DIRAC 🛰️ is one of the #CubeSat platforms comprising the Libre Space Foundation’s #PHASMAmission. Named after Paul Dirac, the renowned British theoretical physicist, regarded as one of the founders of quantum mechanics.
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
@esa.int, @esaconnectivity.esa.int
s.libre.space/PHASMA/mission
This is how it all started 11 years ago...🚀
Envisioning an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all!
Since then, with the help of @satnogs.bsky.social & the rest of our projects, we've been working hard to support #opensource #space technologies & enhance knowledge.
libre.space
Envisioning an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all!
Since then, with the help of @satnogs.bsky.social & the rest of our projects, we've been working hard to support #opensource #space technologies & enhance knowledge.
libre.space
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is how it all started 11 years ago...🚀
Envisioning an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all!
Since then, with the help of @satnogs.bsky.social & the rest of our projects, we've been working hard to support #opensource #space technologies & enhance knowledge.
libre.space
Envisioning an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all!
Since then, with the help of @satnogs.bsky.social & the rest of our projects, we've been working hard to support #opensource #space technologies & enhance knowledge.
libre.space