South Korea · Mission onboard edge computing

NarSha / GYEONGGISat-2 methane-monitoring program

This project focuses on mission onboard edge computing.

Nara Space's NarSha methane-monitoring program uses Unibap iX5 onboard computing to connect spacecraft and optical payload processing. Unibap reports the NarSha computer aboard Transporter-18 on October 1, 2026. Nara Space reports GYEONGGISat-2A contact, and Scanway reports optical-instrument and active thermal-control startup. These related program accounts do not establish measured AI throughput, current service capacity or the final mapping of each computer to each spacecraft.

Nara Space Technology · First mission launched, commissioning reported

Scope: Mission-specific processing · Onboard processing supports the program's own methane-sensing and optical-payload data rather than a shared general-purpose computing platform.

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Technical specifications not disclosed

Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.

PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS

Suppliers & project partners

SpaceX

Supplier

Program organization: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Partnership

Falcon9 launch of GYEONGGISat-2A, identified by Nara Space as the first methane-monitoring mission in the related program.

Operator reports two-way contact. Legal purchasing party and launch-service contract terms are not disclosed.

Announced 2 Oct 2026 · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Nara Space reports GYEONGGISat-2A launch and contact

Unibap

Supplier

Program organization: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Partnership

Unibap iX5 onboard computing supporting the NarSha methane-monitoring mission on Transporter-18.

Exact iX5 variant, legal buyer, per-spacecraft mapping and measured computing performance remain unspecified.

Announced 1 Oct 2026 · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Unibap reports NarSha iX5 flight

Nara Space Technology Inc.

Supplier

Buyer: Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) · Program: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Contract awarded

Methane observation data distribution contract with Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary covering GYEONGGISat-2A/2B and the NarSha constellation for energy-facility monitoring and MRV.

Contract value, delivery quantities and current service performance are not disclosed. This customer role does not establish an on-orbit compute rental service.

Announced 17 Sept 2026 · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Nara Space reports KGS methane-data contract

Scanway S.A.

Supplier

Buyer: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Contract awarded

Two additional flight optical instruments, each with two telescopes, bringing disclosed cooperation to four instruments. Delivery Q3 2027 for a planned early-2028 mission.

USD 1,430,016 (EUR1.28m) is the new two-instrument order value. It is not total program funding, spacecraft cost or a count of launched satellites.

USD 1,430,016 (EUR 1,280,000) · Disclosed new order value

Announced 25 Jun 2026 · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Scanway expands NarSha instrument contract

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

Consortium participant

Program organization: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Partnership

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute is a named member of the Nara Space-led NarSha consortium.

Work package, commercial terms and specific hardware deliverables are not disclosed.

Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Scanway identifies NarSha consortium

Climate Technology Center of Seoul National University

Consortium participant

Program organization: Nara Space Technology Inc.

Partnership

Climate Technology Center of Seoul National University is a named member of the Nara Space-led NarSha consortium.

Work package, commercial terms and specific hardware deliverables are not disclosed.

Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 31 Oct 2026

Scanway identifies NarSha consortium

NEXT MILESTONE

Publish full instrument and onboard-processing validation results. Additional Scanway instruments are due in Q3 2027 for a planned early-2028 mission.

Manual review 31 Oct 2026. Compared the computing supplier, operator platform and media accounts, and Scanway mission and contract disclosures. Published source-specific platform specifications separately from flight evidence. Full computing benchmarks and per-spacecraft hardware mapping remain unspecified. Primary body last observed 10 Oct, 22:58 UTC. Source monitoring: blocked. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.

Unibap, Nara Space and Scanway official disclosures

WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN

Exact installed iX5 variant, processor inventory, RAM/storage, IT load and measured onboard processing results
Precise mapping of NarSha, K3M and GYEONGGISat flight configurations and the iX5 computer across individual spacecraft
Final constellation size, deployment dates and current service availability. Supplier plans for at least twelve spacecraft are not a launched count.
Undated platform specifications and 25 kg-class operator description do not establish the final mass or power of every flight configuration.
Funding instrument, transaction date and amount for the historical Korea Development Bank support reference remain unspecified.

Project updates

Verified announcements and milestones linked to this project, newest first.

7 Oct 2026

Scanway reports optical and thermal-control startup (opens in a new tab)

ESPI46/2026 attributes the October1 GYEONGGISat-2A launch and instrument/ATCS startup to information received from Nara Space. Further full-function commissioning remains to follow.

2 Oct 2026

Nara Space reports GYEONGGISat-2A two-way contact (opens in a new tab)

The operator identifies its methane mission on Falcon 9. It does not identify the installed compute configuration.

1 Oct 2026

Supplier reports NarSha iX5 flight (opens in a new tab)

Unibap identifies iX5 supporting NarSha aboard Transporter-18. Not a published compute benchmark.

25 Jun 2026

Scanway expands NarSha instrument order by USD 1,430,016 (€1.28m) (opens in a new tab)

Scanway's June 25 release reports a new USD 1,430,016 (€1.28 million) Nara Space order for two additional flight instruments, each with two telescopes, taking the disclosed cooperation to four instruments. Delivery is targeted for Q3 2027 and the associated mission for early 2028. The first model was delivered June 8. This is an optical-supply order for the methane-monitoring program, not a financing round or deployed spacecraft count.