Unibap AB (publ) has received an order for the onboard payload data handling computer to the ACMES mission (the second NASA Hyperspectral Thermal Imaging satellite mission also designated HyTI-2). The order is for Unibap's SpaceCloud® iX10 platform, valued at $350,000 and will be delivered mid-2024. The order comes after delivery, integration, and extensive testing of the iX5-solution during 2021-2023 for the first HyTI mission.

The delivery will be done to the system integrator University of Hawaii at Manoa/Hawaii Spaceflight Laboratory (HSFL) responsible for the payload integration. The Active Cooling for Multispectral Earth Sensors (ACMES) is a 16U CubeSat mission selected for flight under the In- space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) Program in support of the NASA Science Mission Directorate. The ACMES mission is being led by Utah State University and implemented by Orion Space Solutions.

HSFL is providing the HyTI-2 payload.