"NanoAvionics Launches LEO Satellite to Probe Black Holes"

NanoAvionics has completed a 6U nanosatellite called NinjaSat, which is set to launch this fall to study black holes and neutron stars from low Earth orbit (LEO). The satellite, integrated with a payload from Japanese research institute Riken, will track X-ray photons emitted by these objects to explore how matter accretes to them. NinjaSat will spend two years in LEO observing persistently bright X-ray objects, including the binary star system Scorpius X-1. The mission aims to provide high cadence monitoring and flexible operations for transient sources, contributing to time-domain astronomy.