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NUSES is a satellite mission currently under development with the goal of testing new technologies and observational methods for the study of cosmic radiation from space. The mission hosts two payloads with different scientific objectives: Zirè and Terzina. Zirè is dedicated to the observation of low-energy cosmic and gamma rays, space weather, and magnetosphere–ionosphere–lithosphere interactions. Terzina is a compact Cherenkov telescope designed to observe the optical emission produced by extensive air-showers in the Earth’s atmosphere. By looking towards the Earth’s limb, the instrument can detect air-showers generated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays (above the limb), or upward-going air-showers induced by Earth-skimming neutrinos (below the limb). In this work we present the general status of the mission.