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| Mission name | NORAD ID | Organisation | Organisation type | Nation | Type (U/mass) | Launch date | Orbit | Status | Mission description | Partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUBSAT-N | 25389 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 8.5 kg | 1998-07-07 | 400 x 770 km, 78.9 deg | Reentry 2002-04-22. Was operational until 2000-XX-XX. More than two years of operation. | • Demonstration of low-cost access to space without performance reduction. • Bidirectional data transfer between autonomous environmental stations and the satellite. • Tracking of medium-sized and large mammals. | DLR |
| TUBSAT-N1 | 25390 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 3 kg | 1998-07-07 | 400 x 770 km, 78.9 deg | Reentry 2000-10-20. Was operational until 1999-XX-XX. About 1 year operation | • Demonstration of low-cost access to space without performance reduction. • Bidirectional data transfer between autonomous stations and the satellite. • Tracking of medium-sized and large mammals. | DLR |
| Artemis JAK (MASat, Picosat 5) | 26093 | Santa Clara University | University | US | 0.2 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | No signal | Simple beacon transmitter to test the ground reception ability of spaceborne picosat broadcasts. | - |
| Artemis Louise (Lightning, Picosat 8) | 26092 | Santa Clara University | University | US | 0.895 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | No signal | The objective is to research the effects of lightning on the outer ionosphere. Lightning discharges and the effects on the Earth's near space environment can be recorded with the VLF receiver. | - |
| Artemis Thelma (Thunder, Picosat 7) | 26091 | Santa Clara University | University | US | 0.6 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | No signal | The objective is to research the effects of lightning on the outer ionosphere. Lightning discharges and the effects on the Earth's near space environment can be recorded with the VLF receiver. | - |
| ASUSat 1 (Arizona State University Satellite) | 26065 | Arizona State University | University | US | 6 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | Was operational until 2000-01-28. 14 hours. Problem in power system prevented the solar arrays from supplying power. | Its primary mission was Earth imaging, with several secondary missions including orbit determination, amateur-radio communications, passive stabilization techniques, attitude detection, and composite-material research. | - |
| MEMS 1A (Pico 21, PICOSAT-1) | 26080 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.275 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | Reentry 2000-XX-XX. Was operational until 2000-02-09. Battery power decayed | • To demonstrate the basic functional elements of a low-power LEO “swarm” or formation PICOSAT array. • To communicate from space using node-type radios and to report the results of MEMS-switched tests. | Built by Aerospace Corporation, sponsored by DARPA |
| MEMS 1B (Pico 23, Picosat 1) | 26080 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.275 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | Reentry 2000-XX-XX. Was operational until 2000-02-09. Battery power decayed | • To demonstrate the basic functional elements of a low-power LEO “swarm” or formation PICOSAT array. • To communicate from space using node-type radios and to report the results of MEMS-switched tests. | Built by Aerospace Corporation, sponsored by DARPA |
| StenSat (Picosat 6) | 26094 | Stensat Group | Company | US | 0.2 kg | 2000-01-27 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | No signal | Amateur radio operators world wide and was to operate as a single channel mode "J" FM voice repeater. | - |
| MEMS 2A (Pico 20, PICOSAT 7) | 26904 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.275 kg | 2000-07-19 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | Reentry 2002-07-11. No signal? | • To demonstrate the basic functional elements of a low-power LEO “swarm” or formation PICOSAT array. • To communicate from space using node-type radios and to report the results of MEMS-switched tests. | Built by Aerospace Corporation, sponsored by DARPA |
| MEMS 2B (Pico 22, PICOSAT 8) | 26904 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.275 kg | 2000-07-19 | 750 x 800 km, 100.2 deg | Reentry 2002-07-11. No signal? | • To demonstrate the basic functional elements of a low-power LEO “swarm” or formation PICOSAT array. • To communicate from space using node-type radios and to report the results of MEMS-switched tests. | Built by Aerospace Corporation, sponsored by DARPA |
| Munin | 26621 | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Institute | Sweden | 6 kg | 2000-11-21 | 700 x 1800 km, 95.5 deg | Was operational until 2001-02-21, Likely to boot PROM failure after manual CPU reset. | The scientific objective with Munin is to collect data on the auroral activity on both the northern and southern hemispheres, such that a global picture of the current state of activity can be made available on-line. The data acquired by Munin will then serve as an input to the prediction of space weather. | Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University |
| MEPSI 1A (MEMS-based PicoSat Inspector) | 27562 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.8 kg | 2002-11-23 | 390 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2003-01-31. Was operational? | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | Aerospace Corporation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| MEPSI 1B (MEMS-based PicoSat Inspector) | 27562 | DARPA | Military | US | 0.8 kg | 2002-11-23 | 390 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2003-01-31. Was operational? | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | Aerospace Corporation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| AAUSAT 1 (AAU-CubeSat, AAU CubeSat) | 27846 | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | Was operational until 2003-09-22. Battery problems. | * Sudents have achieved some useful knowledge of space technology. * That communication is established with the satellite and housekeeping information is retrieved. * Test ACS performance. * Take pictures of certain locations on earth. | - |
| CanX-1 | 27847 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 1U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | No signal | Its mission is to evaluate several novel technologies in space, including a low-cost CMOS horizon sensor and star-tracker, active three-axis magnetic stabilization, GPS-based position determination, and an ARM7 central computer. | - |
| CUTE-I (Cubical Tokyo Tech Engineering Satellite-I) | 27844 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-07) | Communication, sensing and deployment mechanism missions. | SRTL (Space Robotics and Teleoperations Laboratory) of Tokyo |
| DTUSat-1 | 27842 | Technical University of Denmark | University | Denmark | 1U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | No signal | The main payload is an 450 m long electrodynamic tether for dumping the satellite. | - |
| QuakeSat | 27845 | Stanford University | University | US | 3U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | Was operational until 2004-12-XX. | * To detect, record, and downlink earthquake ELF emission data. * Demonstrate that the CubeSat Nano-Sat design is a cost-effective platform for conducting significant space science research experiments. * Demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing commercially-off-the-shelf (COTS) parts to construct a reliable, short mission micro-satellite. | Stanford University |
| XI-IV | 27848 | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 1U | 2003-03-30 | 820 km, 98.7 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN telemetry 2018-02-19) | The objective is to demonstrate and to validate a picosatellite bus system and the space use of commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) parts. | - |
| UNOSAT 1 (Undergraduate Orbital Student Satellite) | Launch failure | Universidade Norte do Paraná | University | Brazil | 8.83 kg | 2003-08-22 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Transmit in regular intervals a message of voice and one packet of telemetry. | - |
| TNS-0 (TEKh-42, Technologicesky Nanosputnik) | 42914 | Moscow Russian Scientific Research Institute | Institute | Russia | 4.5 kg | 2005-02-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2005-08-30. Was operational until 2005-07-15. Batteries were empty and burnt in atmosphere couple of months later. | Working out the principles of small satellites control using global telecommunication systems, as well as receiving by COSPAS/SARSAT system beacon of the flight qualification. | FSUE (Federal State Unitary Enterprise-meaning a `government industry') |
| nCube-2 | 28897 | Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), Narvik University College (HiN) and the Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) | University | Norway | 1U | 2005-10-27 | 695 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Deployment failure from SSETI Express. | Hands-on experience with a real satellite mission. Multidisciplinary collaboration. Space project experience. | - |
| UWE-1 | 28892 | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2005-10-27 | 695 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2006-06-XX. | Experiments on “Internet Protocols in space”, as well as to miniaturization technology demonstrations. This second objective included characterization of triple junction GaAs solar cells from European sources, which were tested first time in space. | - |
| XI-V | 28895 | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 1U | 2005-10-27 | 695 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2016-04-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2016-04-01) | Its mission is to evaluate several novel technologies in space, including a low-cost CMOS horizon sensor and star-tracker, active three-axis magnetic stabilization, GPS-based position determination, and an ARM7 central computer. | - |
| CUTE-1.7+APD | 28941 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 2U | 2006-02-21 | 300 x 710 km, 98.2 deg | Reentry 2009-10-25. Was operational until 2006-03-16. Stopped receiving commands, beacon functioned until deorbit. | Demonstration of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) as an onboard computer. Attitude control experiment using magnetic torquer. Amateur radio service - digital repeater (digipeater). Demonstration of APD (Avalanche Photo Diode) sensor. Tether deployment experiment. | - |
| AeroCube-1 | Launch failure | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Mission is to test a communication system and the system bus plus a suite of CMOS cameras done by Harvey Mudd College. An omnidirectional patch antenna is used. | - |
| CP1 | Launch failure | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Testing of a sun sensor donated by Optical Energy technoloies, as well as the use of a sungle magnetic torquer embedded within a side panel. | - |
| CP2 | Launch failure | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Energy dissipation experiment as well as a field-test of what we have dubbed the CP Bus. CP2 marks our first attempt at “standardizing” a CubeSat bus to enable easier integration of a wide variety of payloads. | - |
| HAUSat-1 (Hannuri-1, Hankuk Aviation University SATellite-1) | Launch failure | Korea Aerospace University (Hankuk Aviation University) | University | South Korea | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Development, launch, and operation of CubeSat. Space qualification of space components. Develop core satellite system technology. Establish satellite system development infrastructure. Cultivate professionals in field of satellite systems. Accomplish national-first purely student managed program. | - |
| ICECube 1 (Ionospheric sCintillation Experimental CubeSat) | Launch failure | Cornell University | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | First, to qualify the concept of small satellites as useful instruments for science and engineering, to lower the cost of space utilization and exploration; Second, to educate students in all major aspects of the design, construction, and launch of space satellite systems. | - |
| ICECube 2 (Ionospheric sCintillation Experimental CubeSat) | Launch failure | Cornell University | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | First, to qualify the concept of small satellites as useful instruments for science and engineering, to lower the cost of space utilization and exploration; Second, to educate students in all major aspects of the design, construction, and launch of space satellite systems. | - |
| ION | Launch failure | University of Illinois | University | US | 2U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Measuring Oxygen airglow emissions from the Earth’s mesosphere. Tests a new MicroVacuum Arc Thruster (µVAT) with high dynamic range. tests a new SID processor board. Small CMOS camera for Earth imaging. | - |
| KUTESat | Launch failure | University of Kansas | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop and operate a simple pico- satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO). | - |
| Mea Huaka (Voyager) | Launch failure | University of Hawaii | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Set of temperature sensors to verify UH-designed thermal modeling software, but the actual mission was just learning to build a bus. | - |
| MEROPE (Montana Earth-Orbiting Pico-Explorer) | Launch failure | Montana State University | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Measure the radiation of the Van Allen radiation belts, first discovered by Explorer-1 under the direction of Professor James Van Allen's group of the State University of Iowa (now The University of Iowa). | - |
| nCube-1 | Launch failure | Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), Narvik University College (HiN) and the Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) | University | Norway | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Hands-on experience with a real satellite mission. Multidisciplinary collaboration. Space project experience. | - |
| PicPoT (Small Satellite of Politecnico di Torino) | Launch failure | Polytechnic University of Turin | University | Italy | 2.5 kg | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Educational. | - |
| RinCon 1 | Launch failure | University of Arizona | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Low-power beacon system, which provides a redundant means of relaying sensor data in analog form if the primary (digital) transmitter fails. | Rincon Research Corporation |
| SACRED (AlcatelSat) | Launch failure | University of Arizona | University | US | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Measure the total amount of high-energy radiation over a two-year span and will test the radiation properties of four commercial integrated circuits | Montpelier University and Alcatel Space Systems of France. |
| SEEDS | Launch failure | Nihon University | University | Japan | 1U | 2006-07-26 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Communication with the amateur ground stations, the sensing of the satellite housekeeping data, and the analysis of its orbit and attitude. Each mission has many sub-missions. | - |
| HIT-Sat | 29484 | Hokkaido Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 2.7 kg | 2006-09-22 | 280 x 650 km, 98.3 deg | Reentry 2008-06-18. Was operational until 2007-02-03, afterwards beacon intermittently. | Demonstrate the performance of the HIT-Sat bus system on orbit. HIT-Sat is an engineering test CubeSat, which is being used as a scale model for a future “Hokkaido microsatellite” . | - |
| RAFT1 | 29661 | US Naval Academy Satellite Lab | University | US | 4 kg | 2006-10-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2007-05-30. Was operational. | Provide a cubesat in a cluster which has an on-board transponder capable of identifying itself via the NSS satellite Radar Tracking system to help locate the Cubesats. Secondly, RAFT will have a separate 217 MHz NSSS radar transmitter and receiver, which can help with calibration tests of the separate NSSS transmit and receive antenna beams. | - |
| MARScom | 29662 | US Naval Academy Satellite Lab | University | US | 3 kg | 2006-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2007-05-06. No signal. | The mission of MARScom is to explore and demonstrate a very low cost yet viable communications capability for education and training of both Midshipmen and the large numbers of Navy Marine Corps communications cadre personnel. | - |
| MEPSI 2A | 29660 | DARPA | Military | US | 1.1 kg | 2006-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2007-03-08. Was operational, but short lived. | Pair is tethered. Cold gas propulsion system, with 0.1N thrust with 5 thrusters. This propulsion system includes MEMS pressure transducers | Aerospace Corporation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| MEPSI 2B | 29660 | DARPA | Military | US | 1.4 kg | 2006-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2007-03-08. Was operational, but short lived. | Pair is tethered. Cold gas propulsion system, with 0.1N thrust with 5 thrusters. This propulsion system includes MEMS pressure transducers | Aerospace Corporation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| GeneSat-1 | 29655 | NASA/Santa Clara University | Agency | US | 3U | 2006-12-16 | 415 km, 40 deg | Reentry 2010-08-04. Was operational. | Perform experiment on E. Coli bacteria in space, first cubesat to carry a biological experiment. | - |
| PehuenSat 1 | 29712 | National University of Comahue | University | Argentina | 6 kg | 2007-01-10 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2007-02-01. Reports end during that time. | Build and operate a small satellite whose mission is educational, technological and scientific. This satellite will allow the participants to gain an important experience for future projects as part of the Pehuensat Program, with more complex missions. | Argentina Association Space Technology (AATE) and AMSAT Argentina. |
| CAPE-1 | 31130 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | University | US | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was operational, unknown time. | To gain basic knowledge and skillset of developing and launching a picosatellite to pave the way for future projects. | - |
| CP3 | 31129 | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | No signal | Implement an attitude control system using only magnetic torquers embedded within the side panels. | - |
| CP4 | 31132 | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was operational? Unkown time, C&DH processor lock-up issue. | Energy dissipation experiment as well as a field-test of what the team has dubbed the CP Bus. CP2 marks our first attempt at “standardizing” a CubeSat bus to enable easier integration of a wide variety of payloads. | - |
| CSTB-1 (CubeSat TestBed 1) | 31122 | Boeing | Company | US | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was operational until 2009-11-XX. Retired. | Testbed for components for future Boeing small-sat missions. Accelerate the maturity of CubeSat related componets and subsystems, as well as accelerate the general infrastructure and operations of this class of spacecraft. | - |
| Libertad-1 | 31128 | Sergio Arboleda University | University | Colombia | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was operational until 2007-05-07? Batteries were empty. Some reports in Wiki that it was working over 2 years? | Camera and transmission of one stanza of the Colombian national anthem. | - |
| MAST | 31126 | Tethers Unlimited | Company | US | 3U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was semi-operational, communication was achieved with one of three picosats. | Perform investigations of the dynamics of tethered formations of spacecraft and to investigate the survivability of tethers in the harsh space environment. | Stanford University |
| AeroCube-2 | 31133 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2007-04-17 | 650 x 780 km, 98.1 deg | Was operational until 2007-04-18. Failed almost immediately | Similar to AeroCube-1, except added charging system for the Lithium batteries. | - |
| MEMS-Pico (ZDPS-1, Zheda Pixing) | 38262 ? | Zhejiang University | University | China | 1 kg | 2007-05-25 | 650 x 930 km, 97.8 deg | No signal, because ZDPS-1A was considered as the first successfully operated Chinese nanosatellite. | Solar-panel-covered rhombicuboctahedron containing a MEMS infrared sensor, an S-band transceiver and a CMOS camera. | - |
| AAUSAT2 | 32788 | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-23) | Education. By participating in the project students gets involved in the complicated process of building a complex system like a satellite. This teaches the student to work together in small groups and, at the same time, coordinate their actions with other groups. The primary "technical" mission is to get one-way communication with the satellite, and next is establish two-way communication. | Danish National Space Center |
| CanX-2 | 32790 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 3U | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational | GPS radio occultation experiment to characterize the upper atmosphere (University of Calgary), an atmospheric spectrometer to measure greenhouse gases (York University), and a space materials experiment to evaluate the effects of atomic oxygen on a protective coating (University of Toronto). | - |
| CanX-6 | 32784 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 6.5 kg | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (https://www.utias-sfl.net/?page_id=205) | Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver developed by COM DEV for detection of signals transmitted by maritime vessels. | COM DEV Ltd. |
| Compass-1 | 32787 | Aachen University of Applied Sciences | University | Germany | 1U | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2012-04-14. | To take color images of the earth at a resolution of 640x480 pixels, to validate (test) a Phoenix GPS receiver from DLR in orbit, to test three-axis attitude control (based on magnetic actuation), and to verify the functionality of the spacecraft in space (technology demonstration). | |
| CUTE-1.7+APD-2 (CUTE1.7+APD-II) | 32785 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 3 kg | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-16) | Follow-on satellite to the Cute-1.7 + APD | - |
| Delfi-C3 | 32789 | Delft University of Technology | University | Netherlands | 3U | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-08) | Hands-on education & training of students on a real spacecraft project. A Radio Amateur Platform (RAP) from TU Delft, comprising a linear transponder. Development of a modular nanosatellite spacecraft bus and a distributed ground segment. | Dutch Space, TNO |
| SEEDS-2 (SEEDS-II, Space Engineering EDucation Satellite-2) | 32791 | Nihon University | University | Japan | 1U | 2008-04-28 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Personal contact 2018-08-07, last DK3WN report 2017-03-17) | - | - |
| NanoSail-D | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2008-08-03 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Establish ARC-MSFC collaborative relationship for future small satellite initiatives. Deploy a 10 m² solar sail leveraging work by MSFC approved under the SMD In-Space Propulsion Program. Demo Orbital Debris Mitigation technology – drag sail. Ground Imaging to reduce spacecraft instrumentation. Add to flight experience – ARC Bus "light" experience. | ManTech/NeXolve |
| PreSat (PharmaSat Risk Evaluation Satellite) | Launch failure | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2008-08-03 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Demonstrate / Validate Performance of NASA-Ames 2nd Generation Modular Triple CubeSat Nanosatellite Platform. PRESat will demonstrate its ability to create a stable, space science laboratory using innovative environment control techniques, and to monitor the levels of pressure, temperature and acceleration. | - |
| PSSC (PSSCT, Pico Satellite Solar Cell Testbed) | 33445 | The Aerospace Corporation | Military | US | 6.5 kg | 2008-11-29 | 330 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2010-02-17. Was operational until 2009-03-19. | Monitor accelerated radiation degradation of triple-junction solar cells in a high radiation environment. | - |
| KKS-1 (Kouku Kosen Satellite-1, KISEKI) | 33499 | Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology | University | Japan | 3.17 kg | 2009-01-23 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Semi-operational? (According to list of JE9PEL) | KKS-1 is an educational satellite that has been developed by the students and teaching staffs of Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology as MONOZUKURI education of aerospace engineering. | - |
| PRISM (Picosatellite for Remote¿sensing and Innovative Space Missions) | 33493 | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 8.5 kg | 2009-01-23 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2018-02-XX? (Last SatNOGS report 2018-02-19) | Demonstration of Imaging Technology by using "Extensible Boom" as a Telescope. Demonstration of COTS-oriented Components for Nano-satellites. Advanced Amateur Radio Service. | - |
| STARS-1 Daughter (KUKAI, KAI, Space Tethered autonomous Robotic Satellite 1) | 33498 | Kagawa University | University | Japan | 3.8 kg | 2009-01-23 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Reentry 2018-03-03. Was operational until? | The primary objective of KUKAI is technical verification of a tethered space robot. | - |
| STARS-1 Mother (STARS-C, KUKAI, KU, Space Tethered autonomous Robotic Satellite 1) | 33498 | Kagawa University | University | Japan | 4.2 kg | 2009-01-23 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Reentry 2018-03-03. Was operational? | The primary objective of KUKAI is teehnical verification of a tethered space robot. | - |
| AeroCube-3 | 35005 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2009-05-19 | 450 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2011-01-06. Was operational until 2009-12-10. Semi-operational without 2-way communication until reentry. | After launch, AeroCube-3 will remain attached to the upper stage of its carrier rocket by means of a 61-meter (200 ft) tether. Experiments will be conducted to determine the satellite's flight dynamics. A wide-angle camera will be used to image the upper stage. The satellite will also reel in the tether, moving closer to the upper stage. | US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center |
| CP6 (Polysat) | 35003 | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2009-05-19 | 450 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2011-10-06. Was operational. | Implement an attitude control system using only magnetic torquers embedded within the side panels.Once the primary objectives have been met, a command will be sent to deploy the secondary payload that consists of a series of spring steel tapes. The data will be used to guide the future design of an electrodynamic tether. | - |
| HawkSat I | 35004 | Hawk Institute of Space Sciences | Company | US | 1U | 2009-05-19 | 450 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2011-09-04. No signal. | Its primary function is to act as a proof of concept vehicle for future satellites to be developed by the Hawk Institute for Space Sciences. | - |
| PharmaSat 1 (GeneSat-2) | 35002 | Santa Clara University, NASA Ames Small Spacecraft Division | Agency | US | 3U | 2009-05-19 | 450 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2012-08-14. Was operational until 2009-06-15. Beacon was turned off and lost S-band contact before. | Contains a controlled environment micro-laboratory packed with sensors and optical systems that can detect the growth, density and health of yeast cells and transmit that data to scientists for analysis on Earth. | - |
| Aggiesat-2 (Dragonsat 2) | 35690 | Texas A&M University | University | US | 3.2 kg | 2009-07-15 | 330 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2010-03-17. Was operational for 230 days. | Promote space engineering education as well as research into novel, low-cost autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations techniques. | NASA Johnson Space Center, University of Texas at Austin |
| BEVO 1 (DragonSat 1) | 35690 | University of Texas at Austin | University | US | 3.5 kg | 2009-07-15 | 330 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2010-03-17. No signal. Failed to separate from Aggiesat-2. | Promote space engineering education as well as research into novel, low-cost autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations techniques. | NASA Johnson Space Center, Texas A&M University |
| BEESAT-1 | 35933 | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 1U | 2009-09-23 | 720 km, 98.3 deg | Was operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-09-23) | Verification of miniaturized reaction wheels in the space environment. Test of a novel satellite bus system. Power scope improvement of pico- and nanosatellites | AstroFein Technik, |
| ITUpSAT-1 | 35935 | Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 1U | 2009-09-23 | 720 km, 98.3 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-11) | The overall objectives are to provide a hands-on project environment for the students at ITU under faculty guidance. | - |
| SwissCube | 35932 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) | University | Switzerland | 1U | 2009-09-23 | 720 km, 98.3 deg | Operational, but some problems since 2017 (Last SatNOGS report 2018-07-22) | The main objective is educational and to show the students how to build a complex engineering system from A to Z like a satellite. Carries a small telescope which will allow to obtain images of the nightglow, a luminescence phenomena occurring at 100 km of height above the Earth surface. | - EPFL - HES-SO - Univ. of Neuchatel - FHNW - Bern University |
| UWE-2 | 35934 | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2009-09-23 | 720 km, 98.3 deg | Was operational, unknown time. | Demonstration of the newly developed Attitude Determination System (ADS). Equipped with a number of new sensors to be able to accurately determine the orientation in space. | - |
| KSat (Hayato, Kagoshima Satellite, K-Sat) | 36573 | Kagoshima University | University | Japan | 1U | 2010-05-20 | 295 km, 30 deg | Reentry 2010-07-14. Was operational but communication happened rarely due to tracking problems. | Research That Aims to Predict the Torrential Rain and Rornadoes. On-orbit demonstration of original observation method of atmospheric water vapor using satellite. | - |
| Negai (Negai-Star) | 36575 | Soka University | University | Japan | 1U | 2010-05-20 | 295 km, 30 deg | Reentry 2010-06-26. Was operational. | Commercial FPGA for advanced information processing system. Camera for outreach purposes. | - |
| Waseda-Sat2 | 36574 | Waseda University | University | Japan | 1U | 2010-05-20 | 295 km, 30 deg | Reentry 2010-07-12. No signal. | Earth observation and technology demonstration. It will test the use of extendible paddles to provide attitude control. | - |
| AISSat-1 | 36797 | Norwegian Space Centre | Agency | Norway | 7 kg | 2010-07-12 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Operational (Mentioned in public news) | Its primary mission is to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) detection from low-Earth orbit as a means of tracking maritime assets, and the integration of space-based AIS data into a national maritime tracking information system. | Norwegian Space Centre, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kongsberg Satellite Services AS |
| StudSat-1 (Student Satellite-1) | 36796 | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | University | India | 1U | 2010-07-12 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational until 2010-08-12. Beacon was heard for about one month. | Promote space technology in educational institutions and encourage research and development in miniaturized satellites; introduce students at undergraduate level to space technology, demonstrate a successful inter-state, interuniversity, inter-disciplinary and interdepartmental participation in a single project, develop leadership qualities and scientific temperament among students. | ISRO |
| TISAT-1 | 36799 | University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) | University | Switzerland | 1U | 2010-07-12 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Semi-operational? Fell silent 2015-03-15, but came back? (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-11) | Monitoring of the durability of exposed thin bonding wires, PCB tracks and lines (Atomic Oxygen effects). Verification of the system fault tolerance scheme. Acquisition of spacecraft environment and operating data. All firmware, in house developped baseband modulation schemes. | - |
| ZDPS 1A 01 (Zheda Pixing) | 37166 | Zhejiang University | University | China | 3.5 kg | 2010-09-22 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Platform verification. The functionality, performance and space environmental adaption of the satellites and their subsystems were to be validated in space via on-orbit testing and operation. Experimentation of miniaturized parts. | - |
| ZDPS 1A 02 (Zheda Pixing) | 37167 | Zhejiang University | University | China | 3.5 kg | 2010-09-22 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Platform verification. The space environmental adaption and application of the various parts including the miniaturized commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes, the in-house-developed panoramic CMOS camera and the novel tri-junction solar cells were to be experimented. Attitude determination and control experimentation. The correctness and effectiveness of the attitude determination and control scheme were to be evaluated via attitude de-tumbling and stabilizing experiments. | - |
| O/OREOS | 37224 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2010-11-20 | 630 km, 72 deg | Was operational until 2016-11-27? (Last SatNOGS report 2016-11-27) | Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses. An Astrobiology Technology Demonstration. | |
| NanoSail-D2 | 37361 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2010-11-20 | 630 km, 72 deg | Was operational until 2011-01-21. Batteries were empty. | Establish ARC-MSFC collaborative relationship for future small satellite initiatives. Deploy a 10 m² solar sail leveraging work by MSFC approved under the SMD In-Space Propulsion Program. Demo Orbital Debris Mitigation technology – drag sail. Ground Imaging to reduce spacecraft instrumentation. Add to flight experience – ARC Bus "light" experience. | - |
| RAX (Radio Aurora eXplorer) | 37223 | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2010-11-20 | 630 km, 72 deg | Was operational until 2011-01-19. Solar panel degradation. | Investigate causes of upper atmospheric/ionospheric plasma turbulence. Study large plasma formations in the ionosphere, the highest region of our atmosphere. | SRI, National Science Foundation |
| Caerus-Mayflower | 37252 | Northrop Grumman, | Company | US | 3U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2010-12-22. Was operational. | Test next generation CubeSat subsystems. Demonstrate Northrop Grumman rapid repsonse space satellite technology configuration, build and integration capability. Workforce training. | University of Southern California, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Applied Minds, LLC. |
| Perseus 000 | 37251 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Institute | US | 1.5U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2010-12-30. Was operational. | Demonstrating the ability to build and launch a useful satellite quickly and at low cost, gaining CubeSat build and orbital experience, and validating the LANL design methodology. | - |
| Perseus 001 | 37248 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Institute | US | 1.5U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2010-12-31. Was operational. | Demonstrating the ability to build and launch a useful satellite quickly and at low cost, gaining CubeSat build and orbital experience, and validating the LANL design methodology. | - |
| Perseus 002 | 37250 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Institute | US | 1.5U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2010-12-30. Was operational. | Demonstrating the ability to build and launch a useful satellite quickly and at low cost, gaining CubeSat build and orbital experience, and validating the LANL design methodology. | - |
| Perseus 003 | 37247 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Institute | US | 1.5U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2010-12-31. Was operational. | Demonstrating the ability to build and launch a useful satellite quickly and at low cost, gaining CubeSat build and orbital experience, and validating the LANL design methodology. | - |
| QbX-1 | 37247 | NRL Naval Center for Space for NRO | Military | US | 3U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2011-01-06. Was operational. | For the first two QbX satellites, flight software, antennas, and the TTC radio were built and integrated by the Naval Center for Space, as was the developmental communications payload. The payload consisted of an extendible antenna, a modem, and a radio. | Pumpkin |
| QbX-2 | 37245 | NRL Naval Center for Space for NRO | Military | US | 3U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2011-01-16. Was operational. | For the first two QbX satellites, flight software, antennas, and the TTC radio were built and integrated by the Naval Center for Space, as was the developmental communications payload. The payload consisted of an extendible antenna, a modem, and a radio. | Pumpkin |
| SMDC-ONE 1 (Space & Missile Defense Command-Operational Nanosatellite Effect) | 37246 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2010-12-08 | 295 km, 34.5 deg | Reentry 2011-01-12. Was operational. | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. | Miltec |
| HRBE (Explorer-1 Prime, Hiscock Radiation Belt Explorer) | Launch failure | Montana State University | University | US | 1U | 2011-03-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Detect the Van Allen radiation belts in honor of the 50th anniversary of Explorer-1. Also demonstrates software technology developed at SSEL that uses a popular chip radio to close a digital data link with standard ham radio hardware allowing people around the world to contact the satellite and download science and housekeeping data. | - |
| Hermes | Launch failure | University of Colorado in Boulder | University | US | 1U | 2011-03-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Improve CubeSat communications through the on-orbit testing of a high data-rate communication system that will allow the downlink of large quantities of data, making CubeSat imaging or high-data quantity science easily feasible. | - |
| KySat-1 | Launch failure | Kentucky universities | University | US | 1U | 2011-03-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | The primary mission objective for KySat-1 is educational outreach. Can be commanded via mobile ground stations using HAM frequencies. These mobile ground stations will be taken to schools around the state for children to have their first direct interaction with a satellite. The goal is to stimulate young minds by bringing aerospace technology to them. | - |
| PSSC-2 (Pico Satellite Solar Cell Testbed-2, PSSC Testbed-2, PSSCT-2) | 37752 | The Aerospace Corporation | Military | US | 3.7 kg | 2011-07-20 | 390 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2011-12-08. Was operational. | Low cost risk reduction for the upcoming SENSE and Compact Total Electron Content Sensor (CTECS) that characterizes the ionosphere by measurement of the occultation of GPS signals - a precursor of an instrument with the same function on SENSE. PSSC2 also carries over the task from PSSC1 of characterizing the performance of advanced solar cells from Spectrolab and Emcore. | Space and Missile Systems Center's Development Planning Directorate |
| Jugnu | 37839 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | University | India | 3U | 2011-10-12 | 860 km, 20 deg | Was operational until 2013-07-XX. | 1. To develop competence in design, fabrication and usage of micro satellites. 2. Complement the development efforts of the country's satellite application requirements through technology development and validation at the micro satellite level 3. Development and training of human resources. 4. Strengthen activities in MEMS sensor based technology applications. | - |
| SRMSat (Sri Ramaswamy Memorial) | 37841 | SRM University | University | India | 10 kg | 2011-10-12 | 860 km, 20 deg | Was operational until 2014-XX-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2014-02-11) | The science objective of the mission is to monitor greenhouse gases (GHG), mainly carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. | ISRO |
| AubieSat-1 | 37854 | Auburn University | University | US | 1U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Was operational until 2013-12-31? | Science mission is to measure average density of ionospheric electrons along line of sight between AubieSat and ground station. | Alabama Space Grant Consortium |
| DICE-1 (Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment, DICE-E) | 37851 | Utah State University | University | US | 1.5U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Mapping geomagnetic Storm Enhanced Density (SED) plasma bulge and plume formations in Earth’s ionosphere. Two identical spinning spacecraft measure plasma density and electric fields to determine the how and why of variations in ionospheric plasma density that affect the performance of communications, surveillance, and navigation systems on earth and in space. | - |
| DICE-2 (Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment, DICE-Y) | 37852 | Utah State University | University | US | 1.5U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Mapping geomagnetic Storm Enhanced Density (SED) plasma bulge and plume formations in Earth’s ionosphere. Two identical spinning spacecraft measure plasma density and electric fields to determine the how and why of variations in ionospheric plasma density that affect the performance of communications, surveillance, and navigation systems on earth and in space. | - |
| E1P U2 (HRBE , Explorer-1' U2, William A. Hiscock Radiation Belt Explorer) | 37855 | Montana State University | University | US | 1U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-27) | Detect Van Allen radiation belts using a miniature Geiger tube donated by Dr. Van Allen to measure the intensity and variability of these electrons in low Earth orbit. | - |
| M-Cubed (COVE, MCUBED) | 37855 | University of Michigan | University | US | 1U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Was semi-operational. Became conjoined with HBRE and could not receive signals, but transmitted beacon. | Obtain a mid resolution image to date of Earth with at least 60% land mass and a maximum of 20% cloud coverage from a single cubesat platform. MCubed bus with the intention of making it a heritage design, thus allowing for future missions to be flown on the same bus. | - |
| RAX-2 (Radio Aurora Explorer-2) | 37853 | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2011-10-28 | 460 x 810 km, 101.7 deg | Was operational until 2013-04-20. | Investigate causes of upper atmospheric/ionospheric plasma turbulence. | SRI |
| MaSat-1 | 38081 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | University | Hungary | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2015-01-09. Was operational. | Design and implement the basic subsystems of a custom-built satellite. Gain experience in the leadership, logistics, testing and launch arrangement aspects of a complex space project, which are all essential to proceed to the next step. | - |
| PW-Sat | 38083 | Warsaw University of Technology | University | Poland | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2014-10-28. Was operational until 2012-12-23. Power budget problems. | Develop an inexpensive and reliable method of satellite deorbitation by using an expandable structure - SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) based sail. | Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| ROBUSTA-1A | 38084 | ROBUSTA | University | France | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2015-01-28. No signal. Faint signals for few days, battery charging problems. | Measure the radiation induced degradation of electronic devices. | - |
| UNICubeSat-GG (Gravity Gradient) | 38085 | Sapienza University of Rome | University | Italy | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2015-02-06. Was operational until 2012-02-20. | Study of the gravity gradient enhanced by the presence of a deployable boom. The end faces of the boom are equipped with solar panels for added power generation. | - |
| Xatcobeo (Dieste) | 38082 | University of Vigo | University | Spain | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2013-08-31. Was operational. | Main objective of the mission is the deployment of XaTcobeo, a standard based 1U CubeSAT (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) in the space, together with a ground segment. | Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) |
| e-st@r | 38079 | Polytechnic University of Turin | University | Italy | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2015-01-16. Was operational until 2012-12, communication problems? | Demonstrate the capability of autonomous determination, control and manoeuver, through the development and test in orbit of an A-ADCS entirely designed and manufactured by students. Test in orbit COTS technology and self-made hardware. | - |
| Goliat | 38080 | University of Bucharest | University | Romania | 1U | 2012-02-13 | 310 x 1450 km, 69.5 deg | Reentry 2014-12-31. No signal? | Obtain a multidisciplinary team of students which, by the end of the project, shall be able to design, integrate and operate a full nanosatellite mission. Developing, integrating, testing, launching and operating a CubeSat type satellite and its components; Designing, developing and integrating a specific satellite payload; Designing and constructing the ground station infrastructure. | University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romanian Space Agency, Romanian Institute for Space Sciences |
| HORYU-2 | 38340 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 7.1 kg | 2012-05-17 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2014-07-XX. | 300V photovoltaic power generation in LEO. Demonstration of solar array discharge suppression technologies at 300V. Demonstration of electron emission film (ELF). Demonstration of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf surface potential monitor. Demonstration of debris sensor. Taking photograph of the Earth and distribution of the image for outreach. | - |
| F-1 | 38855 | FPT University | University | Vietnam | 1U | 2012-07-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2013-05-09. Was operational? | Educational pico-satellite, carrying a low-resolution camera, a 3-axis magnetometer and several temperature sensors. | Angstrom Space Technology Center (ASTC), Uppsala University and NanoRacks LLC |
| FITSat-1 (NIWAKA) | 38853 | Fukuoka Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2012-07-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2013-07-04. Was operational. | The main mission is the high-speed transmission of pictures by microwave of 5.8 GHz and the demonstration experiment of low-light-level optical communication by the LED between FITSAT-1 and the ground. | - |
| RAIKO | 38852 | Tohoku University | University | Japan | 2U | 2012-07-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2013-08-06. Was semi-operational until 2013-07-15. Command link could not be established. | Demonstration of new electronics or mechanism usable for 50-kg microsatellites, which are CMOS color sensor, CCD color sensor, CCD star sensor, and film deployment mechanism. | Wakayama University |
| TechEdSat (Technological and Educational Nanosatellite) | 38854 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1U | 2012-07-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2013-05-05. Was operational. | TechEdSat demonstrates two new technologies: the first being the Space Plug-and-Play Architecture (SPA) by AAC Microtec, which has the goal of rapidly advancing, reconfigured Nanosatellite technologies based on miniaturized avionics components; and the second, which utilizes two different tracking and communication modules. | AAC Microtec, San Jose State University |
| We Wish | 38856 | Meisei Electric | Company | Japan | 1U | 2012-07-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2013-03-11. Was operational. | Built by members of the Meisei Amateur Radio Club. Carried an infrared camera for environmental studies. | - |
| TT 1 (TianTuo 1, Tiantuo Yihao Weixing) | 38258 | National University of Defense Technology | University | China | 9.3 kg | 2012-09-08 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Reentry 2014-11-03. Was operational. | Validation of single-board nano-satellite architecture. On-orbit demonstration of the AIS component. Components/module experiment. Optical earth imaging. Space environment detection experiment. | - |
| AENEAS | 38760 | University of Southern California | University | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational until 2018-05-XX. Batteries didn't hold in eclipse. (Last JA0CAW report 2018-04-028) | Tracking cargo containers over the open ocean with a 1-watt WiFi-like transceiver. This mission uses a custom-built deployable mesh antenna, and stretches the attitude control and power generation capabilities of the Colony I bus to its limits. | Northrop Grumman, Nowaworks group |
| AeroCube-4A (AeroCube 4.5A) | 38767 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational until 2012-11-30. Lost contact. | Solar panel wings that close and open to tune the ballistic coefficient enabling efficient formation flying, three-axis attitude control to 1º absolute accuracy. | - |
| AeroCube-4B (AeroCube 4.5B) | 38768 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Solar panel wings that close and open to tune the ballistic coefficient enabling efficient formation flying, three-axis attitude control to 1º absolute accuracy. | - |
| AeroCube-4C | 38769 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Solar panel wings that close and open to tune the ballistic coefficient enabling efficient formation flying, three-axis attitude control to 1º absolute accuracy. | Space and Missile Systems Center/Development Planning Directorate |
| CINEMA (CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons, & MAgnetic fields) | 38764 | University of California | University | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational until? (No recent news found) | Stereo imaging of magnetospheric energetic neutral atom, multi-point measurements of suprathermal electrons and ions associated with auroral acceleration as well as electron microbursts, and complementary measurements of magnetic fields for particle data. | Kyung Hee University, Imperial College London, NASA Ames Research Center |
| CP5 | 38763 | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational for a short time. Deployed solar sail. | De-orbiting experiment using a thin-film deployable mechanism. The main goal is to identify whether the mechanism can feasibly become a practical solution for mitigating space debris on future small satellites. | - |
| CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment) | 38761 | University of Colorado | University | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational until 2014-12-22. Battery degradation. | Measure the directional differential flux of Solar Energetic Protons (SEPs) and Earth’s radiation belt electrons. | - |
| CXBN (Cosmic X-ray Background Nanosatellite) | 38762 | Morehead State University/Kentucky Space | University | US | 2U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Was operational until 2013-01-XX. Too weak signal since the beginning for science mission. | Increase the precision of measurements of the Cosmic X-Ray Background (CXRB) in the 30-50 keV range. Constrain models that explain the relative contribution of cosmic X-Ray sources to the CXRB. | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Noqsi Aerospace |
| Re (STARE A, Space-based Telescopes for the Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris) | 38765 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Institute | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Semi-operational, some problems with communication. | Observe objects that are predicted to pass close to a valuable space asset based on conjunction analysis using the AFSPC (Air Force Space Command) catalog. | Naval Postgraduate School, Texas A&M University, National Reconnaissance Office, Boeing Phantom Works |
| SMDC-ONE 2.1 (Able) | 38766 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. | - |
| SMDC-ONE 2.2 (Baker) | 38759 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2012-09-13 | 470 x 780 km, 64.7 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. | - |
| AAUSAT3 | 39087 | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2014-10-01. Power production gradually decreased until it was too low. | The AAUSAT3 mission is to test two AIS receivers developed by students. Proof of concept of our very strict modular design with no central OBC/CDH managing the satellite. | - |
| STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator) | 39090 | Surrey Satellite Technology | Company | UK | 3U | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-02). Went silent 2013-03-30, but came back 2013-07-23. | Technology path finding for future commercial operations. Modern Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Android smartphone as a payload. | University of Surrey Space Centre |
| UniBRITE-1 (BRITE-U, CanX 3A) | 39092 | University of Vienna | University | Austria | 7 kg | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO | Operational (http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/) | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. | University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory |
| TUGSat 1 (Technische Universität Graz Satellit), BRITE-Austria (BRIght-star Target Explorer - Austria, BRITE-A, CanX 3B) | 39091 | Graz University of Technology | University | Austria | 7 kg | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO | Operational (http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/) | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. | University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory |
| SOMP (Students Oxygen Measurement Project) | 39134 | Dresden University of Technology | University | Germany | 1U | 2013-04-19 | 565 km, 64.9 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-23) | Measuring atomic oxygen using an oxygen electrolyte sensor. Testing of flexible thin film solar cells | - |
| BEESAT-2 | 39136 | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 1U | 2013-04-19 | 565 km, 64.9 deg | Was operational? (Last DK3WN report 2017-02-04) | The primary mission objective is the technical testing of miniaturized reaction wheels for attitude stabilization of a pico using a camera for Earth observation as an exemplary payload. The secondary mission objective is to embed the satellite operation in the courses of the subject area. | AstroFein Technik, |
| BEESAT-3 | 39135 | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 1U | 2013-04-19 | 565 km, 64.9 deg | Operational since 2018-01-17? No signal for years. (Last DK3WN report 2018-03-18) | Primary objective is the practical training of students. Secondary mission objective is the verification of S-band transmitter HISPICO ( H ighly I ntegrated S band link for PICO and nano satellites) in orbit. | - |
| Dove-2 | 39132 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2013-04-19 | 565 km, 64.9 deg | Operational | Build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components. Demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost. | - |
| OSSI-1 | 39131 | Open Source Satellite Initiative | Individual | South Korea | 1U | 2013-04-19 | 565 km, 64.9 deg | Reentry 2013-07-08. No signal. | Open Source Satellite Initiative. | - |
| Dove-1 | 39143 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2013-04-21 | 220 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2013-04-27. Was operational. | Build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components. Demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost. | - |
| PhoneSat 1.0a (Graham) | 39146 | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 1U | 2013-04-21 | 220 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2013-04-27. Was operational. | Off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system for the satellite and used a UHF radio beacon to transmit data and images to the ground. The technology objective was to demonstrate the application of consumer electronics as the basis of an extremely low-cost satellite bus. | - |
| PhoneSat 1.0b (Bell) | 39142 | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 1U | 2013-04-21 | 220 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2013-04-27. Was operational. | Off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system for the satellite and used a UHF radio beacon to transmit data and images to the ground. The technology objective was to demonstrate the application of consumer electronics as the basis of an extremely low-cost satellite bus. | - |
| PhoneSat 2.0a (Alexander) | 39144 | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 1U | 2013-04-21 | 220 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2013-04-27. Was operational. | Alexander's mission includes charging its batteries, turning on its systems, and sending sensor data. Mission controllers may try to de-tumble the satellite and reduce its spinning rate to less than 5deg/sec using the magnetic torquers. | - |
| CubeBug-1 (Capitán Beto) | 39153 | Satellogic | Company | Argentina | 2U | 2013-04-26 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Open Nano-Satellite platform, first technology demonstration satellite. | Argentinian Ministry of Science,, INVAP S.E., Radio Club Bariloche. |
| NEE-01 Pegaso | 39151 | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Agency | Ecuador | 1U | 2013-04-26 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational until 2017-11-XX. Collided with Tsyklon debris, but was heard through NEE-02. (Personal contact 2018-08-07) | Survive the LEO space environment and transmit telemetry for at least a year. Transmit live video feed from orbit and On-Screen telemetry. | - |
| TURKSAT-3USAT | 39152 | ITU (Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 3U | 2013-04-26 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2013-04-27. Became silent after a day. | Build Turkey’s first communication CubeSat. The 3USAT includes many sensors and a camera for taking pictures, as well. | TURKSAT Inc, ITU, AMSATTR |
| ESTCube-1 | 39161 | University of Tartu | University | Estonia | 1U | 2013-05-07 | 660 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2015-05-19. Solar panel degradation lead to negative power production state and batteries were completely depleted. No more signals heard after that. Probably the command to silence the satellite went through. | Test the deployment of a 10 m tether, which is an integral part of the electric solar wind sail development. Take picture of the Earth and, if possible Estonia. The project will also be used to build Estonian infrastructure for future space projects and to educate space engineers. | Tartu Observatory, FMI, Tallinn Technical University, DLR, University of Helsinki |
| ArduSat | 39412 | Spire (Nanosatisfi) | Company | US | 1U | 2013-08-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-04-16. Was operational. | Mission is to provide a platform on which students and DIY space enthusiasts may design and run their own space-based Arduino experiments. Identical with ArduSat-X. | - |
| ArduSat-X | 39414 | Spire (Nanosatisfi) | Company | US | 1U | 2013-08-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-04-15. Was operational. | Mission is to provide a platform on which students and DIY space enthusiasts may design and run their own space-based Arduino experiments. Identical with ArduSat-1. | - |
| Pico Dragon (Picodragon) | 39413 | Vietnam National Satellite Center | Agency | Vietnam | 1U | 2013-08-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-02-28. Was operational. | Taking pictures of the Earth. Collecting the environment data by sensors which are equipped on the satellite. Communicating and exchanging the data with the ground station. | - |
| TechEdSat-3p | 39415 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2013-08-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-01-16. Was operational. | Demonstrate two new technologies. The first is a passive deorbiting system that uses a uniquely designed drag device (Exo-Brake) to perform a rapid de-orbit and re-entry. | The University of Idaho, San Jose State University |
| POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere) | 39268 | Utah State University | University | US | 3U | 2013-09-29 | 325 x 1500 km, 81 deg | Passive spheres. No signal. | 3 spheres. Assess changes in the density of the upper atmosphere in response to heightened solar activity. | Gil Moore, Planetary Systems Corporation, Drexel University, American Aerospace Advisors, Inc., SpaceX, Analytical Graphics, Inc |
| Prometheus 1-7 | 39399 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-05. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-8 | 39401 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-01. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| SENSE SV1 (Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment) | 39388 | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-03-21. Was semi-operational. | Develop best practices for operational CubeSat/NanoSat procurement, development, test, and operations. To mature CubeSat bus and sensor component technology readiness levels and to demonstrate the operational utility of CubeSat measurements by flowing validated, low-latency data into operational space weather models. | - |
| SENSE SV2 (Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment) | 39392 | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Was operational until 2015-04-30. | Develop best practices for operational CubeSat/NanoSat procurement, development, test, and operations. To mature CubeSat bus and sensor component technology readiness levels and to demonstrate the operational utility of CubeSat measurements by flowing validated, low-latency data into operational space weather models. | - |
| SwampSat | 39402 | University of Florida | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-13. No signal. | Demonstrate on orbit precision three axis attitude control using a pyramidal configuration of control moment gyroscopes. | - |
| TJ3sat | 39385 | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | School | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-09-17. No signal. | Provide educational resources to other K-12 education institutions to foster interest in aerospace through the successful design and flight of a CubeSat. | Orbital Sciences Corporation, Stensat LLC |
| Trailblazer (SPA-1 Trailblazer) | 39400 | University of New Mexico | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2016-05-22. No signal. | Proof-of-concept flight for an AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) sponsored bus design called SPA (Space Plug-and-play Architecture). The PnP (Plug-and-Play) type architecture is a capability that will allow for rapid development and delivery of satellite and defense systems. | Cosmiac (Configurable Space Microsystems Innovations and Applications Center), Air Force |
| Vermont (Lunar) Cubesat | 39407 | Vermont Technical College/ University of Vermont | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-11-21. Was operational. | Explore the technologies required for building a viable CubeSat device that can orbit and/or land on the moon. Test the navigation components to go to the Moon. | - |
| KYSAT II (KySat-2) | 39384 | Kentucky universities | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-02-12. Was operational, but batteries dead. | The primary objective is proof of concept. Will demonstrate key technologies developed by University of Kentucky and Morehead University students. These include a distributed network computing architecture, power and radio systems, and a “stellar gyroscope” for attitude determination. | - |
| Black Knight 1 (BK 1) | 39398 | West Point Military Academy | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-07-16. No signal | Develop a low cost experimental spacecraft with experimental and operational significance. Educate future Army leaders on a wide range of space related topics in order to develop more "space savvy" junior leaders. Build a solid foundation for satelltie development at West Point in order to expand into more advanced spacecraft projects in the future. | - |
| CAPE-2 | 39382 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2014-10-23. Was semi-operational? Batteries dead and only works in sunlight. | To develop a cutting-edge Cubesat communication platform. Secondary Missions: Local Educational Outreach, Deployable Solar Panels, using UHF Radio and VHF Radio. | - |
| ChargerSat-1 (ChargerSat 1.2) | 39405 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2016-03-19. No signal. | Improve communications for picosatellite operations. Demonstrate passive nadir axis stabilization for picosatellite attitude control. Improve solar power collection for picosatellite operations. | - |
| COPPER (Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition) | 39395 | Saint Louis University | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2016-02-04. No signal. | Imaging mission: Flight-test the abilities of a commercially available compact uncooled microbolometer array to take infrared images of Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. Radiation mission: Improve the predictive performance modeling of radiation effects on small, modern space electronics devices by collecting radiation particle collision data from electronics monitoring experiments and relaying the data to the ground. | Vanderbilt University, Santa Clara University, Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium |
| DragonSat 1 | 39383 | Drexel University | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2016-08-31. No signal. | Educate undergraduate students and to provide hands-on experience in space system development. Take pictures of aurora (northern and southern lights) to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events, and to perform technology demonstration of boom deployment mechanism in space. | U.S. Naval Academy |
| Firefly | 39404 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2017-11-01. Was operational. | Investigate Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs). How are TGFs produced? Current evidence suggests production deep in the atmosphere, near the tops of thunderclouds. Another possibility, which may occur at the same time, is high-altitude production in the 30-80 km altitude range. | National Science Foundation, Siena College, Hawk Institute for Space Sciences |
| Ho‘oponopono 2 (H2) | 39403 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | University | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | No signal | Continue a long-existing radar calibration service, provided currently with a microsatellite (RADCAL) and with a payload suite on a meteorological mission (DMSP-15). | United States Air Force |
| Horus (STARE B, Space-Based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris)) | 39397 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Institute | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2018-04-26. Was semi-operational? | Observe objects that are predicted to pass close to a valuable space asset based on conjunction analysis using the AFSPC (Air Force Space Command ) catalog. Refinement of orbital parameters of space objects to reduce uncertainty in position estimation and improve accuracy of conjunction analysis. | Boeing |
| NPS-SCAT (Naval Postgraduate School Solar Cell Array Tester) | 39389 | Naval Postgraduate School | University | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-10-28. Was operational until 2014-11-21? First beacon heard | Solar Cell Measurement System (SMS), as its payload. | |
| ORS Tech 1 | 39387 | John Hopkins University | University | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-03-23. Was operational. | Created a flexible and modular, Multi-Mission Nanosatellite (MMN) spacecraft architecture for low-cost execution of critical missions. | - |
| ORS Tech 2 | 39396 | John Hopkins University | University | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-04-03. Was operational. | Created a flexible and modular, Multi-Mission Nanosatellite (MMN) spacecraft architecture for low-cost execution of critical missions. | - |
| ORSES (ORS 1) | 39386 | Space & Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2016-01-03. Was operational until 2013-11-25. | Provide communications and data capabilities for underserved tactical users. | DoD Operationally Responsive Space Office |
| PhoneSat 2.4a | 39381 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2017-01-31. Was operational. | Test the smartphone's capability as communication technology for nanosatellites and as hardware to manage pointing, taking images and software execution. | - |
| Prometheus 1-1 | 39406 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-12. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-2 | 39391 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-10. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. Tested for their ability to transmit audio, video and data from remote field units to ground stations using over-the-horizon SATCOM. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-3 | 39408 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-08. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-4 | 39390 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-13. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-5 | 39393 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-11-29. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 1-6 | 39394 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg | Reentry 2015-12-10. Was operational. | Dual objective of evaluating new low-cost development and operations methodologies while also assessing the operational utility that can be provided with CubeSat technology. | US Department of Defense |
| $50Sat (50-Dollarsat, Eagle 2, Morehead-OSCAR-76) | 39436 | Morehead State University | University | US | PocketQube 1.5p | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Reentry 2018-05-19. Was operational until 2015-07-19. http://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/30/50sat-falls-silent/ | Demonstrate that very low cost satellites are viable in low Earth orbit. The low build cost of $50SAT (less than $250 in parts) means that Engineering models are readily affordable by schools and colleges. | - |
| BRITE-PL-1 Lem (CanX 3C) | 39431 | The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences | Institute | Poland | 6 kg | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/) | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. | The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory |
| CINEMA 2 (TRIO 2, KHUSAT 1) | 39424 | Kyung Hee University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational until 2014-11-28? | Stereo imaging of magnetospheric energetic neutral atom, multi-point measurements of suprathermal electrons and ions associated with auroral acceleration as well as electron microbursts, and complementary measurements of magnetic fields for particle data. | UC Berkeley, Imperial College London |
| CINEMA 3 (TRIO 3, KHUSAT 2) | 39426 | Kyung Hee University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | No signal | Stereo imaging of magnetospheric energetic neutral atom, multi-point measurements of suprathermal electrons and ions associated with auroral acceleration as well as electron microbursts, and complementary measurements of magnetic fields for particle data. | UC Berkeley, Kyung Hee University and Imperial College London |
| CubeBug-2 (Manolito) | 39440 | Satellogic | Company | Argentina | 2U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-31) | Open Nano-Satellite platform, first technology demonstration satellite. As payload on this first mission, some custom designed components will be tested: an ARM based on-board computer, a nano-reaction wheel with its driver circuit and a low resolution camera to image stars, all based on COTS components. | Argentinian Ministry of Science,, INVAP S.E., Radio Club Bariloche. |
| Delfi-n3Xt | 39428 | Delft University of Technology | University | Netherlands | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2014-02-21. Contact lost. | Education, technology demonstration and nanosatellite bus advancement. | TNO, University of Twente |
| Dove-3 | 39429 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational | Build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components. Demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost. | - |
| Dove-4 | 39434 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Deployment failure. Failed to separate or never deployed from Unisat-5. | Build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components. Demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost. | - |
| FUNcube-1 (AO-73) | 39444 | AMSAT-UK | Non-profit | UK | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-27) | Goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. | Radio Communications Foundation |
| GOMX-1 (GATOSS, Global Air Traffic Awareness and Optimizing through Spaceborne Surveillance) | 39430 | GomSpace | Company | Denmark | 2U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational, but ADS-B payload stopped working on 2014-05-07. (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-24) | Perform research and experimentation in space related to Software Defined Radio (SDR) with emphasis on receiving ADS-B signal from commercial aircraft over oceanic areas. As a secondary payload the satellite flies a NanoCam C1U colour camera for Earth observation experimentation. | Aalborg University, DSE Airport Solutions, Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation |
| HiNCube | 39445 | Narvik University College | University | Norway | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | No signal | Create a satellite platform for future scientific missions as well as increase the interest for science and space technology in Norway. | - |
| HumSat-D | 39433 | University of Vigo | University | Spain | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2015-02--XX? | Satellite-based system for connecting a set of users with a network of worldwide distributed sensors which they have previously deployed. Educational objectives such as: provide hands-on-project experience on a space project to engineering/science students, promote international cooperation among universities about space technology, transfer technology to universities from developing countries. | - |
| ICUBE-1 | 39432 | Islamabad Institute of Science and Technology | Institute | Pakistan | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2014-01-08? | Provide students the skills and experiences required to build pico and nano satellites. The primary mission objective of ICUBE is to design, develop, integrate and launch picosatellite standard CubeSat. The secondary objectives are the communication, in-orbit operation and collection of the payload data. | - |
| MOVE (First-MOVE, Munich Orbital Verification Experiment) | 39439 | Technical University of München | University | Germany | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2013-12-21. On-Board Computer damaged and only name is sent. | Test triple junction GaAs / Ge Solar Cells (EADS Astrium). | - |
| NEE-02 Krysaor | 39441 | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Agency | Ecuador | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational. In hibernation, but expected to wake up at the end of year (Personal contact 2018-08-07) | Serving education and also acting as orbital sentinels watching for possible threats from small NEOs in last phase of atmospheric entry and helping to catalog orbital debris. | - |
| OPTOS (Optical Nanosatellite) | 39420 | National Institute of Aerospace Technology | Agency | Spain | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate new technologies. | - |
| Pocket-PUCP (PUCP-Pocket) | 39434 | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru | University | Peru | 0.127 kg | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Transmit temperature measurements. | - |
| PUCPSat-1 | 39442 | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru | University | Peru | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Deploy PUCP-Pocket and test ADCS system with custom micro wheels and research thermal design for future satellites. | - |
| QubeScout 1 | 39443 | Maryland State University | University | US | PocketQube 2.5p | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational? | Test a micro sun-sensor that can be used to find and point instruments toward the sun | Science and Technology Corporation |
| ZACUBE-1 (TshepisoSat) | 39417 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | University | South Africa | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-26) | Training of post-graduate students in Satellite Systems Engineering. Earth observation using a visible band matrix imager payload and an S-Band payload data transmitter (2.4 to 2.45 GHz). UHF Store & Forward system (70 cm amateur band). Experimental 115200 bps L-Band to S-band data transponder. HF beacon payload for characterization of Hermanus Magnetic Observatory’s Dual Auroral Radar Network antenna at SANAE base in Antarctica (14 MHz). | Stellenbosch University, F'SATI (French South African Institute of Technology ) |
| T-LogoQube (BeakerSat 1, MagPocketQube, Eagle-1) | 39437 | Sonoma State University | University | US | PocketQube 2.5p | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | T-LogoQube is measuring the Earth's magnetic field in order to determine the satellite's pointing direction. | Morehead State University |
| Triton-1 | 39427 | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 3U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2016? | Test a highly innovative payload for ocean traffic monitoring developed by ISIS, AIS receiver, which is major step towards realizing a commercial constellation that will provide global shipping information to customers worldwide. | Gomspace, Clyde Space, Royal Dirkzwager |
| UWE-3 | 39446 | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-19) | Demonstrate the use of a real-time miniature attitude determination and control system on-board the satellite, using a variety of sensors, magnetic torques and one reaction wheel. An advanced modular and flexible architecture of the pico-satellite bus, in order to increase robustness, reduce mass and add reliability to the overall system. | - |
| VELOX-P2 (VELOX-PII) | 39438 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 1U | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational? (No recent news found) | Train engineers to support the Singapore space industry. Technology demonstration platform and a design validation for NTU future satellite missions. The mission objective is to qualify several in-house built hardware and software components, such as the fault tolerant power system, attitude determination & control algorithms, fine sun sensor, solar panel. | - |
| WNISAT 1 (Weather News Inc. Satellite 1) | 39423 | Weather News Inc. | Company | Japan | 10 kg | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (Personal contact 2018-08-07, no public news found) | Observation of sea ice in the Arctic waters. Monitoring of the Northern sea routes and of the CO2 content of the atmosphere. | Axelspace |
| Wren | 39435 | STADOKO UG | Company | Germany | PocketQube 1p | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2013-11-24. Failed after a short time. | Crowd-funded femto-satellite by start-up company STADOKO to test miniaturized thrusters, 3-axis control and a new image based navigation system. It is equipped with a camera system to take pictures of the Earth, Sun and Deep Space. In addition to the conventional gyro- and magnetic field attitude sensors, those three components will constitute an adaptive feedback guidance system. | - |
| AeroCube-5A | 39465 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate new technologies for pointing and tracking between two identical CubeSats and to demonstrate a deorbit device. | NRO |
| AeroCube-5B | 39466 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate new technologies for pointing and tracking between two identical CubeSats and to demonstrate a deorbit device. | NRO |
| ALICE (AFIT LEO iMESA CNT Experiment) | 39467 | Air Force Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | The satellite carries the iMESA (Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer) and the CNT (Carbon Nano-Tube) experiments. The carbon nanotube array on ALICE represents a significant enhancement in small satellite propulsion. | NRO, Georgia Tech |
| CUNYSAT 1 | 39470 | City University of New York (CUNY) | University | US | 1U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | No signal | Design, assemble and test a basic pathfinder with mostly commericial-off-the-shelf components, 2: provide workforce experiences for undergraduate students and 3. to build capacity for faculty research. Gather information on battery and solar cell efficiencies as well as satellite spin. | Medgar Evers College, City College of New York, the College of Staten Island, Queensborough Community College and Brooklyn College |
| FIREBIRD A (FU1, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | 39463 | Montana State University/ University of New Hampshire | University | US | 1.5U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Was operational, awakened 2014-04-12 and operated until 2014-09-15. | Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. | University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, National Science Foundation |
| FIREBIRD B (FU2, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | 39464 | Montana State University/ University of New Hampshire | University | US | 1.5U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Was operational until 2014-01-21, latched up. Occasional beacons afterwards. | Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. | University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, National Science Foundation |
| IPEX (CP8, Intelligent Payload Experiment) | 39471 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 1U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Was operational until 2015-01-30. | Validate onboard instrument processing and autonomous payload operations for the proposed NASA HYperSPectral Infra-Red Instrument (HyspIRI) mission. | NASA JPL, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| M-Cubed 2 (MCUBED-2) | 39469 | University of Michigan | University | US | 1U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-26) | Flight evaluation of a NASA JPL image processing FPGA called COVE. Our spacecraft provides pictures of Earth for processing, power, and data handling. M-Cubed2 is a re-flight of the COVE experiment with updated avionics after the original M-Cubed accidentally docked with another cubesat shortly after launch, losing the ability to transmit in the process. | NASA Earth Science Technology Office |
| SMDC-ONE 3.1 (Charlie) | 39474 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. Provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems. Demonstrate SMDC-ONE operational life time of 12 months or longer. | - |
| SMDC-ONE 3.2 (David) | 39472 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. Provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems. Demonstrate SMDC-ONE operational life time of 12 months or longer. | - |
| SNAP (SNAP-3) | 39468 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Related to the SMDC NAnosatellite Program (SNaP) - Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstrations. | - |
| TacSat-6 | 39473 | Space & Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | The mission will demonstrate nanosatellite communication capabilities. | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-25 | 39563 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-24. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-26 | 39564 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-10. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-27 | 39565 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-28 | 39566 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-3 | 39512 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-15. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-4 | 39515 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-18. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-5 | 39518 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-02. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-6 | 39519 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-15. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-7 | 39520 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-8 | 39521 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-25. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-9 | 39525 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-07-06. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| LitSat-1 | 39568 | Kaunas University of Technology | Institute | Lithuania | 1U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-23. Was operational. | Scientific platform for the future scientific experiments with piezo motors in space. | Lithuanian Space Federation, Space Science and Technology Institute |
| LituanicaSAT-1 | 39569 | Kaunas University of Technology | University | Lithuania | 1U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-07-28. Was operational. | Launch into Earth orbit satellite, the first Lithuanian. Perform the first Lithuanian space exploration. Lithuanian designed to test space technology. Space to test alternative energy sources. Create new business opportunities. Organizing Lithuanians scientists from around the world. Capture the first Lithuanian pictures from space. | - |
| SkyCube | 39567 | Southern Stars Group, LLC | Company | US | 1U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-11-08. No signal. Only one response month after deployment. Electronics worked for at least a month but solar panels and antennas did not deploy. | Crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Has camera and tweets names from space. | - |
| UAPSAT-1 | 39571 | Alas Peruanas University | University | Peru | 1U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-22. Was operational? | Studies meteorological phenomena from space. The picosatellite was designed and programmed at the university, serving educational and research efforts in Peru. The investigation verifies the students' design methods and tests various electronics, orientation and stabilization instruments, and temperature sensing instruments designed to measure meteorological impacts on Earth. | - |
| ArduSat 2 | 39570 | Spire (Nanosatisfi) | Company | US | 2U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-07-01. No signal? | Mission is to provide a platform on which students and DIY space enthusiasts may design and run their own space-based Arduino experiments. Improved version of ArduSat 1. | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-1 | 39513 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-09. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-10 | 39526 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-14. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-11 | 39527 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-13. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-12 | 39528 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-10-26. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-13 | 39529 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-07-02. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-14 | 39530 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-20. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-15 | 39531 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-20. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-16 | 39532 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-20. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-17 | 39555 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-19. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-18 | 39556 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-10-29. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-19 | 39559 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-02. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-2 | 39514 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-24. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-20 | 39560 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-09. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-21 | 39557 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-05-25. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-22 | 39558 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-04. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-23 | 39561 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-07-10. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1 Dove-24 | 39562 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-01-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-06-16. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Chasqui-I | 40117 | Peru National University of Engineering | University | Peru | 1U | 2014-02-05 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-01-15. No signal. | Improving UNI's capacities in satellite technology through the design, analysis, assembly, integration, test, launch and operation of a CubeSat technology nanosatellite. The Chasqui I satellite will take pictures of the Earth and transmit them to the ground station. | - |
| ARTSAT1: Invader (INteractiVe satellite for Art and Design Experimental Research) | 39577 | Tama Art University | University | Japan | 1U | 2014-02-27 | 390 km, 65 deg | Reentry 2014-09-02. Was operational. | Art use of satellite data (telemetry). Platform for implementation of satellite data utilization. Production of interactive works and media satellite. Expansion of outreach through work of art. | - |
| ITF-1 (YUI, Imagine The Future-1, IFT) | 39573 | University of Tsukuba | University | Japan | 1U | 2014-02-27 | 390 km, 65 deg | Reentry 2014-06-29. No signal. | Construction of networks using small satellite. Demonstration in outer space of new microcomputer. Demonstration of ultra-compact antenna. | - |
| KSAT2 (Hayato, KSAT-2) | 39578 | Kagoshima University | University | Japan | 1U | 2014-02-27 | 390 km, 65 deg | Reentry 2014-05-18. Was operational. | Study on Forcast of Localied Downpour and Tornado. In-orbit experiments of an original observation method of atmospheric water vapor. Take Earth Live Images from Space. Ku-band high-speed data transmission, one shot / a few seconds.Messages of Encourgement from Space to Japan. Hand-lettered messages and heart warm pictures, especially from children responsible for the future. | - |
| OPUSAT (CosMoz) | 39575 | Osaka Prefecture University | University | Japan | 1U | 2014-02-27 | 390 km, 65 deg | Reentry 2014-07-24. Was operational. | Demonstration of anti-space environment performance of lithium ion capacitor. Realization of high-efficiency power storage technology using MPPT control. Sun-oriented control using magnetic Toluca, Solar Arra | - |
| STARS-II (Gennai, Mother) | 39579 | Kagawa University | University | Japan | 9kg | 2014-02-27 | 390 km, 65 deg | Reentry 2014-04-26. Was operational? | Electro Dynamic Tether (EDT) deployment by gravity gradient. EDT is deployed by initial velocity applied by the deployment springs, after stabilization of MS and DS attitude under the docking condition. And then, whole systemcan be stabilized by gravity gradient. Electrical current gathered by EDT. Electrons in space plasma are gathered by EDT which is a bare tether, and they are emitted from DS. As a result, electrical current is passed through EDT. | - |
| ALL-STAR/THEIA (Agile Low-cost Laboratory for Space Technology Acceleration and Research) | 39683 | University of Colorado at Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2014-04-18 | 315 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2014-05-26. Was semi-operational. No 2-way comms. | Create a reproducible modular bus. Capable enough to be used for a variety of small research and technology based based payloads. Built within six months of request after initial delivery in Spring 2012. | Lockheed Martin, Colorado Space Grant Consortium |
| KickSat | 39685 | Cornell University | University | US | 3U | 2014-04-18 | 315 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2014-05-15. Was semi-operational. Sent signals, but could not receive commands and failed to deploy Sprites due to timer reset. | Carry and deploy 200 Sprites. A 1U avionics bus will provide power, communications, and command and data handling functions. A 2U deployer has been developed to house the Sprites. 104 Sprites will be stacked atop a spring-loaded pusher and secured by a nichrome burn wire system. | - |
| PhoneSat-2.5 | 39684 | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 1U | 2014-04-18 | 315 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2014-05-15. Was operational. | Active attitude determination and control system utilizing reaction wheels to provide three-axis control and precise pointing capability. This will serve as a demonstration to determine whether small satellites could be used to carry scientific instruments that require precise pointing to fulfill their function. Equipped with a higher-gain S-Band antenna, which serves as a pathfinder for future NASA missions, including the EDSN mission. | - |
| SporeSat | 39681 | NASA Ames, Purdue University, Santa Clara University | University | US | 3U | 2014-04-18 | 315 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2014-06-04. Was operational. | The primary goal of the SporeSat Project is to utilize an autonomous, free-flying spacecraft to conduct scientific experiments to gain a deeper knowledge of the mechanism of plant cell gravity sensing. The project’s approach allows for realtime measurement of calcium signaling and maintenance of variable gravity treatments during the flight experiment. Technical objectives focus on refining current lab-on-a-chip sensor system in the development of a new CEL-C Advanced bioCD designed for the micro-satellite platform. | - |
| TSAT (TSat3, Testsat-Lite, Taylor Satellite) | 39682 | Taylor University | University | US | 2U | 2014-04-18 | 315 km, 51.6 deg | Reentry 2014-05-28. Was operational. | Validating and characterizing the commercial Globalstar link capacity and coverage. Making new low-altitude ELEO measurements. Making plasma density measurements using a Langmuir Probe and educating future workforce in STEM fields. | - |
| SPROUT | 39770 | Nihon University | University | Japan | 6.7 kg | 2014-05-24 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2016-09-XX? | Verification of design methods and the space demonstration of deploying of the inflatable membrane structurre. Demonstration of the attitude determination and control technology of nano-satellite. Prediction of orbit descent rate change by the inflatable membrane structure. Operation of satellite by a ham radio operator. | - |
| AeroCube-6A | 40045 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 0.5U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Number of system upgrades, including a continuously operated, spin-stabilized attitude control system as well as the space-saving consolidation of the spacecraft’s master flight computer, GPS system, and radio onto a single circuit board. A secondary payload of novel solar cells will also be characterized. | - |
| AeroCube-6B | 40046 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 0.5U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Number of system upgrades, including a continuously operated, spin-stabilized attitude control system as well as the space-saving consolidation of the spacecraft’s master flight computer, GPS system, and radio onto a single circuit board. A secondary payload of novel solar cells will also be characterized. | - |
| Antelsat | 40034 | University of the Republic | University | Uruguay | 2U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was operational until 2016-XX-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2016-03-10) | Open source satellite to encourage students, engineers and technicians, to learn and develop space technology. | Antel (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) |
| BRITE-CA 1 (BRITE-Toronto, CanX-3E) | 40020 | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | Agency | Canada | 10 kg | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational (http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/) | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5. | University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| BRITE-CA 2 (BRITE-Montreak, CanX-3F) | Deployment failure | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | Agency | Canada | 10 kg | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Deployment failure | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5. | University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| DTUSat-2 | 40030 | Technical University of Denmark | University | Denmark | 1U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was semi-operational. No two way communications established due to power and GS problems? | Satellite-based radio-tracking system capable of locating small birds with intercontinental migrations anywhere along the route. The system will use a receiver mounted on the satellite DTUsat for tracking small radio-transmitters mounted on birds, henceforth referred to as bird transmitters. | - |
| Duchifat-1 | 40021 | Herzliya Science Centre | School | Israel | 1U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-03) | Transmit real-time information via radioamateur packets from a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) using the Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) protocol. Will allow remote traveler's to access the satellite for worldwide position/status reporting and messaging even in the case of using simple handheld or mobile radios with Omni-directional whip antennas. Distant travelers, boats at sea, and stations in many parts of the world are presently unable to use the APRS system when on distant trips. | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-1 | 40027 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-10 | 40023 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-11 | 40033 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-2 | 40029 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-3 | 40041 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-4 | 40031 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-5 | 40038 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-6 | 40036 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-7 | 40026 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-8 | 40040 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1c Dove-9 | 40035 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-1 | 40044 | Spire (Nanosatisfi) | Company | US | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational | Technology demonstration of several science payloads hosted by a 3U CubeSat. In addition to technology demonstration, LEMUR-1 carries two Earth-observation payloads. Its primary Earth-observation payload is an electro-optical imaging system, operating in the visible band with a ground resolution of approximately 5m. Its secondary payload is a low-resolution IR imaging system, with an approximate ground resolution of 1km. | - |
| PACE (Platform for Attitude Control Experiments) | 40022 | National Cheng Kung University | University | Taiwan | 2U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | No signal | Conduct attitude control experiments. Several types of attitude sensors and actuators are integrated in the satellite in order to allow the in-orbit evaluation of different attitude determination and control strategies. | - |
| Perseus-M 1 | 40039 | Dauria / Canopus / Aquila Space | Company | Russia | 6U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | - | Canopus Systems US |
| Perseus-M 2 | 40037 | Dauria / Canopus / Aquila Space | Company | Russia | 6U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | - | Canopus Systems US |
| PolyITAN-1 | 40042 | National Technical University of Ukraine | University | Ukraine | 1U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-01) | Training of specialists for space engineering, Development of a small-size platform for space exploration. Refining new design and technology solutions. Establishment of a training laboratory at the university for the control and data acquisition and processing system of small satellites. Establishment of the facilities on ground for the environmental testing of satellites, including thermal vacuum tests. | - |
| POPSAT-HIP 1 | 40028 | Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd. | Company | Singapore | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was operational for 1 year? | Demonstrate the functionality of a high resolution optical payload and attitude control propulsion system on a Cubesat Class Nano-satellite. | - |
| QB50P1 | 40025 | Von Karman Institute | Institute | Belgium | 2U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was operational until 2016-12-XX? | Test key subsystems of QB50. | ISIS |
| QB50P2 | 40032 | Von Karman Institute | Institute | Belgium | 2U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was operational until 2016-01-XX? | Test key subsystems of QB50. | ISIS |
| Tigrisat | 40043 | School of Aerospace Engineering of Rome | University | Italy | 3U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-09) | Detect dust storms over Iraq. The 3U cubesat features a RGB camera with a new scripted algorithm for dust detection. It has a deployable VHF/UHF antenna for telemetry telecommand and beacon and a S-Band antenna. Embedded magnetic coils inside solar panels provide attitude control to enable nadir pointing. Tigrisat transmits images to two ground stations, one located in Rome and another in Baghdad. | - |
| NANOSATC-BR1 (NCBR-1) | 40024 | National Institute of Space Research | Institute | Brazil | 1U | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg | Was operational until 2017-12-XX? (Last SatNOGS report 2017-12-21) | Monitor real time the space weather and atmosphere anomalies over the Brazilian territory, such as the Geomagnetic field disturbs and its effects on the region knows as the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) | Brazilian National Institute of Space Research (INPE/MCTI), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) |
| CanX-4 | 40055 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 7 kg | 2014-06-30 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational (eoPortal status from 2018-05-22) | Primary mission is the demonstration of on-orbit formation flying. In this context, formation flying is defined as two or more satellites controlling their position and orientation with respect to one another to achieve a predefined configuration necessary for coordinated operations. | - |
| CanX-5 | 40056 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 7 kg | 2014-06-30 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational (eoPortal status from 2018-05-22) | Primary mission is the demonstration of on-orbit formation flying. In this context, formation flying is defined as two or more satellites controlling their position and orientation with respect to one another to achieve a predefined configuration necessary for coordinated operations. | - |
| VELOX 1 (VELOX PIII, N-Sat) | 40057 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 0.193 kg | 2014-06-30 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational until? | Picosatellite for intersatellite communication experiment. | - |
| VELOX-I N-Sat (VELOX 1) | 40057 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 3U | 2014-06-30 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent public news found) | To launch the first Singapore’s nanosatellite VELOX-I, which is designed, built, and operated by students from different schools in the College of Engineering, NTU. To acquire images of Earth and transmit them back to ground station. A narrow angle camera with tele-optics is used to provide high-resolution images of Earth from LEO. To carry out experiments relevant to technology demonstration.Payloads include: a vision system, a dual-FOV sun sensor. To piggyback launch a picosatellite (VELOX-PIII) for intersatellite communication experiment. | - |
| AISSat-2 | 40075 | Norwegian Space Centre | Agency | Norway | 6 kg | 2014-07-08 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Operational (Mentioned in public news) | Identical to AISSat-1 and incorporates all the improvements made to AISSat-1 following its launch. Given the great success of AISSat-1, the development of AISSat-2 implies that SFL’s nanosatellite solution has become ideal for operational monitoring and tracking of ships in Norwegian territorial waters. | University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Norwegian Space Centre, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) |
| UKube-1 (United Kingdom Universal Bus Experiment 1) | 40074 | UK Space Agency | Agency | UK | 3U | 2014-07-08 | 630 km, 98.1 deg, SSO | Semi-operational. Official mission ended on 2015-09-08, but FunCube is active. (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-27) | Demonstrate new UK space technology. Demonstrate the capability of useful science to be performed within a CubeSat sized spacecraft. Demonstrate industry and university based training in spacecraft development. Demonstrate education and outreach in STEM subjects. Demonstrate Payload Kick-Off to flight qualified spacecraft in less than 12 months. | Clyde Space, University of Strathclyde |
| Flock-1b Dove-12 | 40460 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-09-29. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-13 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-14 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-15 | 40126 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-01-07. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-16 | 40127 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-12-13. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-17 | 40140 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-03-04. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-18 | 40139 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-01-16. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-19 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-2 | 40132 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-03-14. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-20 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-21 | 40427 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-22 | 40428 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-23 | 40123 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-03-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-24 | 40122 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-03-15. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-25 | 40125 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-02-01. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-26 | 40124 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-12-14. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-27 | 40422 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-14. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-28 | 40423 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-08-07. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-3 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-4 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-5 | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-5 | 40453 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2014-08-17. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-6 | 40454 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-16. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-7 | 40134 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-01-20. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-8 | 40133 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-03-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-9 | 40430 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-06-28. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| GEARRS-1 (GEARRSAT, Globalstar Experiment And Risk Reduction Satellite) | 40456 | Near Space Launch | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-11-07. Was operational. | Show that the Globalstar satellite network is a feasible option for the command and control of a small satellite system. | - |
| Lambdasat | 40458 | San Jose State University | University | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-05-16. Was operational. | Technology for two-way communication with the ground systems for operations. It carries a new science experiment which measures the radiation effects on the graphene material in real environment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Another technology that carries is an AIS receiver for tracking all the vessels inside its footprint around the globe. The communication consist of an Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) modem and makes use of the Iridium constellation. | - |
| MicroMAS-1 | 40457 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-08-01. Was operational until 2015-03-18, few days? Transmitter failed. | Passive microwave spectrometer operating near the 118.75-GHz oxygen absorption line to observe convective thunderstorms,tropical cyclones, and hurricanes from a near-equatorial orbit at approximately 500-km altitude. | - |
| TechEdSat-4 | 40455 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-04-03. Was operational. | Investigate technology to return small samples to Earth from the space station. TechEdSat-4 will deploy using the NanoRacks services. Its primary objectives are to further develop a tension-based drag device, called exo-brake, and demonstrate frequent uplink/downlink control capabilities. | University of Idaho, San Jose State University |
| Flock-1b Dove-1 | 40131 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-01-01. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-10 | 40429 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-08-23. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1b Dove-11 | 40459 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-07-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-09-07. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| BRITE-PL-2 Heweliusz (CanX 3D) | 40119 | The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences | Institute | Poland | 6 kg | 2014-08-19 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO | Operational (http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/) | Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5. | The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory |
| Arkyd 3 | Launch failure | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Technology demonstration nanosatellite based on the triple CubeSat form factor for the planned Arkyd-100 astronomy satellites but no optical payload. | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-1 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-10 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-11 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-12 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-13 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-14 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-15 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-16 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-17 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-18 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-19 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-2 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-20 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-21 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-22 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-23 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-24 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-25 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-26 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-3 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-4 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-5 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-6 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-7 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-8 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d Dove-9 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| GOMX-2 | Launch failure | GomSpace | Company | Denmark | 2U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | A 2U CubeSat intended to test a de-orbit system designed by Aalborg University. Also flying a optical communications experiment from the National University of Singapore. The mission will also flight qualify a new highspeed UHF transceiver and SDR receiver from a new generation Aalborg University team. | Aalborg University |
| RACE (CHARM, Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment, CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission) | Launch failure | The University of Texas at Austin | University | US | 3U | 2014-10-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Spaceborne validation of a 183 GHz radiometer, utilizing an indium phosphide low noise amplifier front-end, to measure water vapor emission from the Earth’s atmosphere. To advance the technology of the 35 nm indium phosphide (InP) receiver subsystem of the radiometer instrument. To advance the technology of a 183 GHz water vapor radiometer CubeSat system. To reduce the risk for future users of the technology. To enhance the hands-on training for the RACE project team members within the Phaeton Program platform. To explore possibilities for smaller missions with distributed risks. | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, |
| Flock-1d' 1 | 40451 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-01-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-10-13. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1d' 2 | 40452 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-01-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-12-27. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| AESP-14 | 40389 | Technological Institute of Aeronautics | University | Brazil | 1U | 2015-01-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-05-11. No signal. | Main task is to develop a CubeSat that meets a specific scientific mission to be defined based on INPE’s research scientists’ needs. The technological mission consists on the multi-mission national CubeSat platform validation. The scientific mission is to obtain scientific parameters from the ionized atmosphere in a low orbit, with emphasis on the plasma bubbles study. | - |
| CP10 (ExoCube) | 40380 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2015-01-31 | 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg | Was semi-operational until 2016-07-30. | Measuring the Elemental Composition of the Exosphere | Scientific Solutions, Inc (SSI), |
| FIREBIRD-2 C (FU3, FIREBIRD-3, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | 40377 | Montana State University/ University of New Hampshire | University | US | 1.5U | 2015-01-31 | 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN 2018-05-13) | Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. | University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, National Science Foundation |
| FIREBIRD-2 D (FU4, FIREBIRD-4, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | 40378 | Montana State University/ University of New Hampshire | University | US | 1.5U | 2015-01-31 | 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-28) | Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. | University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, National Science Foundation |
| GRIFEX (GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment) | 40379 | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2015-01-31 | 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-23) | Validate detector technology for the Panchromatic Fourier Transform Spectrometer (PanFTS) which is an imaging FTS designed to operate in Geostationary orbit. GRIFEX will provide an on-orbit verification of a high performance focal plane array (FPA) consisting of an innovative in-pixel analog-to-digital (ADC) readout integrated circuit (ROIC) hybridized to a silicon detector array. | NASA Earth Science Technology Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Flock-1e 1 | 40723 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-05-18. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 10 | 40737 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-08-09. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 11 | 40738 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-08-09. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 12 | 40739 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-08-09. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 13 | 40740 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-08-24. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 14 | 40741 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-07-31. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 2 | 40722 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-03-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 3 | 40724 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-05-29. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 4 | 40724 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-06-24. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 5 | 40728 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-06-20. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 6 | 40729 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-07-21. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 7 | 40727 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-07-17. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 8 | 40726 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-06-22. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1e 9 | 40727 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-02-08. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Arkyd 3 reflight | 40742 | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 3U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2015-12-23. Was operational. | Technology demonstration nanosatellite based on the triple CubeSat form factor for the planned Arkyd-100 astronomy satellites but no optical payload. | - |
| Centennial-1 | 40743 | Booz Allen Hamilton | Company | US | 1U | 2015-04-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-01-06. Was operational? | Developed during Booz Allen’s one hundredth year as a corporation, the “Centennial-1” cubesat is an internal company technology demonstration experiment to test a small optical sensor package including small photodetectors and a small camera as payload on a 1U cubesat. Staff engineers and college interns are designing and building Centennial-1 | - |
| AeroCube-8B (IMPACT) | 40660 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate Scalable ion-Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Measure IV curves for 4-junction IMM solar cells and 5-junction SBT cell. Demonstrate CNT harness and use of CNT/PEEK material. Evaluate CNT radiation-shielding material. | - |
| GEARRS 2 (GEARRSAT 2, Globalstar Experiment And Risk Reduction Satellite) | 40657 | Near Space Launch | Company | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Was operational until 2016-02-XX? | Show that the Globalstar satellite network is a feasible option for the command and control of a small satellite system. | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| BRICSat-P (Ballistic Reinforced Communication Satellite, previously PSat B, ParkinsonSat B) | 40655 | US Naval Academy | University | US | 1.5U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Was operational until 2015-07-XX. Power problems and weak signals. | Primary objectives are to integrate a miniature size propulsion system into a 1.5U CubeSat and perform three maneuvers in space: de-tumbling, pointing control, and delta-V. Secondary objective is to expand APRS network. | - |
| OptiCube 1 (O/C, Optical CubeSat) | 40653 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Passive, mass dummy basically. No signal. | Provide on-orbit targets for ground assets to calibrate sensors for orbital debris studies and small-object tracking improvements | NRO |
| OptiCube 2 (O/C, Optical CubeSat) | 40656 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Passive, mass dummy basically. No signal. | Provide on-orbit targets for ground assets to calibrate sensors for orbital debris studies and small-object tracking improvements | NRO |
| OptiCube 3 (O/C, Optical CubeSat) | 40658 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Passive, mass dummy basically. No signal. | Provide on-orbit targets for ground assets to calibrate sensors for orbital debris studies and small-object tracking improvements | NRO |
| LightSail-A | 40661 | The Planetary Society | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Reentry 2015-06-15. Was operational until 2015-06-11. Various problems, but deployed solar sail. | Demonstrate the deployment of a 32 m2 solar sail from a 3-unit CubeSat platform. Following deployment from the launch vehicle, LightSail-A will power on engineering subsystems, and a system checkout will be performed. | Aerospace Corp, Stellar Exploration Systems, California Polytechnic University, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| PSat A (PSat, ParkinsonSat A, UltraSat1?, NO-84) | 40654 | US Naval Academy Satellite Lab | University | US | 1.5U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-04) | Two way communications transponder for relaying remote telemetry, sensor and user data from remote environmental experiments or other data sources back to experimenters via a global network of internet linked volunteer ground stations. | Aerospace Corp, Office of Naval Research of the US Navy |
| USS Langley (Unix Space Server) | 40652 | US Naval Academy | University | US | 3U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | No signal | Fly the Unix-Space-Server (USS) to experiment with using a server in space of Amateur Experimentation and the second mission is to continue the PSK-31 multi-user transponder experiments. | Pumpkin |
| AeroCube-8A (IMPACT) | 40659 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate Scalable ion-Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Measure IV curves for 4-junction IMM solar cells and 5-junction SBT cell. Demonstrate CNT harness and use of CNT/PEEK material. Evaluate CNT radiation-shielding material. | - |
| Flock-1f 1 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 2 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 3 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 4 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 5 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 6 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 7 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-1f 8 | Launch failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-06-28 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Launch failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Deorbitsail | 40719 | EU FP7 consortium | Agency | UK | 3U | 2015-07-10 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational until 2016-10-30, high spin rates. (Last SatNOGS report 2018-10-30) | Launch and deploy a 5-by-5-metre, four-quadrant sail to demonstrate deorbiting. | Caltech, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), EADS Astrium, Stellenbosch University, University of Patras, Athena-SPU, SSTL, ISIS |
| Flock-2b 10 | 40962 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 11 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-8? | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 12 | Returned to Earth | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Returned to Earth. Aboard Dragon SpX-8? | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 13 | 40979 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-11. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 14 | 40980 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-09-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 1 | 40950 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-09-22. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 2 | 40951 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-02. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 3 | 40952 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-14. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| S-CUBE (S3, Shootingstar Sensing Satellite) | 40898 | Chiba Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-11-23. Was operational? | Detect UV emission from a meteor by PMT, which is used as a trigger of a camera (minimum success). Take an image of meteor by a camera to estimate the meteoroid size from brightness (minimum success). Obtain the flux (i. e., size distribution) of meteors (full success). Estimate the compositions of meteors quantitatively from emission from species, such as sulfur (optional). | Tohoku University |
| Flock-2b 4 | 40953 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-17. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 5 | 40954 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-09-25. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 6 | 40955 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-08-22. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 7 | 40956 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-09-21. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 8 | 40957 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-05-22. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2b 9 | 40963 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-16. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| GOMX-3 | 40949 | GomSpace | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-10-18. Was operational. | Part of the outreach programme for the visit of the Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, to the ISS A number of outreach activities are being planned that will involve schools, radio amateur societies and social media both during the astronaut mission and continuing with the CubeSat mission. | ESA, Danish Ministry of Science and Education, House of Natural Sciences |
| AAUSAT5 | 40948 | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-03-15. Was operational. | Monitor ship traffic, especially around Greenland, using a new and improved AIS receiver. | Danish National Space Center |
| SERPENS | 40897 | SERPENS (Sistema Espacial para Realização de Pesquisa e Experimentos com Nanossatélites) programme university consortium | University | Brazil | 3U | 2015-08-19 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2016-03-27. Was operational. | Transponder to test VHF and S-band communications for store and forward messaging,a UHF transponder fully compatible with the HUMSAT store and forward messaging system and pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) built by Mars Space Ltd. and Clyde Space. | - |
| XC 3 (Xingchen 3) | 2015-049 ? | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) | University | China | 100 g | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test out inter-satellite communication techniques. | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| ZJ 1 (Zijing 1) | 2015-049 ? | Tsinghua University | University | China | 0.234 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Evaluate micro CMOS cameras and MEMS magnetometers, as well as formation flying on tethers with KJSY 1 and inter-satellite communications. | - |
| KJSY 1 (Kongjian Shiyan 1) | 2015-049 ? | Tsinghua University | University | China | 0.173 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test formation flying on tethers with ZJ-1 ans inter-satellite communications and GaN electronic boards in space. | Xidian University |
| LilacSat-2 (Zidingxiang-2, CAS 3H) | 40908 | Harbin Institute of Technology | University | China | 10 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-12) | Education, amateur radio communication and technology demonstration. Provides hands-on experience for students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to build flight hardware for a space mission. | - |
| XW-2B (CAS 3B, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40911 | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) | Non-profit | China | 10 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-20) | Atmospheric physics experiments and amateur radio missions. | DFH Satellite Co. Ltd |
| XW-2C (CAS 3C, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40906 | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) | Non-profit | China | 10 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-25) | Atmospheric physics experiments and amateur radio missions. | DFH Satellite Co. Ltd |
| XW-2D (CAS 3D, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40907 | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) | Non-profit | China | 10 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-07-22) | Atmospheric physics experiments and amateur radio missions. | DFH Satellite Co. Ltd |
| XW-2E (CAS 3E, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40909 | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) | Non-profit | China | 1.5 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-12) | Amateur radio missions. | DFH Satellite Co. Ltd |
| XW-2F (CAS 3F, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40910 | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) | Non-profit | China | 1.5 kg | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-20) | Amateur radio missions. | DFH Satellite Co. Ltd |
| DCBB (CAS 3G, Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite) | 40912 | Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong HIT Satellite Ltd | Company | China | 2U | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Amateur radio missions. | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| NUDT-PhoneSat (CAS 3I, Kaituo 1B) | 40912 | National University of Defense Technology | University | China | 1U | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | - | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| XC 1 (Xingchen 1) | 2015-049 ? | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) | University | China | 100 g | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test out inter-satellite communication techniques. | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| XC 2 (Xingchen 2) | 2015-049 ? | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) | University | China | 100 g | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test out inter-satellite communication techniques. | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| XC 4 (Xingchen 4) | 2015-049 ? | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) | University | China | 100 g | 2015-09-19 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test out inter-satellite communication techniques. | CAMSAT (AMSAT China) |
| TW-1A (STU-2, Shankeda 2, Tianwang-1A, Sat-A, SECM-1) | 40926 | Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites (SECM) | Institute | China | 3U | 2015-09-25 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-08) | GAMALINK, which is an S-band inter-satellite communication module, a novel dual band GPS/BD receiver, an AIS receiver, and an ADS-B receiver, all being designed based on SDR technologies. Also a novel cold-gas micro propulsion module based on MEMS technology will be used for orbit and constellation control. TW-1 project consists of three CubeSats carrying different payloads and instruments with one 3U CubeSat and two 2U CubeSats, forming an along-trace satellite network and/or constellation. | Nanjing University of Science and Technology, GOMSpace, Nano Space, Tekever Space |
| TW-1B (STU-2, NJUST 2, Tianwang-1B, Sat-B, SECM-1) | 40927 | Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites | Institute | China | 2U | 2015-09-25 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2015-11-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2015-10-30) | GAMALINK, which is an S-band inter-satellite communication module, a novel dual band GPS/BD receiver, an AIS receiver, and an ADS-B receiver, all being designed based on SDR technologies. Also a novel cold-gas micro propulsion module based on MEMS technology will be used for orbit and constellation control. TW-1 project consists of three CubeSats carrying different payloads and instruments with one 3U CubeSat and two 2U CubeSats, forming an along-trace satellite network and/or constellation. | GOMSpace, Nano Space, Tekever Space |
| TW-1C (STU-2, NJFA , Tianwang-1C, Sat-C, SECM-1) | 40928 | Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites | Institute | China | 2U | 2015-09-25 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-08-01) | GAMALINK, which is an S-band inter-satellite communication module, a novel dual band GPS/BD receiver, an AIS receiver, and an ADS-B receiver, all being designed based on SDR technologies. Also a novel cold-gas micro propulsion module based on MEMS technology will be used for orbit and constellation control. TW-1 project consists of three CubeSats carrying different payloads and instruments with one 3U CubeSat and two 2U CubeSats, forming an along-trace satellite network and/or constellation. | GOMSpace, Nano Space, Tekever |
| Lemur-2 4 Chris | 40933 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2015-09-28 | 640 km, 6 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 3 Jeroen | 40934 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2015-09-28 | 640 km, 6 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 2 Peter | 40935 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2015-09-28 | 640 km, 6 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 1 Joel | 40932 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2015-09-28 | 640 km, 6 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| exactView-9 (EV-9) | 40936 | exactEarth Inc | Company | Canada | 5.5 kg | 2015-09-28 | 640 km, 6 deg | Operational? | Next generation Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver for high ship-detection rates, and a high speed downlink transmitter for high data volume transfers. The satellite is designed to operate in a low inclination orbit to service some of the more remote and not-as-well covered areas of Earth. | University of Toronto, FedDev Ontario, Communitech |
| LMRSTSat (LMRSat , LMRST-Sat, Low Mass Radio Science Transponder - Satellite) | 40971 | Stanford University | University | US | 2U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | No signal | The objective of the LMRST payload is to provide a far-field source for calibration of the DSN (Deep Space Network) X-band | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| ARC-1 (Alaska Research CubeSat) | 40969 | University of Alaska | University | US | 1U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | No signal | Provide authentic, interdisciplinary, hands-on student experiences in science and engineering through the design, development, and operation of a student small satellite mission. Characterize the thermal and vibration environment inside the launch vehicle from ignition to orbit insertion. Validate a novel low power Attitude Control and Determination System (ACDS). Validate a high bandwidth communication system by obtaining images of changing snow/ice coverage in arctic regions. | - |
| AeroCube-5C | 40965 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate new technologies for pointing and tracking between two identical CubeSats and to demonstrate a deorbit device. | - |
| SINOD-D 3 (SRI International NanoSat Orbital Demonstration) | 40977 | SRI International | Company | US | 2U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | High-speed data downlink for wide-bandwidth CubeSat payloads via software defined radio communications. | Tyvak |
| BisonSat (Nwist Q̓ʷiq̓ʷáy, SKC) | 40968 | Salish Kootenai College | University | US | 1U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Semi-operational, no commanding possible. (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-28). | The primary purpose of the SKC CubeSat mission is educational, but also has a science objective of using broad-band visible light orbital imagery to study atmospheric aerosols, cloud formation, and various hydrologic processes. | - |
| Fox-1A | 40967 | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) | Non-profit | US | 1U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-12) | Fox-1 will be an easy-to-operate, FM transponder satellite, one with very similar operating characteristics to those of AMSAT OSCAR-51. The project will introduce the concept of designed-in, partial-failure operation. The satellite will be specifically designed so that when the battery fails, the transponder can continue to operate when the satellite is in sunlight. | - |
| SINOD-D 1 (SRI International NanoSat Orbital Demonstration) | 40974 | SRI International | Company | US | 2U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | High-speed data downlink for wide-bandwidth CubeSat payloads via software defined radio communications. | Tyvak |
| PropCube 3 (Merryweather. Propagation CubeSat) | 40973 | Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) | University | US | 1U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | The CubeSats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities. | Tyvak |
| SNaP-3 A ALICE ((Space and Missile Defense Command Nano-Satellite-3) | 40970 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Related to the SMDC NAnosatellite Program (SNaP) - Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstrations. | - |
| PropCube 1 (Flora, Propagation CubeSat) | 40976 | Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) | University | US | 1U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | The CubeSats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities. | Tyvak |
| SNaP-3 B EDDIE ((Space and Missile Defense Command Nano-Satellite-3) | 40972 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Related to the SMDC NAnosatellite Program (SNaP) - Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstrations. | - |
| SNAP-3 C JIMI (Space and Missile Defense Command Nano-Satellite-3) | 40975 | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Related to the SMDC NAnosatellite Program (SNaP) - Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstrations. | - |
| Aerocube-7A (OCSD, Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration, IOCPS-A, Integrated Optical Communications and Proximity Sensors) | 40966 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2015-10-08 | 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg | Semi-operational. A software update anomaly disabled the attitude control main processor. Booted into partially updated program. | Demonstrate optical communications from a CubeSat to a 30 cm diameter ground station from LEO at a rate of at least 5 Mbps. Demonstrate tracking of a nearby spacecraft using a commercial COTS automotive anti-collision radar sensor and an inexpensive optical mouse sensor. | - |
| Argus (SLU-02) | Launch failure | Saint Louis University | University | US | 2U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Mission is to improve the ability to model the effects of space radiation on modern electronics. We will do this by comparing the rates of on-orbit radiation events against the predictive models developed by Institute for Defense and Space Electronics (ISDE) at Vanderbilt University. | Vanderbilt University |
| EDSN 1 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 2 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 3 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 4 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 5 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 6 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 7 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| EDSN 8 (Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks) | Launch failure | NASA/ Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop technology to send multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites into space with cross-link communications. Other goals of the mission include lowering the cost and shortening the development time for future small spacecraft. | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| PrintSat | Launch failure | Montana State University | University | US | 1U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Measure and report on the characteristics of the Windform XT2.0 printed material and plating during its mission life in order to verify the utility of additive manufacturing for spacecraft structures and mechanisms. The entire structure of the small satellite will be printed with nano-carbon-impregnated plastic using a 3D printer. | - |
| SUPERNOVA-BETA (TechSat I) | Launch failure | Pumpkin | Company | US | 6U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Test flight of multiple subsystems on the SUPERNOVA 6U bus developed by Pumpkin, Inc, including structure, EPS, GPS, ADACS, CDH, and imagers. | Transparent Sky, Southern Stars |
| STACEM | Launch failure | Utah State University Research Foundation Space Dynamics Laboratory | Institute | US | 3U | 2015-11-04 | Launch failure | Launch failure | The mission is to conduct a spaceborne optical experiment to collect imagery, both visible/near infrared and hyperspectral, of earth scenes for environmental analysis and monitoring. | NRO |
| Nodes K (NODes 1, Nodes 1, Nodes A) | 41477 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-09-19. Was operational until 2017-04-XX? | Nodes is a technology demonstration of a pair of lowcost 1.5U CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with advanced cross-link and downlink communications capability, suitable as a platform for Space Weather or other science applications requiring geographically distributed, synchronized data acquisition. | Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| Nodes J (Nodes B, Nodes 2) | 41478 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1.5U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-09-23. Was operational until 2017-04-XX? | Nodes is a technology demonstration of a pair of lowcost 1.5U CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with advanced cross-link and downlink communications capability, suitable as a platform for Space Weather or other science applications requiring geographically distributed, synchronized data acquisition. | Montana State University, Santa Clara University |
| MinXSS (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat) | 41474 | University of Colorado at Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-05-05. Was operational. | The importance of the MinXSS mission is providing new spectral obser-vations of the solar SXR near the maximum of solar cycle 24, improving the understanding of how highly variable solar X-rays affect the ITM, and advancing the knowledge of flare energetics in the SXR. | - |
| Flock-2e 1 | 41483 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-06-16. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 2 | 41484 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-01-23. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 3 | 41486 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 4 | 41487 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-11. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 5 | 41564 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 6 | 41563 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-02-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 7 | 41565 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-07. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 9 | 41571 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-12-25. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 8 | 41566 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-07-25. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 10 | 41572 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-02-28. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 11 | 41574 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-04. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e 12 | 41573 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-04. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| STMSat-1 (STM CubeSat, St. Thomas More Cathedral School) | 41476 | St. Thomas More Cathedral School | School | US | 1U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-04-21. No signal. | Perform Earth Observation and engage grade school students around the World as remote mission operation centers. | - |
| SNAPS (Stanford Nano Picture Satellite) | ? Was it launched or deployed? | Stanford University | University | US | 0.25U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? Was it even launched or deployed? (No public news found) | Image other CubeSats autonomously using H264 compression. Xreate a reference design for an inspector satellite that others can build off of and a reference process where university students can launch productive CubeSats with the highest chance of success. | - |
| CADRE (CubeSat investigating Atmospheric Density Response to Extreme driving) | 41475 | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-01-03. No signal | Wind Ion Neutral Composition Suite (WINCS). Flight-test low-cost dual-frequency GPS to measure atmospheric and ionospheric total electron content. Advance CubeSat capabilities to enable Armada and other NanoSat missions. Reduce the costs to perform in-situ measurements of the upper thermosphere. ADCS system pointing/knowledge accurate to 1.0°/0.1° for CubeSats. Flight testing of deployable solar panels. | - |
| BEVO 2 (Bevo-2, LONESTAR) | 41314 | University of Texas at Austin | University | US | 3U | 2015-12-06 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-06-13. Was semi-operational. | Demonstrating Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking (ARD) technology for use on cost effective, low power microsatellite infrastructures. demonstrate a state-of-the-art CubeSat attitude determination and control (ADC) suite that will be necessary to conduct ARD. | Texas A&M University |
| VELOX-II | 41171 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 6U | 2015-12-16 | 540 km, 15 deg | Operational? (Last eoPortal report 2017-05) | Experimental satellite-based communication hardware developed by Addvalue Innovation Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange mainboard listed Addvalue Technologies Ltd. This unique payload transmits data it collects to a Inmarsat geostationary communications satellite. If proven successful in space, the payload will allow the VELOX-II to send data back to the NTU ground station from anywhere even if the satellite is not flying above Singapore, as is presently the case. | Addvalue Innovation (AVI) |
| Athenoxat-1 | 41168 | Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd. | Company | Italy | 3U | 2015-12-16 | 540 km, 15 deg | Operational (http://www.micro-space.org/ham.html) | Demonstrate the functionality of night vision optical payload on a Cubesat Class Nanosatellite. | - |
| Galassia | 41170 | National University of Singapore | University | Singapore | 2U | 2015-12-16 | 540 km, 15 deg | Operational (Smallsat 2018) | Main objective is for students to understand space technologies and to gain practical experiences while building, integrating and testing 2U CubeSat bus and payloads. | DSO National Laboratories |
| HORYU-4 (AEGIS) | 41340 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 10 kg | 2016-02-17 | 570 km, 31 deg | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2017-07-13) | Horyu-4 is testing an experimental high-voltage solar array system and observing corresponding spacecraft charging effects on the satellite caused by the high voltage. | - |
| Flock-2e' 1 | 41479 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-15. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 2 | 41481 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-12-01. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 3 | 41480 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 4 | 41482 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-11-08. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 5 | 41567 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-06-27. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 5 Theresacondor | 41485 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-03-30. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-2e' 6 | 41568 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 7 | 41570 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-10-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 8 | 41569 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-05. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 9 | 41575 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 10 | 41576 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-02-17. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 11 | 41577 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-11. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 12 | 41578 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-02-28. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 13 | 41761 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-06-03. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 14 | 41762 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 15 | 41763 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 6 Kane | 41489 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-04-07. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 10 Drmuzz | 41595 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-06-25. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-2e' 16 | 41764 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-06-01. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 17 | 41769 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-06-26. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 18 | 41776 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2e' 19 | 41777 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-05-12. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 7 Nick-Allain | 41488 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-04-05. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-2e' 20 | 41782 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-18. Was operational. | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 8 Jeff | 41490 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-03-24. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 9 Cubecheese | 41597 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-03-06. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 11 Bridgeman | 41596 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-03-08. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 12 Nate | 41598 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-03-23. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 13 Beccadewey | Deployment failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-03-23 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Deployment failure. Failed to deploy from Cygnus OA-6 on 2016-06-22. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Tomsk-TPU 120 (Tomsk-TPU-120) | 42910 | Tomsk Polytechnic University | University | Russia | 3U | 2016-03-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (No recent public news) | Test new space materials technology and will be the world’s first space vehicle with a 3D-printed structure.Tomsk Polytechnic University celebrates its 120th anniversary. As part of the celebrations on May 10-11 the Tomsk-TPU-120 will be activated in the ISS and will transmit a greeting to Earth inhabitants, recorded by students of the university in 10 languages: Russian, English, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, Tatar, Indian, Kazakh and Portuguese. | - |
| OUFTI-1 | 41458 | University of Liège | University | Belgium | 1U | 2016-04-25 | 400 x 690 km, 98.2 deg | Was operational until 2016-05-07 | Test the use of the D-STAR communication protocol in space. | - |
| AAUSAT4 (AAUSAT-4) | 41460 | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2016-04-25 | 400 x 690 km, 98.2 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-31) | Test an improved version of the AIS receiver developed by the student team, which can be used for automatic tracking and identification of vessels. As a secondary payload AAUSAT4 will also test on-orbit a 3-axis attitude control system designed by means of active magnetic actuators. | - |
| e-st@r-II | 41459 | Polytechnic University of Turin | University | Italy | 1U | 2016-04-25 | 400 x 690 km, 98.2 deg | Was operational until 2016-09-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2016-09-04) | Demonstrate the capability of autonomous determination, control and manoeuver, through the development and test in orbit of an A-ADCS entirely designed and manufactured by students. Test in orbit COTS technology and self-made hardware. | - |
| SamSat-218/D (Kontact-Nanosputnik) | 41466 | Samara State Aerospace University | University | Russia | 3U | 2016-04-28 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational? Communication problems. | The main objective of this satellite is a demonstration of navigation and control technologies. Researches aimed at improving of performance reliability of equipment will make space experiments more efficient. | - |
| Flock-2p 1 | 41617 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 2 | 41609 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 3 | 41618 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 4 | 41611 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 5 | 41616 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 6 | 41606 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 7 | 41615 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 8 | 41613 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 9 | 41610 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 10 | 41612 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 11 | 41608 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2p 12 | 41614 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Sathyabamasat (SNSAT) | 41600 | Sathyabama University | University | India | 2U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2016-11-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2016-11-13) | Measure the densities of the green house gases over the region in which it moves on using ARGUS 1000 IR Spectrometer. | ISRO |
| BEESAT-4 | 41619 | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 1U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-05) | Technology demonstration and education/ training in the field of satellite technology. A GPS receiver will get GPS signals to determine the satellite’s position accurately. Therefore 3-axes stabilization will be realized with reaction wheels and magnetorquers. A camera will take pictures of the Earth to verify the attitude of the satellite. | - |
| Swayam COEP | 41607 | College of Engineering, Pune | University | India | 1U | 2016-06-22 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational? (Latest report from COEP Facebook from 2016) | - | - |
| Aoxiang Zhixing (Star of Aoxiang, SAOX, AX-1) | 41625 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 12U | 2016-06-25 | 200 x 380 km, 40.8 deg | Reentry 2016-09-29. Was operational? (No public news found) | 1) To investigate the feasibility of using polarized sunlight for spacecraft attitude determination and navigation; 2) To perform microgravity research using a miniaturized gravimeter, and 3) To demonstrate hopefully the world first 12U CubeSat platform and relevant technologies. | - |
| 3CAT2 (3CAT-2) | 41732 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | University | Spain | 6U | 2016-08-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2018-03-XX? (Last SatNOGS report 2018-03-03) | Perform ocean altimetry by means of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R). The main payload is the novel dual-band altimeter P(Y) & C/A ReflectOmeter (PYCARO). Also star tracker Mirabilis and experimental magnetometer for eLISA. Uses FAPEC, a powerful data compressor. | - |
| PISat (PESIT Imaging Satellite) | 41784 | PES Institute of Technology | University | India | 5.3 kg | 2016-09-26 | 680 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational? (Last reports from 2016 http://pes.edu/pisat/health/#!) | Provide a hands-on environment for students in all aspects of satellite building and operations. The spacecraft is equipped with an imaging instrument to capture imagery of Earth's surface. | ISRO, Institution of Engineers |
| Pratham | 41783 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | University | India | 10 kg | 2016-09-26 | 680 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Was operational? (No recent news found) | Enabling students and faculty to gain knowledge and experience in the field of Satellite and Space technology. Empowering the Satellite Team with the skills to develop the Satellite through various phases of Design, Analysis, Fabrication and Testing until the Flight Model is made. | - |
| AISat Nano (AISat-1N) | 41789 | UK Space Agency | Agency | UK | 3U | 2016-09-26 | 680 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-04) | Teach Algerian students how to design, build and operate a 3U CubeSat. The programme involves a number of Algerian graduate students who will be hosted at the Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey) and focuses on the development of the CubeSat as a hands-on learning exercise for the students, to demonstrate the practical implementation of this type of low cost space technology. As well as the practical element of the programme there will be a focus on research modules around the use of low cost nano-satellite technologies and applications in developing nations such as Algeria, which would help to create sustainable growth and have practical uses such as earthresource management (agriculture, water), atmospheric monitoring, and disaster management. | Surrey Space Centre, Algerian Space Agency |
| CanX-7 | 41788 | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 3U | 2016-09-26 | 680 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational (Personal contact 2018-08-10) | Incorporate a lightweight, compact, deployable drag sail. Demonstrate the drag sail’s customizability, modularity, stowability and effectiveness at achieving the deorbiting requirements of the IADC. The results will then be used to create a low cost, modular, and customizable deorbiting device for nanosatellites and microsatellites in low Earth orbit, thus alleviating the programmatic and technical risk to space missions when using satellites of this class. | Defence R&D Canada (Ottawa), NSERC and COM DEV Ltd |
| Lemur-2 14 Sokolsky | 41872 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-10-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 15 Xiaoqing | 41871 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-10-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 16 Anubhavthakur | 41873 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-10-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 17 Wingo | 41874 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-10-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Pina-2 02 | 41844 | Aerospace DFH | Company | China | 3U | 2016-11-09 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? Was it even launched? (No public news found) | - | - |
| Pina-2 01 | 41843 | Aerospace DFH | Company | China | 3U | 2016-11-09 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? Was it even launched? (No public news found) | - | - |
| Xiaoxiang 1 (XX 1) | 41842 | Spacety | Company | China | 6U | 2016-11-09 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent public news) | Stabilized camera system. | - |
| CAS 2T (Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite 2T, Fengtai-1) | 41847 | CAMSAT | Non-profit | China | 2U | 2016-11-09 | 500 x 1000 km, 98.8 deg | Semi-operational. Attached to the upper stage on purpose. Lots of CW telemetry not correct. | FM transponder. | - |
| Lishui-1 (Lishui 1-01) | 41845 | Zhejiang Lizhui Electronic Technology Co | Company | China | 3U | 2016-11-09 | 500 x 1000 km, 98.8 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | - | - |
| CELTEE 1 | 41850 | Air Force Research Laboratory | Military | US | 1U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Evaluate the performance of M42 Techs Enhanced Location Transponder (ELT) small satellite tracking and orbit determination technology. | M42 Techs |
| AeroCube-8C (IMPACT) | 41853 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate Scalable ion-Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Measure IV curves for 4-junction IMM solar cells and 5-junction SBT cell. Demonstrate CNT harness and use of CNT/PEEK material. Evaluate CNT radiation-shielding material. | - |
| OptiCube 4 (O/C, Optical CubeSat) | 41851 | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 2U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Passive, mass dummy basically. | Provide on-orbit targets for ground assets to calibrate sensors for orbital debris studies and small-object tracking improvements | - |
| RAVAN XB3 (Radiometer Assessment Using Vertical Aligned Nanotubes) | 41849 | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | University | US | 3U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news) | Demonstrate technology needed to measure the absolute imbalance in the Earth's radiation budget for the first time, giving scientists valuable information to study our climate. | Blue Canyon Technologies, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, L-1 Standards and Technology, Draper Laboratory |
| AeroCube-8D (IMPACT) | 41852 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate Scalable ion-Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Measure IV curves for 4-junction IMM solar cells and 5-junction SBT cell. Demonstrate CNT harness and use of CNT/PEEK material. Evaluate CNT radiation-shielding material. | - |
| Prometheus 2.1 | 41854 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.3 | 41855 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2016-11-11 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Lemur-2 18 Trutna | 42067 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-04-15. Was operational. | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 19 TrutnaHD | 42069 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 20 Austintacious | 42068 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 21 Redfern-Goes | 42059 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| TechEdSat-5 (PhoneSat 5, TES-5) | 42066 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3.5U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-07-29. Was operational? | First "Modulated" Exobrake to target re-entry point. Updated Avionics, Radio, Iridium & GPS hardware. Digi XBee RF modules, taking the place of wired connections in the satellite, operated as wireless "data-crossroads" between TechEdSat 5 key components. | San Jose State University, University of Idaho |
| STARS-C Oyaki (STARS-III Mother, Hagoromo) | 41895 | Shizuoka University | University | Japan | 2U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-03. Was operational. | First step of the research and development of the universe an elevator (lift), and a tether extension experiments in orbit and mission. | - |
| EGG (re-Entry satellite with Gossamer aeroshell and Gps/Iridium) | 41934 | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-05-15. Was operational? | Test a deployable gossamer aeroshell for reentry. Experimental, such as torus type expansion frame structure. The satellite will deploy a 60 cm gossamer aeroshell. | - |
| Tancredo 1 | 41931 | Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves | School | Brazil | TubeSat | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-10-18. Was operational until 2017-02-XX? | First satellite of the Ubatubasat Project, designed in elementary school. Our goal is to arouse the interest in Science and Technology in our students, aged between ten to fourteen ( the youngest team in the world to build a satellite). Our tasks range from integration, testing, assembly, coding, launching and operating the satellite, aiming students to pursue careers in the science and technology areas, especially in the Space Engineering fields. The project has received since its inception the technological support from INPE, AEB- Brazilian Space Agency and UNESCO. Additionally, it is getting a lot of repercussion in the Brazilian and World media as well as a great support from the scientific community. Tancredo 1 was developed from a commercial kit supplied by the company Interorbital Systems from CA-USA, the original project has been greatly modified and improved by the project team, especially by the engineer Auro Tikami from INPE, as part of his masters dissertation. | - |
| TuPOD | 41936 | GAUSS Srl | Company | Italy | 3U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-09-08. Was operational until 2017-01-24 by design. | In orbit deployment of the first TubeSats: Tancredi I from Brazil and OSNSAT from US. After the TubeSat release, the TuPOD will perform its own mission transmitting a Morse code beacon for a few days and some weeks later it will re-enter the atmosphere, disintegrating. | Tetonsys, Morehead State University? |
| FREEDOM | 41930 | Tohoku University | University | Japan | 1U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2017-02-05. Was operational? | Membrane deployment orbit experiments. | - |
| ITF-2 (Imagine The Future 2) | 41932 | University of Tsukuba | University | Japan | 1U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-07-30) | Establish human network by amateur satellite. Prove the ability of the micro engineered 1/20 wavelength small antenna. | - |
| STARS-C Koki (STARS-III Daughter, Hagoromo) | 41895 | Shizuoka University | University | Japan | 1U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-03. Was operational. | First step of the research and development of the universe an elevator (lift), and a tether extension experiments in orbit and mission. | - |
| Waseda-SAT 3 | 41933 | Waseda University | University | Japan | 1U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal | The small satellite will deploy a ultra light drag chute for accelerated deorbiting. A camera will observe and verify the chute deployment. Also on board will be a LCD projector to project images on the drag chute, where the camera will take pictures of it. | - |
| OSNSAT | 41939 | Open Space Network | Company | US | TubeSat | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-01-11. Was operational? | - | - |
| Aoba-Velox-III (VELOX-III) | 41935 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 2U | 2016-12-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-04) | Technology demonstration of PPT (Pulsed Plasma Thruster). In addition, one sub-mission consists in performing communication test using Bluetooth inside the satellite. The second sub-mission consists in testing microcomputer resistance to radiations. | - |
| BY70-1 (Bayi Kepu Weixing 1) | 41909 | China Center for Aerospace Science and Technology | Institute | China | 2U | 2016-12-28 | 210 x 520 km, 97.6 deg | Reentry 2017-02-18. Was operational. | For school education and amateur radio. The amateur radio station onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry and FM repeater functions. | - |
| XY S1 (Xingyun Shiyan 1, Dong Fang Hong 166) | 41913 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 2U | 2017-01-09 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Test L-band narrow-band communications. | - |
| Kaidun 1 (Caton 1) | 41915 | Beijing Kaidun Universal Technology | Company | China | 2U | 2017-01-09 | 530 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-06) | Test a VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) for communications via the Inmarsat satellite system | Beijing MSI Technology Development Co, Nanjing University of Technology |
| TRICOM 1 | Launch failure | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 3U | 2017-01-14 | 180 x 1500 km, 31 deg | Launch failure | Two cameras, one on either side, to take pictures of the Earth. Expected to operate for about a month before re-entering the earth’s atmosphere and burning up. | - |
| Lemur-2 29 Tachikoma | 41998 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Nayif-1 | 42017 | Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre | Institute | United Arab Emirates | 1U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-29) | Goal of providing an actual space project for Emirati University students. Additionally it is intended to enthuse and educate young people about radio, space physics and electronics. Carries the FUNcube 5 amateur communications payload. | American University of Sharjah, ISIS-NL |
| Flock-3p 1 | 41967 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 2 | 41966 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 3 | 41968 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 22 Jobanputra | 41997 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 4 | 41965 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 5 | 41971 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 6 | 41969 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 7 | 41970 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 8 | 41951 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 9 | 41973 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 10 | 41974 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 11 | 41975 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 12 | 41972 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 13 | 42040 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 14 | 42012 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 15 | 42039 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 16 | 42011 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 17 | 41962 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 48 | 42006 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 19 | 41955 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 20 | 41950 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 21 | 41959 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 22 | 41958 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 23 | 42018 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 24 | 41956 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 25 | 41964 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 26 | 41961 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 27 | 41963 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 23 Spire-Minions | 41994 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Al–Farabi 1 | 42016 | Al-Farabi Kazak National University | University | Kazakhstan | 2U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal (No public news found) | Technology demonstration and Earth observation mission. 3MP camera, testing ADCS, communication experiments. | University of Tokyo |
| Flock-3p 28 | 41960 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 29 | 42045 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 30 | 41987 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal (2 are non-responsive) | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 24 Satchmo | 41991 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 31 | 42049 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal (2 are non-responsive) | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 32 | 42023 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 33 | 41990 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 34 | 41988 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 49 | 42001 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 50 | 42029 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 51 | 41952 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 52 | 42030 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 53 | 42013 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 54 | 42014 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 55 | 42041 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 56 | 42042 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 25 Rdeaton | 41995 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 57 | 41978 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 35 | 41989 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 36 | 41986 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 26 Smita-Sharad | 41993 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 37 | 41953 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 38 | 42037 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 39 | 42038 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 27 Mia-Grace | 41992 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 40 | 42010 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 41 | 42004 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 42 | 42008 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 28 Noguescorreig | 41996 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-3p 43 | 42007 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 44 | 42033 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 45 | 42005 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 46 | 42031 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 47 | 42032 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 62 | 42036 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 63 | 42035 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 64 | 42034 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 65 | 42028 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 66 | 42027 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 67 | 42002 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 68 | 42003 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 69 | 42020 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| BGUSat (NEGEVSAT) | 41999 | Ben Gurion University Satellite | University | Israel | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent news found) | First educational satellite. VGA Camera, ADCS. | - |
| Flock-3p 70 | 41980 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 71 | 42024 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 72 | 42051 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 73 | 41981 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| INS 1A (ISRO Nanosatellite) | 41949 | ISRO | Agency | India | 8.4 kg | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Two science payloads. Surface BRDF Radiometer (SBR) payload that can be used measure the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of targets on the Earth's surface and will be able to take readings of the sunlight reflected off different surface features. Single Event Upset Monitor (SEUM), which can be used to track Single Event Upsets that happen due to high energy radiation in space environment in Commercial, Off-the-Shelf (COTS) electronic components. | - |
| Flock-3p 74 | 42048 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 75 | 41979 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 76 | 42019 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| INS 1B (ISRO Nanosatellite) | 41954 | ISRO | Agency | India | 9.7 kg | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No public news found) | Carries two science payloads. EELA keeps track of terrestrial exospheric line-of-sight neutral atomic hydrogen Lyman Alpha flux and can give an estimate for the interplanetary hydrogen Lyman Alpha background flux by means of deep space observations. The Origami Camera is a remote sensing colour camera that can take high-resolution pictures of the Earth with a small package. | - |
| Flock-3p 77 | 42025 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 78 | 42047 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 79 | 41984 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 80 | 42026 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 81 | 42043 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 82 | 42046 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 83 | 42050 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 84 | 42021 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 85 | 41983 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 86 | 41985 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 87 | 42044 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 88 | 41982 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEASSS (PiezoElectric Assisted Smart Satellite Structure) | 42015 | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent public news found) | EU FP7 project to develop, manufacture, test and qualify “smart structures” which combine composite panels, piezoelectric materials, and next generation sensors, for autonomously improved pointing accuracy and power generation in space. | TNO, NSL Satellites, Active Space Technologies, Israel Institute of Technology, SONACA |
| Flock-3p 18 | 41957 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 58 | 41977 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 59 | 42022 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 60 | 41976 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p 61 | 42009 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| DIDO-2 (SpacePharma, Chen Jiayong 1) | 42000 | SpacePharma | Company | Israel | 3U | 2017-02-15 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last news from ISIS 2018-05-18) | Carry the first generation of their mGnify lab to conduct biochemical experiments in microgravity. | - |
| SNUSat-1b | 42733 | Seoul National University | University | South Korea | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Semi-operational? Woke up after about a year. | The primary mission is performing the QB50 mission, measuring lower thermosphere constituents at altitudes starting from 350 km and down as the orbit decays due to atmospheric drag. The secondary mission is validation of fault-detection, isolation and recovery algorithm developed by Seoul National Unit and imaging space environment. | QB50, VKI |
| Columbia (QBUS 4) | 42702 | University of Turabo | University | US | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-07. Was operational. | The scientific mission will be to use a Flux-Φ-Probe Experiment (FIPEX) to collect measurements of atomic and molecular oxygen on the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). | QB50, |
| Qbito | 42728 | Polytechnics University of Madrid | University | Spain | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal (No contacts in SatNOGS) | The main objective is to operate its primary payload: the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS). An experiment to assess the performance of the n-Octadecane as a Phase Change Material (PCM). Developed in collaboration with the University of Liège. A Medium Wave Infrared Detector, developed by the Spanish company New Infrared Technologies, which aims at testing this kind of detectors. The manufacturing process is based on the Vapour Phase Deposited PbSe technology in space conditions. An experimental software for an attitude determination and control system based on fuzzy control theory. The purpose is to test the suitability of this kind of algorithms for spacecraft attitude control applications. | QB50, University of Liège, New Infrared Technologies |
| Lemur-2 30 JennyBarna | 42753 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 31 Angela | 42753 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| SHARC Biarri-Point (Spacecraft for High Accuraccy Radar Calibration) | 42712 | Air Force Research Laboratory | Military | US | 5U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (No public news found) | Provide radar calibration for ground based radars. Demonstrate the capability to perform critical calibration of over 120 Tri-Service C-Band radars. Calibration is needed to meet tracking requirements of orbital objects. Demonstrate low latency delivery of data (min vs days) | - |
| Lemur-2 32 SpiroVision | 42755 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 33 RobMoore | 42754 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| SpaceCube | 42717 | Mines Paristech | University | France | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2017-06-XX? (Last DK3WM report 2017-06-02) | The purpose of this CubeSat includes: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. It will also provide an Amateur FM transponder. | QB50, |
| SUSat | 42730 | University of Adelaide | University | Australia | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal (http://www.lowsnr.org/susat-status-.html) | Purpose of this CubeSat include: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. | QB50, |
| ZA-AeroSat | 42713 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | University | South Africa | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was semi-operational. Sending weak beacon in sunlight. (Last SatNOGS report 2018-03-09) | To demonstrate passive aerodynamic stabilization of a CubeSat using its antennas as aerodynamic feathers - To provide a training/educational opportunity for young engineers and post graduate students by including them in the design, assembly, and operations of a satellite. | QB50, |
| UNSW-EC0 | 42723 | The University of New South Wales | University | Australia | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-07-31) | Main mission is to study the thermosphere by means of ion/neutral mass spectrometry and temperature measurements. four secondary mission goals. Firstly, to perform verification of a GPS receiver and additional Radio Reflectometry and Radio Occultation experiments using GPS signals. Secondly, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) will monitor Single Event Upsets (SEU) and recover from them within a fixed time-limit. Thirdly, a microkernel operating system is flown to show it can do critical system tasks, such as ADCS control. Lastly, the structure of the CubeSat will be made by 3D printing techniques. | QB50, |
| UPSat (CubeSat by the University of Patras) | 42716 | University of Patras | University | Greece | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2017-05-20, 3 days? (Last DK3WN report 2017-05-19) | QB50. The first and most significant mission would be to successfully transmit science data from the mNLP unit back to earth. The second experiment would be to acquire photos of the Earth and especially photos of Greece from space and successfully transmit them to the ground station(s). Finally the integration of Composite Materials into a “hybrid” structure is also one of the goals the team set. | QB50, |
| PolyITAN-2-SAU (KPI-SAU) | 42732 | National Technical University of Ukraine | University | Ukraine | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-21) | FIPEX (Flux-Φ-Probe Experiment) of TU Dresden as the primary payload for the QB50 project, which is able to distinguish and measure the time-resolved behaviour of atomic and molecular oxygen as a key parameter of the lower thermosphere. | QB50, Shenyang Aerospace University |
| nSIGHT1 | 42726 | SCS-Space | Company | South Africa | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-27) | To comply with the QB50 mission objective of doing atmospheric research measurements in the lower thermosphere. To provide SCS-Space payload flight heritage. To provide training/experience for SCS-Space engineers The satellite will use magnetic sensors and actuators to do initial detumbling into a Y-Thompson spin after release from its deployer. | QB50, |
| Challenger (QBUS 1) | 42721 | University of Colorado Boulder | University | US | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-25) | Carries the Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS), which measures the mass of ions and neutral atoms. QB50. | QB50, |
| SOMP 2 (SOMP-2) | 42701 | Dresden University of Technology | University | Germany | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal | Measuring atomic oxygen using an oxygen electrolyte sensor. Testing of flexible thin film solar cells | - |
| Aalto-2 | 42729 | Aalto University | University | Finland | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2017-05-29, 4 days? | Scientific objective to study in-situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower thermosphere (90-320 km) in a network of about 40 double CubeSats, separated by a few hundred kilometers and carrying identical sensors. It will also study the re-entry process by measuring a number of key parameters during re-entry and by comparing predicted and actual CubeSat trajectories and orbital lifetimes. | QB50, |
| Aoxiang-1 (Ao Xiang-1) | 42735 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-30) | A 2U CubeSat, part of the QB50 constellation, intended to measure the lower thermosphere. | QB50, |
| Atlantis (QBUS 2) | 42737 | University of Michigan | University | US | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-03-28. Was operational. | FIPEX, will characterize Oxygen (atomic and molecular) in the upper atmosphere. | QB50, |
| BeEagleSat | 42736 | Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was semi-operational? (Last DK3WN report 2017-08-08) | Primary payload is a multi-needle langmuir probe, which will measure electron density during mission. Secondary payload is a semiconductor based x-ray detector, which will measure x-ray levels for various altitudes. | QB50, Turkish Air Force Academy |
| DUTHSat (DUTH) | 42724 | Democritus University of Thrace | University | Greece | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2017-06-06? (Last JA0CAW report 2017-06-06) | The 3U CubeSat will obtain measurements of ions, neutrals and temperature in the Lower Thermosphere as part of the QB50 project. | QB50, |
| qbee (qbee50-LTU-OC) | 42708 | Luleå Tekniska Universitet (LTU) | University | Sweden | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was semi-operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-19) | QB50. Test OC-OBC performance in space conditions. PhD students will gain experience on satellite design, integration, testing and operation. | QB50 |
| Ex-Alta 1 (Experimental Albertan #1, EXALTA-1) | 42734 | University of Alberta | University | Canada | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-16) | Serve as a platform for the In Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of a digital fluxgate magnetometer designed at the University of Alberta. Address multi-point space plasma physics with data from the QB50 constellation using the Langmuir probe common payloads and the digital fluxgate magnetometer. Promote education of space science and engineering through all levels of the educational sector of Alberta. Provide a foundation on which to begin a space engineering, space science and/or cube satellite program at the University of Alberta. Promote the development of an Albertan commercial space industry and augmentation of current staple industries with space technology. | - |
| X-Cubesat (XCubeSat) | 42707 | Ecole Polytechnique | University | France | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-16) | The purpose of this CubeSat includes: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. It will also provide an Amateur FM transponder. | QB50, |
| HavelSat | 42700 | Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Semi-operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-19) | Primary payload is a multi-needle langmuir probe, which will measure electron density during mission. Secondary payload is a Software Defined Radio. | QB50, Havelsan, Gumush |
| CXBN 2 (The Cosmic X-Ray Background NanoSat-2, CXBN-2) | 42704 | Morehead State University | University | US | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (No public news found) | An Improved Measurement of the Diffuse X-Ray Background. The science objective of taking a 5% measurement of the diffuse X-ray background will be continued with CXBN-2. | Kentucky Space |
| Hoopoe (Duchifat-2) | 42718 | Herzliya Science Centre | School | Israel | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-20) | The purpose of this CubeSat include: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. | QB50, |
| i-INSPIRE II (Inspire 2) | 42731 | University of Sydney | University | Australia | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational. Saved with 25m antenna. (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-07) | In addition to the common science package for QB50, the i-INSPIRE satellite will carry three scientific instruments for our own science mission. Except the imager, NanoSpec and radiation counter are designed for this mission. During the mission life-time, we will also demonstrate the nanothruster and the system-on-chip technology developed at the University of Sydney 1. | QB50, |
| IceCube (Earth-1) | 42705 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Demonstrate and validate a new 883-gigahertz submillimeter-wave receiver that could help advance scientists’ understanding of ice clouds and their role in climate change. IceCube will lead to the development of an instrument capable of providing an accurate daily assessment of the global distribution of atmospheric ice. | Virginia Diodes, NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office |
| KySat-3 (SGSat) | 42703 | University of Kentucky | University | US | 1U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-05-07. Was operational? | Evaluate a new Stellar Gyroscope attitude determination system. | - |
| LilacSat-1 | 42725 | Harbin Institute of Technology | University | China | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-18) | QB50. An Ion-Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS). It is a standard payload of QB50 for upper atmosphere science. A V/U APRS digipeater. It is open for amateur use. It will support both real-time repeating and store-forward mode. A thermal infrared camera. It is open for amateur use. Any licensed radio amateur can send a telecommand to take an image and download the data. | QB50, |
| Link (Little Intelligent Nanosatellite of KAIST) | 42714 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Institute | South Korea | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was semi-operational until 2017-12-XX. | INMS (Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer), which measures the mass of ions and neutral atoms, as the primary payload for the QB50 project. The secondary payload is two Langmuir probes, which are in-house sensors developed by Space Science Laboratory of KAIST. | QB50, |
| NJUST-1 | 42722 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | University | China | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-22) | UST-1 will carry one standardized sensor for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration measurements of key parameters and constituents in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere and ionosphere. NJUST are also preparing to participate in GAMANET. | QB50, |
| ALTAIR 1 (ALTAIR Pathfinder) | 42711 | Millennium Space Systems | Company | US | 6U (1x6U) | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Test flight of ALTAIR bus. Technology demonstration / risk reduction mission for critical subsystems for the ALTAIR product line of spacecraft. | - |
| PHOENIX | 42706 | National Cheng Kung University | University | Taiwan | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-20) | QB50. Carry a solar EUV sensor to in-situ measure the solar EUV radiation intensity with the aim of maximizing the science return of the mission for a better characterization of the cause-effect relationship. The solar EUV probe measures the photoelectron current emitted from the electrodes into ambient plasma. The electrode is biased to negative voltage with respect to the satellite frame and the current is amplified and filtered before being converted into digital formats. In the implementation, two electrodes with different metal coating are utilized and the current difference between the two probes. The solar EUV instrument has been tested in ionospheric conditions in the NCKU Space Plasma Chamber. | QB50, |
| CSUNSat 1 (CSUNSat1, California State University Northridge Sat) | 42715 | California State University | University | US | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2018-03-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-27) | Test an innovative low temperature capable energy storage system in space developed by NASA JPL that will enable future missions, especially those in deep space to do more science while requiring less energy, mass and volume. | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SNUSat-1 | 42727 | Seoul National University | University | South Korea | 2U | 2017-04-18 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal | The primary mission is performing the QB50 mission, measuring lower thermosphere constituents at altitudes starting from 350 km and down as the orbit decays due to atmospheric drag. The secondary mission is validation of fault-detection, isolation and recovery algorithm developed by Seoul National Unit and imaging space environment. | QB50, VKI |
| SilkRoad-1 01 (Silk Road, Silu 1) | 42903 | Xi'an Institute of Surveying and Mapping | Institute | China | 3U | 2017-04-20 | 390 km, 42.8 deg | Operational? (No recent public news) | Pathfinder for a constellation of around 30 satellites operating across a variety of wavelengths. | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| BIRD-B (Brac Onnesha, BIRDS-1) | 42823 | Brac University | University | Bangladesh | 1U | 2017-06-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-02) | Experiment on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. | Kyushu Institute of Technology |
| BIRD-G (Ghanasat 1, ANUSAT-1, BIRDS-1) | 42821 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Ghana | 1U | 2017-06-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? | Experiment on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. | - |
| BIRD-J (Toki, BIRDS-1) | 42820 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2017-06-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-03) | Experiment on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. | - |
| BIRD-M (Mazaalai, NUMSAT 1, BIRDS-1) | 42822 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Mongolia | 1U | 2017-06-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-07) | Experiment on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. | - |
| BIRD-N (Nigeria EduSat-1, BIRDS-1) | 42824 | Federal University of Technology Akure | University | Nigeria | 1U | 2017-06-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-02) | Experiment on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. | Kyushu Institute of Technology |
| Tanyusha-YuZGU 2 (Radioskaf RS-7, Tanyusha-SWSU 2, Tanusha 2) | 42912 | Southwestern State University | University | Russia | 3U | 2017-06-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No recent news found) | Achieve autonomous grouping of satellites in space and measure density of vacuum. | - |
| Tanyusha-YuZGU 1 (Radioskaf RS-6, Tanyusha-SWSU 1, Tanusha 1) | 42911 | Southwestern State University | University | Russia | 3U | 2017-06-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No recent news found) | Achieve autonomous grouping of satellites in space and measure density of vacuum. | - |
| TNS 0-2 (Technologicesky Nanosputnik, TNS-0 No. 2) | 42914 | Southwestern State University | University | Russia | 3U | 2017-06-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No recent news found) | - | - |
| Max Valier | 42778 | Max Valier Technical High School | School | Italy | 10 kg | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-16) | Small X-ray telescope µRosi, which allows amateur astronmers for the first time to see the sky in X-ray wavelength. OHB-System provides the LuxSpace AIS reciever, support and the launch opportunity on an indian PSLV rocket. | OHB System AG |
| UCLSat | 42765 | University College London | University | UK | 2U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2017-08-13? (Last DK3WN report 2017-08-13) | Demonstration of in-house technology development and will carry two payloads to monitor the space environment. | QB50 |
| Venta-1 | 42791 | University of Applied Sciences Bremen, OHB Systems | University | Latvia | 7.5 kg | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational? | Provide a flying testbed as a counterpart of the new satellite technology laboratory at the Ventspils University College. Advanced technology AIS (maritime Automatic Identification System) receivers in order to get AIS data from space and to study the AIS signal reception in LEO. Intersatellite link experimental systems for the two way, near real time, permanent communication via Orbcomm and Iridium LEO based satellite systems. Plug-and-Play electronics unit with new data handling systems, sensors and beacon to a geostationary satellite system. Small onboard camera with advanced optics for low resolution earth monitoring. | Ventspils High Technology Park, Ventspils University College, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, University of Latvia and the Riga Technical University, OHB-System AG |
| Lemur-2 34 ShainaJohl | 42771 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 35 XueniTerence | 42772 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 36 LucyBryce | 42773 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 37 KungFoo | 42774 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 38 McPeake | 42782 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 39 Sam-Amelia | 42781 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 40 LisaSaurus | 42780 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 41 Lynsey-Symo | 42779 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Ursa Maior (University of Rome la SApienza Micropropulsion for Attitude and In Orbit debris Removal testing) | 42776 | University of Rome | University | Italy | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-03-18) | QB50. The space station will operate to conduct scientific experiments in the framework of the QB50 project | QB50, Sapienza aerospace research center (CRAS) |
| VZLUSAT-1 | 42790 | Aerospace Research and Test Establishment | Institute | Czech | 2U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-02) | The objective of the project VZLUSAT1 is the development, manufacturing, qualification and experimental verification of products and technologies in Earth orbit (IOD – In-Orbit Demonstration). On board the functions and features of small experiment will be verified. VZLUSAT1 takes part in QB50 mission. The nanosatellite accommodates VKI scientific experiment FIPEX. | QB50, |
| ROBUSTA-1B | 42792 | University of Montpellier II | University | France | 1U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-26) | Measure the radiation induced degradation of electronic devices. | CNES, Van Allen Foundation |
| CICERO-6 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | 42793 | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational for 2017-07-XX? (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| Aalto-1 | 42775 | Aalto University | University | Finland | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-05) | To design, build and operate first Finnish Earth Observation (EO) nanosatellite. Technology demonstration of a very small imaging spectrometer for spaceborne EO. Technology demonstration of a very small radiation detector for future satellites. Development and demonstration of a deorbiting device for nanosatellites based on e-sail concept and measurement of its performance. Promotion of engineering education in Finland with the aid of a satellite project. | FMI, VTT, |
| Diamond - Blue (Diamond Blue) | 42786 | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | |
| DragSail-CubeSat (Dragsat-CubeSat, Compass-2, Compass 2) | 42777 | Aachen University of Applied Sciences | University | Germany | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal? | QB50. Universal satellite BUS-system. | QB50, |
| skCube | 42789 | Slovak Organisation for Space Activities | Non-profit | Slovakia | 1U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-08) | Observe the ultraviolet radiation upper atmosphere on the night side of the Earth. Without direct and reflected light of the sun and the moon is made up predominantly UV emission of the upper layer of the atmosphere at altitudes of about 80 to 120 km. Contribute to, and other components of the radiation reflected from the Earth's surface or scattered in the atmosphere. The main objective is to demonstrate the potential of our country. | Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Education, Institute of Experimental Physics |
| Diamond - Green (Diamond Green) | 42785 | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | |
| Diamond - Red (Diamond Red) | 42783 | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | |
| SUCHAI | 42788 | University of Chile | University | Chile | 1U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Personal contact 2018-08-05, last DK3WN report 2018-03-23) | Launch a national aerospace initiative that promotes development of aerospace machinery in Chile. Measure the ionospheric electron density and temperature by means of a Langmuir probe. We also plan to include a small experiment supplied by the Physics Department. | - |
| PACSCISAT (Tyvak-53b, Tyvak 53, PacSci EMC, Pacific Scientific) | 42795 | Tyvak / Terran Orbital | Company | US | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2017-09-XX? (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Worksshop 2018) | Technology demonstration for deorbiting. Passed built-in-tests (BIT) on both its primary and redundant Smart Energetics Architecture (SEA) sequencing system and devices and fired Modular Architecture Propulsion System (MAPS) rocket motors. | - |
| InflateSail | 42770 | University of Surrey | University | UK | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Reentry 2017-09-03. Was operational. | QB50. Rapid autonomous commissioning- Given past experience, the space station is prepared to demonstrate advanced autonomous commissioning. Large deployable sail - The satellite will deploy a large square (3m x 3m) membrane sail. Inflatable Structural Components - InflateSail is equipped with a 1 m long inflatable rigidisable laminate cylinder, which will be used as a structural component separating the sail and the body of the spacecraft. Drag deorbiting - The satellite will deorbit much more quickly than otherwise due to its deployable sail. Outreach - The satellite will provide beacons which amateur satellite users will be able to receive. | QB50, |
| D-Sat (Deorbit Satellite) | 42794 | D-Orbit | Company | Italy | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2017-10-17. (Last SatNOGS report 2017-09-05) | Demonstrate in-orbit the capability of D-Orbit’s technology. First satellite ever to be actively de-orbited in a quick, safe, reliable and controlled way. | CNIT |
| LituanicaSAT-2 | 42768 | NanoAvionics LLC | Company | Lithuania | 3U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-30) | The Primary objective of the experiment is to demonstrate the orbital maneuvering and drag compensation capabilities of a CubeSat using an integral green monopropellant microthruster. The idea behind this experiment is to further advance the technology of nanosatellite micro propulsion that is required to implement future projects of CubeSat constellations. To contribute to the QB50 mission objectives the thruster would be designed to implement orbital maintenance/correction of a CubeSat by producing incremental (to minimize the effects of thrust vector misalignment) thrust in the direction of the velocity vector to overcome atmospheric drag and thus considerably prolonging satellite’s orbital lifetime. | QB50, Vilnius University |
| NUDTSat | 42787 | National University of Defense Technology | University | China | 2U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2018-05-XX? (Last SatNOGS report 2018-05-21) | NMS (Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer) for sampling of low mass ionized and neutral particles in lower thermosphere, such as O, O2, and N2. | QB50, |
| Pegasus | 42784 | University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt | University | Austria | 2U | 2017-06-23 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-02-27) | Multi-needle Langmuir probes (mNLP) for the QB50 project and will provide information about essential properties of the plasma in the thermosphere such as the electron temperature and –density. Features a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) as propulsion unit. | QB50, Vienna Technical Universety |
| Landmapper-BC 1 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | 42847 | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal? (Astro Digital, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Landmapper-BC 2 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | 42846 | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal? (Astro Digital, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Lemur-2 42 Greenberg | 42837 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 43 ArtFischer | 42881 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 44 Monson | 42839 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 45 Furiaus | 42840 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 46 Zachary | 42845 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 47 AndiS | 42838 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 48 PeterG | 42841 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 49 Dembitz | 42842 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| MKA-N 1 | 42834 | Dauria / Roscosmos | Company | Russia | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| MKA-N 2 | 42836 | Dauria / Roscosmos | Company | Russia | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| Flock-2k 1 | 42852 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 2 | 42853 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 3 | 42850 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 4 | 42851 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 5 | 42864 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 6 | 42897 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 7 | 42862 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 8 | 42863 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 9 | 42896 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 10 | 42895 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 11 | 42894 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 12 | 42893 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 13 | 42891 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 14 | 42892 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 15 | 42890 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 16 | 42889 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 17 | 42888 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 18 | 42887 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 19 | 42886 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 20 | 42885 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 21 | 42860 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 22 | 42861 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 23 | 42859 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 24 | 42857 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 25 | 42884 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 26 | 42883 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 27 | 42882 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 28 | 42880 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 29 | 42871 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 30 | 42872 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 31 | 42869 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 32 | 42870 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 33 | 42879 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 34 | 42878 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Iskra-MAI-85 | 42827 | Moscow Aviation Institute | University | Russia | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal | Uses only domestically produced components. To give students experience in designing and manufacturing a satellite. | - |
| Flock-2k 35 | 42877 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 36 | 42876 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 37 | 42867 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 38 | 42868 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 39 | 42866 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 40 | 42865 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 41 | 42875 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 42 | Deployment failure | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Deployment failure | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 43 | 42874 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 44 | 42873 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 45 | 42856 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 46 | 42858 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Ecuador-UTE-YuZGU (UTE-UESOR, Ekvador-UTE-YuZGU) | 42832 | Tecnologica Equinoccial University (UTE) | University | Ecuador | 1U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational until 2017-07-30, 2 weeks. | Obtain scientific data in the study of our planet Earth techniques and develop nanosatellite management methods and study the behavior of new instruments in space. | State University of Southwest Russia (Uesor) |
| Flock-2k 47 | 42854 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-2k 48 | 42855 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 470 km, 97 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| CICERO-2 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | 42848 | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Was operational for 2017-08-XX? (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| CICERO-3 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | 42849 | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Was operational for 2017-08-XX? (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| CICERO-1 Demo (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | 42843 | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Was operational for 2017-08-XX? (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| Mayak | 42830 | Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering | University | Russia | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | No signal | Unfurl and use its large swath of reflectors to reflect rays from the sun back to Earth—which will make it the brightest object in the night sky. | - |
| NanoACE | 42844 | Tyvak / Terran Orbital | Company | US | 3U | 2017-07-14 | 590 km, 97.6 deg, SSO | Operational (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Validate the Endeavor suite technologies that will be used for future missions and is solely for the purpose of internal Tyvak development as an attitude control experiment. Includes VACCO propulsion module. | - |
| OSIRIS-3U (Orbital Satellite for Investigating the Response of the Ionosphere to Stimulation and Space Weather) | 43027 | The Pennsylvania State University | University | US | 3U | 2017-08-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal | Ground-based heaters will modify the atmosphere in order to create artificial space weather events that will be studied by OSIRIS-3U. The mission provides research into radiowave-plasma interactions and plasma transport. 1. Provide in situ and remote sensing measurements of the stimulated (heated) ionosphere produced by ground-based heaters 2. Characterize the spatial extent of the heated region “bite out” 3. Correlate in situ and remote sensing heated ionosphere measurements with ground-based measurements including incoherent scatter radars and ionosondes 4. Develop the aerospace workforce by training students in space systems engineering through hands-on projects | The Aerospace Corp, Naval Research Laboratory |
| Dellingr (RBLE, Radiation Belt Loss Experiment) | 43021 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2017-08-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Smallsat 2018) | The scientific payload includes a magnetometer deployed on a boom and a set of two internal magnetometers. In addition to collecting data about the magnetic field, the boom mounted magnetometer will validate the use of the two internal magnetometers for future missions. An Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer will collect data about the ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system. | - |
| ASTERIA (ExoplanetSat, Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics) | 43020 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Agency | US | 6U | 2017-08-14 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (NASA news) | Prototype nanosatellite capable of monitoring a single, bright, sun-like star for two years. “ExoplanetSat” will develop into a suite of nanosatellites, each focusing on one bright star at a time. The science motivation is to search for transiting exoplanets orbiting the brightest sun-like stars in the sky. | Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Prometheus 2.4 | 42924 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2017-08-26 | 400 x 600 km, 24.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| DHFR (DARPA High Frequency Receiver Experiment) | 42922 | DARPA | Military | US | 3U | 2017-08-26 | 400 x 600 km, 24.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | DARPA High Frequency Receiver Experiment | Developed by Utah Space Dynamics Laboratory. |
| Prometheus 2.2 | 42923 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2017-08-26 | 400 x 600 km, 24.5 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Flock-3m 1 | 42995 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-10-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3m 2 | 42998 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-10-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3m 3 | 42996 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-10-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3m 4 | 42997 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2017-10-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| CHEFSat (Cost-effective High E-Frequency Satellite) | 43044 | US Naval Research Laboratory | Institute | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Smallsat 2018) | Tests and prepares consumer communications technology for use in space. The growing range of devices, components and miniaturized technology available on consumer markets represents a boon for space exploration and cost management. CHEFSat specifically readies a consumer-grade radio frequency device for wider space use by testing its safety and effectiveness in a working CubeSat deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). | - |
| Aerocube-7B (OCSD-B, Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration, IOCPS-B, Integrated Optical Communications and Proximity Sensors) | 43042 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate optical communications from a CubeSat to a 30 cm diameter ground station from LEO at a rate of at least 5 Mbps. Demonstrate tracking of a nearby spacecraft using a commercial COTS automotive anti-collision radar sensor and an inexpensive optical mouse sensor. | - |
| EcAMSat (E. Coli AntiMicrobialSat) | 43019 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-07-15) | The primary scientific purpose of the EcAMSat mission is to investigate how and whether space microgravity affects the antibiotic resistance of E. coli, a bacterial pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection in humans and animals. | Stanford University |
| Lemur-2 50 Yonglin | 43045 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 51 Kevin | 43046 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Asgardia-1 (Asgardia 1) | 43049 | Asgardia Space | Company | US | 2U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (https://asgardia.space/en/satellite/) | Test the concept of long-term data storage in orbit around the Earth. Payload is a 512GB solid state drive pre-loaded with data. Also contain internal and external particle detectors "to determine the radiation dosing that the internal electronics are receiving. | - |
| Lemur-2 52 BrianDavie | 43047 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 53 Romacoste | 43048 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 54 RocketJonah | 43041 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 55 Liu-Poh-Chun | 43054 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PropCube 2 (Fauna, Propagation CubeSat) | 43052 | Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) | University | US | 1U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | The CubeSats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. | Tyvak |
| Lemur-2 56 McGullagh | 43051 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 57 Dunlop | 43053 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Aerocube-7C (OCSD-C, Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration, IOCPS-B, Integrated Optical Communications and Proximity Sensors) | 43043 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstrate optical communications from a CubeSat to a 30 cm diameter ground station from LEO at a rate of at least 5 Mbps. Demonstrate tracking of a nearby spacecraft using a commercial COTS automotive anti-collision radar sensor and an inexpensive optical mouse sensor. | - |
| TechEdSat-6 (TechEdSat 6) | 43026 | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Reentry 2018-05-15. Was operational? | Demonstrate an Exo-Brake system to provide a targeted nanosatellite de-orbit using fully propellant-less techniques. | - |
| ISARA (Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna for High Bandwidth CubeSat) | 43050 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Agency | US | 3U | 2017-11-12 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (NASA news) | Demonstrate a high bandwidth Ka-band CubeSat communications capability that is ready for immediate infusion into commercial, government and military systems. For a modest increase in mass, volume and cost, this technology will increase downlink data rates from a baseline of 9.6 kbps for existing UHF systems to over 100 Mbps - a 105 fold increase in data capacity.. | Pumpkin |
| RadFxSat (Fox-1B) | 43017 | Vanderbilt University and The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. | University | US | 1U | 2017-11-14 | 450 x 820 km, 97.7 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-27) | The Vanderbilt payload (radiation) is to advance the state of the art in understanding the effects of space radiation on electronic components, demonstrate an on-orbit platform for radiation qualification of components for space flight and to validate and improve computer models used to predict radiation tolerance of semiconductor manufacturing processes. | AMSAT |
| MiRaTA (Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration) | 43015 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2017-11-14 | 450 x 820 km, 97.7 deg | Was operational until 2018-01-31, both radios lost. (CubeSat Developers Worksshop 2018) | Validate new technologies in both passive microwave radiometry and GPS radio occultation. New ultra-compact and low-power technology for multi-channel and multi-band and passive microwave radiometers and new GPS receiver and patch antenna array technology for GPS radio occultation retrieval of both temperature-pressure profiles in the atmosphere and electron density profiles in the ionosphere. | NASA Earth Science Technology Office |
| EagleSat 1 | 43018 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ | University | US | 1U | 2017-11-18 | 450 x 820 km, 97.7 deg | No signal | Payload A will test the viability of new memory types in space, by assessing whether or not data was corrupted due to radiation. Payload B will focus on detection of the Lockheed Martin Space Fence. This “fence” covers the United States at a certain altitude. It is the team’s goal to use Payload B to detect the fence when it is passing through, and mark the time and position of passing. | - |
| Buccaneer Risk Mitigation (Buccaneer RMM) | 43014 | Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation | Military | Australia | 3U | 2017-11-18 | 450 x 820 km, 97.7 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | The payload on-board Buccaneer is a high frequency receiver. The mission will provide performance calibration of some aspects of the Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar Network (JORN). The antenna will be stowed during launch and jettison from the launch vehicle. | KARL engineering |
| MakerSat-0 (MakerSat 0) | 43016 | Northwest Nazarene University | University | US | 1U | 2017-11-18 | 450 x 820 km, 97.7 deg | Was semi-operational until 2018-01-XX Power problems. (Smallsat 2018) | Demonstrate in-space additive manufacturing and assembly of small spacecraft. Structural frame will be 3D printed on the ISS and then snapped together with solar cell and electronics boards by the astronaut crew and deployed directly into orbit, thus avoiding a typical high-g launch. | Made in Space |
| Landmapper-BC 4 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | Launch failure | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| AISSat-3 | Launch failure | Norwegian Space Centre | Agency | Norway | 7 kg | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Upgraded Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver for improved ship detection rates. Given the great success of AISSat-1, the completion of the AISSat-2 satellite, and the need for at least three operational space-based AIS assets, Norway initiated the AISSat-3 project. | Norwegian Space Centre, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kongsberg Seatex AS, Kongsberg Satellite Services AS |
| Lemur-2 63 Smilie-Face | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 64 NRE-Metts | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 65 CylonRaider | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 66 Ector | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 67 Craig | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 59 BenYeoh | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| D-Star One | Launch failure | German Orbital Systems | Company | Germany | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. Two modules are used for telemetry and telecomand and operate on identical frequencies. Telemetry can be received on 435,7 MHz, the format will be disclosed after launch. Both modules receive, and both modules answer. To prevent information loss, they answer after each other. The other two modules are dedicated to the radio amateur community. | - |
| SEAM (Small Explorer for Advanced Missions) | Launch failure | Royal Institute of Technology | University | Sweden | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Develop and demonstrate in flight for the first time a concept of an electromagnetically clean nanosatellite with precision attitude determination, flexible autonomous data acquisition system, high-bandwidth telemetry and an integrated solution for ground control and data handling. | AAC Microtec, ECM Space Technologies, LEMI, BL Electronics, GomSpace, Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), Kayser Italia |
| Landmapper-BC 3 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | Launch failure | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Lemur-2 58 McGarvey | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 60 Harvey | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 61 Matthew | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 62 Maximillie | Launch failure | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2017-11-28 | Launch failure | Launch failure | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Tyvak-61c (GEOStare, Tyvak 61C) | 43144 | Tyvak / Terran Orbital | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Tyvak, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | Test using CubeSats as Space Situational Awareness observatories. Catalog variability of luminous stars? | - |
| SpaceBEE 4 | 43139 | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 0.25U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Because asking permission to transmit https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=212398&x=.) | Test two-way communications and data relay for planned IoT constellation. | - |
| SpaceBEE 3 | 43140 | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 0.25U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Because asking permission to transmit https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=212398&x=.) | Test two-way communications and data relay for planned IoT constellation. | - |
| SpaceBEE 1 | 43142 | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 0.25U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Because asking permission to transmit https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=212398&x=.) | Test two-way communications and data relay for planned IoT constellation. | - |
| SpaceBEE 2 | 43141 | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 0.25U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Because asking permission to transmit https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=212398&x=.) | Test two-way communications and data relay for planned IoT constellation. | - |
| PicSat | 43132 | Paris Observatory | Institute | France | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was operational until 2018-03-20 | Observe the transit of the planet Beta Pictoris. | ISIS |
| Landmapper-BC 3v2 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O, Corvus BC3) | 43118 | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Astro Digital, CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018) | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| SIGMA (KHUSAT-3) | 43134 | Kyung Hee University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal | The main payload is TEPC which can measure the Linear Energy Transfer (LET) spectrum and calculate the equivalent dose for the complicated radiation field in the space. The magnetometer is a secondary payload using a miniaturized fluxgate magnetometer. | - |
| STEP-1 (STEP Cube Lab) | 43138 | Chosun University | University | South Korea | 1U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Verify core space technologies researched in universities and industries, and verifying those technologies on-orbit. To determine which of the fundamental space technologies researched at domestic universities, will be potential candidates for use in future space missions and to verify the effectiveness of the technologies by investigating mission data obtained from on-orbit operation of the cube satellite. | KARI (Korean Aerospace Research Institute) |
| CANYVAL-X 2U Tom | 43136 | Yonsei University | University | South Korea | 2U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Was semi-operational? (Ground Station problems? https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2018-2636) | CubeSat astronomy using virtual telescope alignment. The two cubesats maintain Inertial-hold in about 10 min using vision alignment system. Could pave the way for a new class of instrument that can peer through the sun's glare or at distant alien planets, without requiring a massive single scope. | KARI (Korean Aerospace Research Institute), NASA |
| Arkyd 6A (A6A) | 43130 | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 6U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | Test the scientific instruments and deep space technologies at the heart of our asteroid prospecting missions, but to also provide a platform that will allow others to fly their mission with our technology! | - |
| CNUSail-1 (Papillon) | 43133 | Chungnam National University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal | Develop and operate a 3U-sized cube satellite with solar sail mechanism. The primary mission is to successfully deploy the solar sail in a low earth orbit, and the secondary mission is to collect the scientific data for the effect of the solar sail deployment and operation on orbit maneuver and attitude change of the cube satellite. | KARI (Korean Aerospace Research Institute) |
| Fox-1D | 43137 | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) | Company | US | 1U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-14) | High energy radiation instrument “HERCI” developed by the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy, a Virginia Tech camera experiment, and a Pennsylvania State-Erie MEMS gyro experiment. Fox-1D will also serve as a communications relay for amateurs worldwide via the onboard FM repeater system. | - |
| Lemur-2 68 PeterWebster | 43124 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 69 DaveWilson | 43126 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 70 McCafferty | 43123 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 71 BrownCow | 43125 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| MicroMAS-2 A (MicroMAS-2A) | 43131 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (eoPortal) | Validate new ultra-compact and low-power technology for CubeSat-sized microwave radiometers and validate operational high-performance cross-track scanner technology and CubeSat attitude control and stabilization. It will raise the technology readiness level of the radiometer and scanner from five to seven. | - |
| CANYVAL-X 1U Jerry | 43136 | Yonsei University | University | South Korea | 1U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal (Ground Station problems? https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2018-2636) | CubeSat astronomy using virtual telescope alignment. The two cubesats maintain Inertial-hold in about 10 min using vision alignment system. Could pave the way for a new class of instrument that can peer through the sun's glare or at distant alien planets, without requiring a massive single scope. | KARI (Korean Aerospace Research Institute), NASA |
| Flock-3p' 1 | 43121 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p' 2 | 43120 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p' 3 | 43119 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3p' 4 | 43122 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| KAUSAT-5 | 43135 | Korea Aerospace University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | No signal | Infrared imager to map the Earth’s surface in order to demonstrate environmental monitoring in a lighter, smaller, and cheaper, student-built package. Demonstrate and verify the localized components developed in Space System Research Lab | - |
| CICERO-7 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | 43143 | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (No recent public news found) | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| DemoSat 2 | 43127 | Astranis | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-12 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational | Test a UHF radio payload for the planned microsatellite geostationary communication satellites. | - |
| Kepler-1 KIPP | 43157 | Kepler Communications | Company | Canada | 3U | 2018-01-19 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Personal contact 2018-07-20) | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| Zhou Enlai HA-1 | 43156 | Teenagers Amateur Radio Center of Activity in Huaian | Non-profit | China | 2U | 2018-01-19 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-06-04) | Equipped with amateur radio repeater and SSTV(Slow Scan Television) component, which is to validate still image transmission in narrowband voice channel. There is an SSTV beacon, which put Date/Time/Location information/temperature etc on a SSTV picture. Amateurs worldwide can also use HA-1 to test SSTV via the cubesat. | - |
| QTT 1 (Quantutong 1, TY6, TY-6) | 43158 | Spacety | Company | China | 6U | 2018-01-19 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Last SatNOGS report 2018-05-02) | First technical verification satellite for the "future constellation programme" which is customized and developed by Tianyi Research Institute for Full-chart Location Network Co., Ltd. | - |
| TY2 (Xiaoxiang 2, XX 2) | 43155 | Tianji Research Institute | Institute | China | 6U | 2018-01-19 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last SatNOGS report 2018-08-01) | Verify improved communication technology to enhance the communication signal of satellites, and test the performance of our satellite components in the space. | Spacety |
| Dove Pioneer | 43163 | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-21 | 300 x 500 km, 83 deg | Operational | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 72 Tallhamn-ATC | 43167 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-21 | 500 km, 83 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 73 Marshall | 43165 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-01-21 | 500 km, 83 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Weina 1A (NanoSat-1A, Chuangxing 6-6, Weixing-1A) | 43169 | Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites | Institute | China | 3U | 2018-01-25 | 600 km, 35 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | - | - |
| D-Star One v.1.1 Phoenix | 43188 | German Orbital Systems | Company | Germany | 3U | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Was operational until 2018-02-02, 1 day? Couple of good SatNOGS passes in 2018-06? | Equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. Two modules are used for telemetry and telecomand and operate on identical frequencies. Telemetry can be received on 435,7 MHz, the format will be disclosed after launch. Both modules receive, and both modules answer. To prevent information loss, they answer after each other. The other two modules are dedicated to the radio amateur community. | - |
| S-Net 1 (Tubsat 13, S-NET A) | 43186 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 8 kg | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-06) | Demonstrate multipoint inter-satellite-link with S-band transceiver. Verify the newly developed / optimized ISL communication protocols (OSI level 3 and above). | - |
| Lemur-2 74 Kadi | 43184 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| S-Net 2 (Tubsat 14, S-NET B) | 43187 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 8 kg | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-20) | Demonstrate multipoint inter-satellite-link with S-band transceiver. Verify the newly developed / optimized ISL communication protocols (OSI level 3 and above). | - |
| Lemur-2 75 TheNickMolo | 43185 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| S-Net 3 (Tubsat 15, S-NET C) | 43188 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 8 kg | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-04) | Demonstrate multipoint inter-satellite-link with S-band transceiver. Verify the newly developed / optimized ISL communication protocols (OSI level 3 and above). | - |
| Lemur-2 76 Jin-Luen | 43182 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| S-Net 4 (Tubsat 16, S-NET D) | 43189 | Technische Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 8 kg | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-03-18) | Demonstrate multipoint inter-satellite-link with S-band transceiver. Verify the newly developed / optimized ISL communication protocols (OSI level 3 and above). | - |
| Lemur-2 77 UramChanSol | 43183 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-02-01 | 580 km, 98 deg | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| GOMX-4A (Ulloriaq) | 43197 | GomSpace | Company | Denmark | 6U | 2018-02-02 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | A surveillance demonstration for the Artic. GomSpace will develop and deliver the satellite and launch is expected by the end of 2017. By this agreement, the Danish Defence will have its own first satellite. Demonstrate inter-satellite linking and station keeping capabilities; key enabling technologies for future | Nanospace, Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) |
| Juvenile (Junior Star, Shaonian Xing, MiniStar) | 43199 | China Soong Ching Ling Youth Science and Culture Center | Non-profit | China | 3U | 2018-02-02 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-05-18) | VHF uplink and UHF downlink data control board with loop back function, it can act as an FM repeater.. Camera, and transmit SSTV image through NBFM modulation. 2.4G band with 2 MHZ bandwidth multiple frequency up and down link communication experiment. | - |
| GOMX-4B | 43196 | GomSpace | Company | Denmark | 6U | 2018-02-02 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational (Public news) | Demonstrate inter-satellite linking and station keeping capabilities; key enabling technologies for future | Nanospace, ESA |
| FMN-1 (FengMaNiu-1, Windmill One) | 43192 | Link Space Aerospace Technology | Company | China | 3U | 2018-02-02 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | Operational? (Last DK3WN report 2018-04-30) | Main mission of the satellite is that new component experiment. FMN-1 will also serve as a repeater for amateurs worldwide via the onboard transponder system. Two 4K cameras. | - |
| TRICOM 1R Tasuki | 43201 | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 3U | 2018-02-03 | 190 x 2000 km, 30.9 deg | Operational | Two cameras, one on either side, to take pictures of the Earth. Expected to operate for about a month before re-entering the earth’s atmosphere and burning up. | - |
| Tanyusha-YuZGU 4 (Radioskaf RS-9, Tanyusha-SWSU 4, Tanusha 4) | 42912 | Southwestern State University | University | Russia | 3U | 2018-02-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | Achieve autonomous grouping of satellites in space and measure density of vacuum. | - |
| Tanyusha-YuZGU 3 (Radioskaf RS-8, Tanyusha-SWSU 3, Tanusha 3) | 42911 | Southwestern State University | University | Russia | 3U | 2018-02-13 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | Achieve autonomous grouping of satellites in space and measure density of vacuum. | - |
| 1KUNS-PF (1KUNS-PF) | 43467 | University of Nairobi | University | Kenya | 1U | 2018-04-02 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-31) | Educational project with satellite technology. Earth Observation and technological tests. | University of Rome" La Sapienza ", Italian Space Agency |
| UBAKUSAT | 43466 | ITU (Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 3U | 2018-04-02 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Was operational until 2018-06-XX? (Last DK3WN & SatNOGS report 2018-05-31) | Provide voice communication between suitable locations from Low Earth Orbit for duration of about 10 minutes max. | - |
| Irazu (Batsu-CS 1, Irazy, Irazú, Dspace) | 43468 | Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) | University | Costa Rica | 1U | 2018-04-02 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-07-29) | To complete a space project life-cycle, and to develop a platform to monitor the growth in biomass of planted trees to offset carbon emissions and to help reduce Global Warming. | GomSpace, Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE), Delft University of Technology |
| DebrisSat-1 (DS-1, Net, RemoveDEBRIS) | On spacecraft | Surrey Space Centre | University | UK | 2U | 2018-04-02 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On spacecraft | Inflate a balloon which actis as a deorbiting technology and provides a larger target area. A net is then ejected from the RemoveDEBRIS microsatellite when DS-1 is at 7 m distance. | Surrey Satellite Technology, ISIS, CASEM, ESL. |
| DebrisSat-2 (DS-2, VBN, RemoveDEBRIS) | On spacecraft | Surrey Space Centre | University | UK | 2U | 2018-04-02 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On spacecraft | The vision-based navigation (VBN) experiment is shown as follows. In this experiment, the second CubeSat (produced by Surrey Space Centre), DS-2, is ejected by the platform at very low velocity. The VBN camera and Lidar (produced between Airbus DS, CSEM and Inria) then collect data and send it via the platform back to the ground for processing. | Surrey Satellite Technology, ISIS, CASEM, ESL. |
| Weina 1B (NanoSat-1B, Chuangxing 6-6, Weixing-1B) | 43279 | Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites | Institute | China | 3U | 2018-04-10 | 1090 km, 63.4 deg | Operational? (No public news found) | - | - |
| MarCO 2 (Mars Cube One, EVE, MARCO-B) | 43459 | NASA | Agency | US | 6U | 2018-05-05 | Mars flyby, deep space | Operational (Public news) | Serve as a relay satellite to send data back to Earth during InSight's entry, descent and landing operations at Nars | - |
| MarCO 1 (Mars Cube One, WALL-E, MARCO-A) | 43458 | NASA | Agency | US | 6U | 2018-05-05 | Mars flyby, deep space | Operational (Public news) | Serve as a relay satellite to send data back to Earth during InSight's entry, descent and landing operations at Nars | - |
| HaloSat (Halo-Sat) | 43547 | University of Iowa | University | US | 6U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Public news) | Map the distribution of hot gas in the Milky Way and determine whether it fills an extended halo or the halo is compact with no contribution to the total mass of the galaxy. Measure soft X-ray emissions from the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Map O VII and O VIII line emission to look at Milky Way to see if we have a massive, extended, hot halo. | - |
| EnduroSat A (EnduroSat One) | 43554 | EnduroSat | University | Bulgaria | 1U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational | Foster Amateur Radio’s participation in space research and communication in Bulgaria, to teach the participants in Space Challenges Program and hundreds of students from diverse in practical satellite communication and to promote amateur radio hobby to young people henceforth to enrich the Radio Amateur community in Bulgaria. | Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) |
| MemSat (MemSat-1) | 43553 | Rowan University | University | US | 1U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No public news found) | Memristor evaluation payload to characterize and compare the behavior of memristor memory devices against standard, silicon-based memory technologies to determine potential advantages and/or disadvantages of memristors for space applications. | - |
| RainCube | 43546 | NASA | Agency | US | 6U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Public news) | Ka-band precipitation radar technologies on a low-cost, quick-turnaround platform. The proposed mission is to develop, launch, and operate a 35.75 GHz radar payload on a 6U CubeSat. | |
| CubeRTT (CubeSat Radiometer RFI Technology Validation ) | 43550 | Ohio State University | University | US | 6U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No public news found) | Demonstrate RFI technologies for Earth-sensing microwave radiometers, enabling scientists to remotely sense global properties such as soil moisture, atmospheric water vapor, sea surface temperature, sea surface winds, and more. | NASA |
| AeroCube-12 A (AC12-A) | 43556 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational? (No public new found) | Demonstrate new star-tracker imaging sensors, a variety of nanotechnology payloads, advanced solar cells, and an electric propulsion system on one of the two satellites (AC12-B). The experiments performed with the AC12 program will build upon technologies tested on the AC8 CubeSats. | |
| AeroCube-12 B (AC12-B) | 43557 | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational? (No public new found) | Demonstrate new star-tracker imaging sensors, a variety of nanotechnology payloads, advanced solar cells, and an electric propulsion system on one of the two satellites (AC12-B). The experiments performed with the AC12 program will build upon technologies tested on the AC8 CubeSats. | |
| Radix | 43548 | Analytical Space | Company | US | 6U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Personal contact 2018-07-07, no public news found) | First pilot satellite. Optical small satellite communications network. | - |
| RadSat-g | 43551 | Montana State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | No signal? (No public news found) | Demonstrate computer architecture designed to mitigate radiation induced faults. | Boeing, QuickSAT |
| Lemur-2 78 TomHenderson | 43560 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 79 Yuasa | 43561 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 80 Alexander | 43558 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 81 Vu | 43559 | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-05-21 | 500 km, 51.6 deg, Cygnus | Operational | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| EQUiSat | 43552 | Brown University | University | US | 1U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Flashing LEDs https://twitter.com/browncubesat) | Constructed in a short time frame by a small group of undergraduate engineering students to encourage non-professional involvement in the ever-growing aerospace industry. As such, a key objective of the EquiSat is accessibility to the public eye. | - |
| TEMPEST-D (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - Demonstrator) | 43549 | Colorado State University | University | US | 6U | 2018-05-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Public news) | Provides risk mitigation for the TEMPEST mission that will provide the first temporal observations of cloud and precipitation processes on a global scale. | - |
| Luojia 1-01 (LJ 1-01) | 43485 | Wuhan University | University | China | 6U | 2018-06-02 | 650 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | Operational (http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-07-10/doc-ihezpzwu6024151.shtml) | Night-light Earth observation with 100 m resolution. | - |
| MAYA-1 (BIRDS-2) | Not yet assigned | - | University | Philippines | 1U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-08-10) | Provide digital message relay service to the amateur radio community by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. Demonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. | - |
| Biarri-Squad 1 | On ISS | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | Biarri is an international defence-science collaborative program, with the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia each contributing a subsystem of the mission. One of the benefits of such collaboration is the capability building process that it fosters in the participating nations, especially as it relates to space related programs. | Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia |
| UiTMSAT-1 (BIRDS-2) | Not yet assigned | - | University | Malaysia | 1U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-08-10) | Provide digital message relay service to the amateur radio community by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. Demonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. | - |
| Biarri-Squad 2 | On ISS | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | Biarri is an international defence-science collaborative program, with the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia each contributing a subsystem of the mission. One of the benefits of such collaboration is the capability building process that it fosters in the participating nations, especially as it relates to space related programs. | Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia |
| BHUTAN-1 (BIRDS-2) | Not yet assigned | - | University | Bhutan | 1U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | Operational (Last DK3WN report 2018-08-10) | Provide digital message relay service to the amateur radio community by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. Demonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. | - |
| Biarri-Squad 3 | On ISS | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2018-06-29 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | Biarri is an international defence-science collaborative program, with the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia each contributing a subsystem of the mission. One of the benefits of such collaboration is the capability building process that it fosters in the participating nations, especially as it relates to space related programs. | Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia |
| SiriusSat 1 | On ISS | Sirius Educational Centre | School | Russia | 1U | 2018-07-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | The scientific and educational satellites were assembled by schoolchildren in cooperation with SPUTNIX specialists on the basis of the nanosatellite platform OrbiCaft-Pro developed by the company. | SPUTNIX, Moscow State University |
| SiriusSat 2 | On ISS | Sirius Educational Centre | School | Russia | 1U | 2018-07-09 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | On ISS | The scientific and educational satellites were assembled by schoolchildren in cooperation with SPUTNIX specialists on the basis of the nanosatellite platform OrbiCaft-Pro developed by the company. | SPUTNIX, Moscow State University |
| HSKSAT | not launched | HSK Amateur Radio Club (Harada Seiki Kogyo) | Company | Japan | 3U | 2018-09-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Experiment with unprecedented high speed communication techniques over the amateur radio communication community. The satellite will transmit a large capacity of data at high transmission speed of 1 Mbps within occupied bandwidth of merely 290 kHz through a modulation of 32APSK in the S band. | - |
| STARS-Me A Mother | not launched | Shizuoka University | University | Japan | 1U | 2018-09-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Two 1U CubeSats having basic functions independently, and each satellite communicates with the ground station independently. The two CubeSats are connected by a tether. A climber will traverse on the deployed tether. The climber uses Bluetooth to transmit the data to a ground station via a CubeSat of STARS-Me. It will be the first time in the world that a climber traverse on a tether, and we are planning to gather the image data of the climber. | - |
| STARS-Me B Daughter | not launched | Shizuoka University | University | Japan | 1U | 2018-09-10 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Two 1U CubeSats having basic functions independently, and each satellite communicates with the ground station independently. The two CubeSats are connected by a tether. A climber will traverse on the deployed tether. The climber uses Bluetooth to transmit the data to a ground station via a CubeSat of STARS-Me. It will be the first time in the world that a climber traverse on a tether, and we are planning to gather the image data of the climber. | - |
| ARC2 (Alaska Research CubeSat) | not launched | University of Alaska | University | US | 1U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate a CubeSat bus architecture and fly an improved Launch Environment Data Logger to measure the vibrational and thermal environment inside the launch vehicle from ignition to orbit. | - |
| SurfSat | not launched | University of Central Florida | University | US | 2U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | Measure plasma-induced surface charging and electrostatic discharge measurements. It will take in-situ measurements of the ground current waveforms from chosen common spacecraft dielectric material samples, measure the spacecraft and material potentials and will use a Langmuir probe system to measure the ambient plasma environment. | - |
| IT-SPINS (Spacebuoy, Ionospheric-Thermospheric Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral Studies ) | not launched | Montana State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | Provide the first two-dimensional (2D) tomographic imaging from a 3U research CubeSat, addressing the basic nature of the nocturnal ionosphere. Study how dominant O+ ions are lost to charge exchange with H and He atoms at the top of Earth’s ionosphere. | - |
| CP7 (DAVE, Damping and Vibrations Experiment) | not launched | California Polytechnic University | University | US | 1U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | In orbit, DAVE provides a low cost and low risk platform to acquire data to characterize unknown particle damper microgravity behavior. Simultaneously, the mission achieves flight heritage for particle damper technology. The completion of these objectives overcomes barriers currently inhibiting the employment of particle dampers in space. | Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| ELFIN-A (ELFIN) | not launched | University of California | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | Explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the radiation belts. Space weather. | National Science Foundation |
| ELFIN-B (ELFIN-STAR, ELFIN*) | not launched | University of California | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-12 | not launched | not launched | Explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the radiation belts. Space weather. | National Science Foundation |
| MicroMAS-2 B | not launched | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Validate new ultra-compact and low-power technology for CubeSat-sized microwave radiometers and validate operational high-performance cross-track scanner technology and CubeSat attitude control and stabilization. It will raise the technology readiness level of the radiometer and scanner from five to seven. | - |
| MiTEE-B (Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Assess the feasibility of using miniature electrodynamic (ED) tethers in space as means to provide “propellantless” thrust to maneuver new classes of very small satellites (so-called “picosats” and “femotsats”), that can be the size of your “smart-phone” and smaller, and also make up for atmospheric drag as they orbit around the Earth. The key questions we need to understand center on the physical dynamics (how it moves) and electrodynamics (how it flows currents through the conducting tether and generates thrust). | - |
| Planet Labs Tech-demo sat | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| CACTUS-1 (Coordinated Applied Capitol Technology University Satellite) | not launched | Capitol Technology University | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Technological demonstration of a cost-saving communications and commanding innovation. The payload will lower investment in communications and ground systems technology by licensing conventional internet satellite providers for low earth orbit use. | - |
| PICS 1 (Passive Inspection CubeSat) | not launched | Brigham Young University | University | US | 1U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Demonstration mission of a spacecraft capable of performing inspection, maintenance and assembly on another spacecraft. It will demonstrate ultrafast booting and power-up operation of system electronics and the low-risk inspection of the exterior of a spacecraft by a passive, flyaway probe. | - |
| Q-PACE (QPACE, Cu-PACE, CubeSat Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment) | not launched | University of Central Florida | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Perform a long-duration microgravity experiments in orbit to observe novel low-speed collisions in greater numbers than possible in ground-based, parabolic and suborbital flight experiments. | - |
| RadFXSat-2 (Fox-1E) | not launched | Vanderbilt University | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate a short interval, cost-effective, on-orbit platform for enhanced qualification of components for space flight. The data collected will be used to validate and improve computer models used to predict radiation tolerance of integrated circuits. Also serve as a communications relay for amateurs worldwide via the onboard transponder system. The communications and experiment missions will run concurrently. | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) |
| CAPE-3 (Cape III) | not launched | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | University | US | 1U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Educational mission that will fly the Smartphone CubeSat Classroom, which allows anyone with a smartphone to set up a ground station with a kit. Interactive educational activities will give students the ability to interact with the CubeSat via an app on their smartphone and use their smartphone to design their own CubeSat experiments. | - |
| CP12 (ExoCube2) | not launched | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Acquiring in-situ densities of ions and neutrals in the upper ionosphere and lower exosphere. ExoCube 2 uses a gated time-of-flight spectrometer developed by NASA Goddard. | - |
| INCA (Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer) | not launched | New Mexico State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Study the latitude and time dependencies of the neutron spectrum in low-Earth orbit for the first time to improve current space weather models and mitigate threats to space and airborne assets. The data acquired from the INCA mission will help to expand space weather models and contribute to further understanding of the radiation belts. | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of New Hampshire |
| PolarCube | not launched | University of Colorado at Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Primary research goal of demonstrating atmospheric sounding and sea ice/ice-free ocean detection and mapping over the Polar Regions. The secondary focus is an educational goal to integrate and fly a passive radiometer while working closely with science and engineering experts. | Air Force Research Labs |
| ALBus (Advanced Electrical Bus) | not launched | NASA Glenn Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | The goals of the mission are to demonstrate efficient battery charging in the orbital environment, 100 Watt distribution to a target electrical load, flexible power system distribution interfaces, adaptation of power system control on orbit and successful deployment of solar arrays and antennas using resettable shape memory alloy mechanisms. | |
| PICS 2 (Passive Inspection CubeSat) | not launched | Brigham Young University | University | US | 1U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Demonstration mission of a spacecraft capable of performing inspection, maintenance and assembly on another spacecraft. It will demonstrate ultrafast booting and power-up operation of system electronics and the low-risk inspection of the exterior of a spacecraft by a passive, flyaway probe. | - |
| MiTEE-A (Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2018-09-29 | not launched | not launched | Assess the feasibility of using miniature electrodynamic (ED) tethers in space as means to provide “propellantless” thrust to maneuver new classes of very small satellites (so-called “picosats” and “femotsats”), that can be the size of your “smart-phone” and smaller, and also make up for atmospheric drag as they orbit around the Earth. The key questions we need to understand center on the physical dynamics (how it moves) and electrodynamics (how it flows currents through the conducting tether and generates thrust). | - |
| CAS-5B | not launched | CAMSAT (Chinese Amateur Satellite Group) | Non-profit | China | 0.5 kg | 2018-09-31 | 530 km, 97.5 deg | not launched | A femto-satellite architecture 90Lx80Wx50H mm with mass: 0.5kg. Deployed from CAS-5A. | - |
| CAS-5A | not launched | CAMSAT (Chinese Amateur Satellite Group) | Non-profit | China | 6U | 2018-09-31 | 530 km, 97.5 deg | not launched | HF/HF - H/T Mode Linear Transponder ● HF/UHF - H/U Mode Linear Transponder ● HF - CW Telemetry Beacon ● VHF/UHF - V/U Mode Linear Transponder ● VHF/UHF - V/U Mode FM Transponde. Will deploy femtosatellite CAS-5B. | - |
| LUME-1 | not launched | University of Vigo | University | Italy | 2U | 2018-10-30 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | IOD Platform for the validation of TOTEM, a Software Defined Radio payload. It will incorporate, in a very reduced volume, UHF and S-band communications; together with spectrum monitoring capabilities. | - |
| Reaktor Hello World | not launched | Reaktor Space Lab | Company | Finland | 2U | 2018-10-30 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Take landscape images from space. Primary objective of the Reaktor software company at this stage is mainly to learn more about the activities of the satellites and the opportunities it offers. | Aalto University |
| Unicorn-2A | not launched | Alba Orbital | Company | UK | PocketQube 3p | 2018-10-30 | not launched | not launched | Advanced 3p PocketQube platform. Tech demo of an Optical payload, with 16m GSD. | - |
| Delfi-PQ 1 | not launched | Delft University of Technology | University | Netherlands | PocketQube 3p | 2018-10-30 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrating a reliable core bus platform and at least one advanced subsystem or payload. | - |
| 3CAT1 | not launched | Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC, BarcelonaTECH) | University | Spain | 1U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Find out how plasma conditions at space Affect wireless energy transmission under a modular satellite schema. | - |
| Flock-3r 1 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 2 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 3 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Centauri II | not launched | Fleet Space | Company | Australia | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | IoT satellite network. | - |
| Flock-3r 4 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 5 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 6 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 7 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 8 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 9 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 10 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 11 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 12 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 13 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 14 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Hiber One (Hiber 1) | not launched | Hiber Global (Magnitude Space) | Company | Netherlands | 6U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the initial IoT/M2M service. | Built by ISISpace. |
| Flock-3r 15 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3r 16 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| FACSAT-1 (FAC SAT) | not launched | Colombian Air Force | Military | Colombia | 3U | 2018-10-31 | not launched | not launched | The potential FACSAT Program, formed by a unique low inclination constellation and planned to be launched in 2020, will provide the Colombian Air Force with unprecedented space capacities. GomSpace is currently delivering the FACSAT-1 nanosatellite as a turnkey project to the Colombian Air Force with a contracted launch in the first half of 2018. | Delivered by GomSpace. |
| TJREVERB | not launched | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | School | US | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Full duplex UHF/VHF uplink transceiver provided by AMSAT, and will assist students in learning the components of a working satellite, evaluating multiple communication methods, developing communication methodologies, and managing workflow. | - |
| UNITE (Undergraduate Nano Ionospheric Temperature Explorer) | not launched | Purdue University | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Make a series of global measurements in the lower ionosphere, take space weather measurements, assess drag, and take temperature measurements to compare against thermal models. | University of Southern Indiana, Near Space Launch |
| ThinSat-1A | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| Światowid | not launched | SatRevolution | Company | Poland | 2U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Perform detailed studies of changes in the magnetic field and the Earth gravity. Imaging the Earth in 4m resolution (obtained through the use of an innovative lens. If succeed, it would become the first Polish-made commercial and private satellite. | Unversity of Grenoble bought the satellite? |
| ThinSat-1B | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1C | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| CAPSat | not launched | University of Illinois | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Investigate three navigation and control technology demonstrations utilizing strain-actuated deployable panels, an active thermal system for small spacecraft, and single-photon avalanche detectors. | - |
| ThinSat-1D | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1E | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| SASSI2 | not launched | University of Illinois | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Characterize the flow and radiation generated by the diffuse bow shock formed during high-speed flight through the upper atmosphere. Optical spectrographic measurements of the radiation will provide benchmark data for flow, radiation, and materials modeling, improving aerothermal reentry models. | Purdue University, Bradley University |
| VCC 1 (Virginia Cubesat Constellation 1) | not launched | Virginia Space Grant Consortium | University | US | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | 1. Obtain measurements of the orbital decay of multiple satellites to obtain in situ quantification of atmospheric drag and the variability of atmospheric properties. 2. Evaluate and demonstrate a system to determine and communicate relative and absolute spacecraft position across an orbiting constellation. | Consortium consists of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Hampton University. |
| ThinSat-1F | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| VCC 2 (Virginia Cubesat Constellation 2) | not launched | Virginia Space Grant Consortium | University | US | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | 1. Obtain measurements of the orbital decay of multiple satellites to obtain in situ quantification of atmospheric drag and the variability of atmospheric properties. 2. Evaluate and demonstrate a system to determine and communicate relative and absolute spacecraft position across an orbiting constellation. | Consortium consists of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Hampton University. |
| SOCRATES (Signal of Opportunity CubeSat Ranging and Timing Experiment System ) | not launched | University of Minnesota | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Advance a Gamma Ray Incidence Detector (GRID) sensor from TRL 5 to 7. The sensor is being developed to make accurate positioning, navigation and timing measurements for CubeSats. | - |
| ThinSat-1G | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| VCC 3 (Virginia Cubesat Constellation 3) | not launched | Virginia Space Grant Consortium | University | US | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | 1. Obtain measurements of the orbital decay of multiple satellites to obtain in situ quantification of atmospheric drag and the variability of atmospheric properties. 2. Evaluate and demonstrate a system to determine and communicate relative and absolute spacecraft position across an orbiting constellation. | Consortium consists of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Hampton University. |
| ThinSat-1H | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1I | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1J | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1K | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| ThinSat-1L | not launched | Virginia Space | Non-profit | US | ThinSat (0.28kg) | 2018-11-21 | 200 x 250 km, 51.6 deg | not launched | Low cost, short term program that will increase student engagement and interest in STEM fields. Short-term missions completed in a school year. Uses latest technology for satellites. Universal satellite design integrated with personalized payload. Scientific analysis of the atmosphere. Approximately 5 days of orbit life. No space debris after ThinSat deorbit. | Twiggs Space Lab, Orbital ATK, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
| Delphini-1 (AUSAT) | not launched | Aarhus University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Aiming at assessing, designing and developing nano-satellites for research and education at Aarhus University. Equipped with a camera for observations (1U-NanoEye) | GomSpace |
| KrakSat | not launched | AGH University of Science and Technology | University | Poland | 2U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | - | Built by SatRevolution, Jagiellonian University |
| EntrySat | not launched | ISAE Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace | University | France | 3U | 2018-11-21 | not launched | not launched | QB50. Study the atmospheric re-entry. The reduced dimensions, 34x10x10 cm, as well as the absence of special protective systems, make it very similar to debris produced during the breakup of a spacecraft. The satellite will collect data about the temperature, heat flux, pressure, drag force, and attitude during re-entry. All data will be transmitted before its destruction using the Iridium communication system. | QB50, |
| CySat 1 (CySat-1) | not launched | Iowa State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Design, build, test, and fly ISU's first satellite. Establish platform for future ISU satellites. Provide a real world application for students to apply knowledge and course work. Successfully integrate radiometers. | Softronics |
| SPACE HAUC 1 | not launched | University of Massachusetts | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Hands-on student training mission that will also demonstrate X-band beam steering from a CubeSat platform. | - |
| TechEdSat-8 | not launched | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Further develop and demonstrate the Exo-Brake system through full recovery of a payload. | - |
| MYSAT-1 (MI CubeSat) | not launched | Masdar Institute | University | United Arab Emirates | 1U | 2018-11-21 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Communicate with our CubeSat in space, and establish a telemetry download. Taking photos of our area (UAE) using a camera as a payload and send the photos back to our ground station. In addition, a new Lithium – Ion battery which is manufactured in Masdar Institute laboratories will be tested in Space. | Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), Space Systems Loral |
| ITASAT 1 | not launched | Technological Institute of Aeronautics | University | Brazil | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | It carries several experimental payloads: a data collection system, a GPS receiver and a camera system providing a ground resolution of about 80 m. | National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Northeast Regional Center (CRN), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), IAE |
| CSIM (CSIM-FD, CSIM FD, (Compact Solar Irradiance Monitor) | not launched | University of Colorado | University | US | 6U | 2018-11-29 | not launched | not launched | Observe the solar spectral irradiance, will be transmitting a beacon signal and spacecraft telemetry and health periodically for amateur operators to detect and decode via a public telemetry decoder. | Meteo France. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| Polar Scout A (ORS-7, Polar Scout 1, ORS-7) | not launched | US Coast Guard | Military | US | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide a maritime surveillance capability for the U.S. Coast Guard. The objective is to prove out the capability of analytics as an emerging market enterprise and demonstrate a maritime geolocation. | U.S. Homeland, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force, NOAA |
| EdgeCube | not launched | Sonoma State University | University | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Map Chlorophyll over the entire surface of the Earth on a ~100 km scale. | - |
| RAAF M1 ( (CubeSat-M1) | not launched | University of New South Wales (UNSW Canberra) | University | Australia | 3U | 2018-11-29 | not launched | not launched | • Deliver to the RAAF AIS / ADS-B capability across the globe using COTS AIS and ADS-B systems. • Test, validate and further develop Australian SSA capabilities by providing engineering design and performance data for the design of future passive radar systems to track LEO spacecraft. • Develop and demonstrate software defined radio capability, which is used to support AIS and ADS-B monitoring and recording and GNSS SDR receive capability for passive LEO tacking. • Develop and demonstrate building-block technologies and CONOPS for future ADF space capabilities. | Australian Defence Force (ADF) |
| KNACKSAT (KMUTNB Academic Challenge of Knowledge SATellite) | not launched | King Mongkut University of Technology | University | Thailand | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Testing in-house developed subsystems in orbit. Studying 3-axis attitude control using magnetic torques. Testing in-house developed transmitter and receiver in orbit and take picture of Earth by CMOS camera. | - |
| EAGLET-1 | not launched | CGS | Company | Italy | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Precursor to 20 satellite constellation planned for 2018. | - |
| IRVINE02 | not launched | University High School | School | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Electric propulsion system that will allow students to acquire technical skills in tracking and communicating with the satellite. Take and download pictures of the moon and planets for educational purposes. | - |
| SpaceICE | not launched | University of Illinois | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test freeze-casting technique in space. Freeze-casting is a novel materials fabrication technique that utilizes ice as a fugitive space-holder to create highly complex, three-dimensional pore structures and net-shape objects. | Northwestern University |
| EXCITE-1 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| Astrocast 0.1 (ACN-0) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. The goal of the mission is to demonstrate all the satellite functionalities and multi satellite operations. | - |
| VESTA | not launched | Honeywell | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test a new two-way VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) payload for the exactEarth advanced maritime satellite constellation | Surrey Satellite Technology, UK Space Agency |
| BRIO | not launched | Myriota / SpaceQuest | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test IoT/M2M service. Test and evaluate an advanced RF Transceiver. | Built by SpaceQuest. |
| MOVE-II | not launched | Technical University of München | University | Germany | 1U | 2018-11-29 | not launched | not launched | Detecting antiprotons in South Atlantic Anomaly. | - |
| EXCITE-2 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| Hamilton 1 | not launched | Kubos | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test flight of Kubos's flight control open-source flight control and mission management software. | |
| SNUSat-2 | not launched | Seoul National University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Early point of interest scanning mission for disaster monitoring using wide angle and high resolution cameras. | - |
| EXCITE-3 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-4 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| VisionCube | not launched | Korea Aerospace University | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Obtain images of Transient Luminous Events in the upper atmosphere. The image processing payload consists of a multi-anode photon multiplier tube(MaPMT), a camera, and a real-time image processing engine built by using SoC (System-on-Chip) FPGA technologies. | - |
| EXCITE-5 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-6 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| SeaHawk-1 | not launched | University of North Carolina Wilmington | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Enhance the ability of the earth sciences to observe ocean color in high temporal and spatial resolution modes through the use of a low-cost, next generation, miniature ocean color sensor flown aboard a CubeSat. | Cloudland Instruments, Clyde Space, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hawk Institute for Space Sciences, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| Audacy Zero (Audacy-0) | not launched | Audacy | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test in-house communications hardware that will be later used to provide continuous communications between satellites and operator. | Manufactured by Clyde Space. |
| EXCITE-7 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-8 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-9 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| Centauri I | not launched | Fleet Space | Company | Australia | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | IoT satellite network. | - |
| EXCITE-10 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-11 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| Astrocast 0.2 (ACN-0) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. The goal of the mission is to demonstrate all the satellite functionalities and multi satellite operations. | - |
| ExseedSat | not launched | Exseed Space Innovations | Company | India | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide a multifunction UHF/VHF NBFM amateur communication satellite. It will have various configurable modes, including: • UHF to VHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch • VHF to UHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch • Power output selectable between 1 watt and 0.5 watt • Digipeat feature with APRS on UHF uplink nd VHF downlink • Melody mode : It will play a simple melody of a few notes on special occasions or events. This will interest students outreach. | - |
| EXCITE-12 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| EXCITE-13 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| WeissSat-1 | not launched | Weiss School | School | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Validate a novel lab-on-a-chip system that will demonstrate a live/dead fluorescent dye staining approach and microfluidics to assess the viability of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that have been thawed after being entrapped in water ice. | - |
| EXCITE-14 Satlet (eXperiment for Cellular Integration Technologies) | not launched | DARPA | Military | US | Satlet 7.5 kg | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | The DARPA satlets are modular small satellites each 10 centimeters high and 20 centimeters square with a mass of 7.5 kilograms. Mission is to demonstrate the ability to build a satellite bus like a biological cellular system, using the satlets to form a unique bus around a payload, such as a sensor. | Novawurks, Pumpkin |
| MinXSS-2 (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat) | not launched | University of Colorado at Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Better understand the energy distribution of solar flare soft X-ray (SXR) emissions and its impact on Earth’s ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere (ITM). MinXSS-2 will be in a polar orbit and will have a significantly longer lifetime than MinXSS. | - |
| Capella 1 (SpaceCap) | not launched | Capella Space | Company | US | 12U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). | not launched |
| BEESAT-5 (PiNaSys II) | not launched | Berlin Technical University | Company | Germany | 0.25U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Picosatellite swarm mission is developed consisting of the four quarter-unit CubeSats BEESAT-5 to BEESAT-8 with a mass of 330 grams each. The picosatellites were designed fully redundant and almost complete single-fault tolerant. The flight results and the verifid components will be used for future nanosatellite formation and swarm missions of TU Berlin. | - |
| BEESAT-6 (PiNaSys II) | not launched | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 0.25U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Picosatellite swarm mission is developed consisting of the four quarter-unit CubeSats BEESAT-5 to BEESAT-8 with a mass of 330 grams each. The picosatellites were designed fully redundant and almost complete single-fault tolerant. The flight results and the verifid components will be used for future nanosatellite formation and swarm missions of TU Berlin. | - |
| BEESAT-7 (PiNaSys II) | not launched | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 0.25U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Picosatellite swarm mission is developed consisting of the four quarter-unit CubeSats BEESAT-5 to BEESAT-8 with a mass of 330 grams each. The picosatellites were designed fully redundant and almost complete single-fault tolerant. The flight results and the verifid components will be used for future nanosatellite formation and swarm missions of TU Berlin. | - |
| BEESAT-8 (PiNaSys II) | not launched | Berlin Technical University | University | Germany | 0.25U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Picosatellite swarm mission is developed consisting of the four quarter-unit CubeSats BEESAT-5 to BEESAT-8 with a mass of 330 grams each. The picosatellites were designed fully redundant and almost complete single-fault tolerant. The flight results and the verifid components will be used for future nanosatellite formation and swarm missions of TU Berlin. | - |
| BlackHawk | not launched | ViaSat | Company | Sweden | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| Hiber Two (Hiber 2) | not launched | Hiber Global (Magnitude Space) | Company | Netherlands | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test the initial IoT/M2M service. | Built by ISISpace. |
| Orbital Reflector (ORS-1) | not launched | Nevada Museum of Art / OR Productions | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Deploy large reflective sculpture. | Global Western |
| SIRION Pathfinder | not launched | Sirion Global | Company | Australia | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| Al-Farabi-2 (Al–Farabi 2) | not launched | Al-Farabi Kazak National University | University | Kazakhstan | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| THEA | not launched | SpaceQuest / Aurora Insight | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test and evaluate a spectrum survey payload developed by Aurora Insight. | Built by SpaceQuest. |
| ENOCH | not launched | LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)? | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| KazSciSat-1 | not launched | Ghalam LLP | Company | Kazakhstan | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| RANGE-A (Ranging And Nanosatellite Guidance Experiment) | not launched | Georgia Tech | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Two cubesats that will fly in a leader-follower formation. The on-board instrumentation will include state-of-the-art global positioning system (GPS) receivers, linked to miniaturized atomic clocks, for precise orbit determination. The relative positions of the satellites will be measured using a compact inter-satellite laser ranging system that will also double as a laser communications system. | - |
| JY1-SAT (JY1SAT) | not launched | Crown Prince Foundation | University | Jordan | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Carry a linear inverting transponder for radio amateurs around the world to operate, it will also broadcast SSTV images periodically, and the content of these images will reflect the Jordanian culture and its historical heritage. The project also aims to build up space capability related to CubeSat technology in Jordan. | The Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society (RJRAS) |
| RANGE-B (Ranging And Nanosatellite Guidance Experiment) | not launched | Georgia Tech | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Two cubesats that will fly in a leader-follower formation. The on-board instrumentation will include state-of-the-art global positioning system (GPS) receivers, linked to miniaturized atomic clocks, for precise orbit determination. The relative positions of the satellites will be measured using a compact inter-satellite laser ranging system that will also double as a laser communications system. | - |
| Suomi 100 (Finland100) | not launched | Aalto University | University | Finland | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Part of the programme of centenary of Finland’s independence in 2017. The satellite’s payload is a wide-view high detail camera and a low frequency receiver. | - |
| ZACUBE-2 | not launched | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | University | South Africa | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Testbed for a ship-tracking payload and will be used to validate the use case of employing nanosatellites in ocean vessel detection through the automatic identification system (AIS) protocol. Additionally, the satellite will carry medium resolution imagers as a secondary payload to demonstrate the feasibility of using a nanosatellite for imaging applications, such as ocean colour monitoring and fire tracking. | Stellenbosch University |
| Landmapper-BC 4v2 (Corvus-BC4 v2, Perseus-O) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Fox-1C | not launched | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | - | - |
| K2SAT | not launched | Republic of Korea Air Force Academy | University | South Korea | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Demonstrate satellite imaging and transfer, and secondly to test voice repeating capability. The payloads: 1. On-board camera 2. On-board voice repeater. | - |
| Elysium-Star 2 (Shooting Star Memorial) | not launched | Elysium Space | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | It will carry loved one ashes, lock of hairs, or meaningful mementos provided by the participants. | - |
| Flock-3s 1 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| SpaceBEE 9 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 97.7 deg | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| Flock-3s 2 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-3s 3 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| ICE-Cap (IceCAP, Integrated Communications Extension Capability) | not launched | US Navy PEO Space Systems (SPAWAR) | Military | US | 3U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | System will demonstrate the ability to communicate through the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) to send data directly to users on secure networks. ICE-Cap will also show the ability to relay communications from a user near the North Pole to another user half way around the world. | - |
| AISTECHSAT 2 (AISTECH2U-1) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Technology demonstrator for a future nanosatellites constellation. Will include a M2M communications payload, together with an ADS-B receiver; altogether in a tiny 2U platform. | - |
| Snuglite (SNULITE) | not launched | Seoul National University | University | South Korea | 2U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Amateur radio communication training. Demonstration of in-house developed dual frequency GPS receiver. | - |
| SpaceBEE 10 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 97.7 deg | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| SpaceBEE 11 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 97.7 deg | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| Polar Scout B (ORS-7, Polar Scout 2, ORS-7) | not launched | US Coast Guard | Military | US | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide a maritime surveillance capability for the U.S. Coast Guard. The objective is to prove out the capability of analytics as an emerging market enterprise and demonstrate a maritime geolocation. | U.S. Homeland, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force, NOAA |
| PW-Sat 2 (PWSat-2) | not launched | Warsaw University of Technology | University | Poland | 2U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Test two innovative engineering solutions for deorbitation system and sun sensor device. Main experiment – a 2 x 2 m deorbit sail will dramatically decrease the lifetime of the satellite’s orbit after mission end (planned 40 days). There will also be a custom designed Sun sensor consisting of four specially aligned walls with ambient light sensors. | |
| ROSE-1 | not launched | Phase Four | Company | US | 6U | 2018-11-29 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | Smallest RF thruster on a satellite. First plasma engine on a CubeSat. | Bus by Astro Digital |
| OrigamiSat-1 | not launched | Tokyo Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 3U | 2018-11-30 | not launched | not launched | Membrane deployment mission: an highly functional membrane structure is deployed, and its deployment behavior and deployed shapes are measured in orbit. Amateur radio mission: To enhance radio communication skills, 5.84GHz high-speed transmission. | - |
| Irvine01 (Irvine 01) | not launched | Woodbridge High School | School | US | 1U | 2018-11-31 | not launched | not launched | Built by a team of students from five high schools, with guidance from universities and industry experts. The Irvine01 mission is an educational mission that gives high school students the experience of building, testing, and controlling a nanosatellite, with the aim of developing interest and talent in the engineering field. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-11-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| CICERO-4 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | not launched | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2018-11-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| DOTS-X (NanoTug) | not launched | Deep Space Industries (DSI) | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Technology demonstration. Nanotug to actively capture satellites and move them. | Dunvegan Space Systems, NASA |
| Prometheus 2.5 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.6 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.7 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.8 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.9 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Prometheus 2.10 | not launched | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. | US Department of Defense |
| Armadillo (Attitude Related Maneuvers And Debris Instrument in Low (L) Orbit) | not launched | University of Texas | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Characterize in-situ sub-millimeter level dust and debris particles in LEO by sensing impacts at varying times, directions and locations. Demonstrate ionospheric radio-occultation within a single CubeSat volume (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) using a software-defined dual frequency GPS receiver. Train students in best systems engineering practices by executing a complete spacecraft life cycle from concept design to mission operations. | Baylor University |
| FalconSAT-7 | not launched | Air Force Academy | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Solar telescope with the deployable Peregrine photon-sieve optic. | Boeing |
| LightSail-B | not launched | The Planetary Society | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the deployment of a 32 m2 solar sail from a 3-unit CubeSat platform. Following deployment from the launch vehicle, LightSail-A will power on engineering subsystems, and a system checkout will be performed. | Aerospace Corp, Stellar Exploration Systems, California Polytechnic University, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| CP9 (LEO, Launch Environment Observer) | not launched | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 2U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Measure and record in-situ telemetry data from within the P-POD during launch. Specifically, the CP9 and StangSat CubeSats will record thermal data with a k-type thermocouple and dynamic data using two sets of accelerometers measuring ranges of ±10g and ±100g. Demonstrate new technologies within the P-POD platform, including power-on capability and more notably, wireless communication. | Merritt Island High School |
| Stangsat | not launched | Merritt Island High School | School | US | 1U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Primary mission is to measure shock and vibration data during launch. We will be the first CubeSat to be powered on. We also are partnering with a 2U (University) CubeSat and will be wirelessly transmitting through RF our data to them during launch. | California Polytechnic State University |
| TBEx-B (Tandem Beacon Experiment) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Tandem pair of CubeSats, each carrying tri-frequency radio beacons, in near identical, low inclination orbits and a cluster of diagnostic sensors on five islands in the Central Pacific sector. The science objectives and goals of TBEx are to study how the dynamics and processes in the troposphere can act to cause variability in the behavior of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. | - |
| TEPCE A (Tether Electrodynamics Propulsion CubeSat Experiment) | not launched | Naval Research Lab | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Joined by a 1 km tether to test electrodynamic tether propulsion. | United States Air Force |
| PSAT-2 | not launched | US Naval Academy Satellite Lab | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | - | Aerospace Corp, Office of Naval Research of the US Navy |
| TEPCE B (Tether Electrodynamics Propulsion CubeSat Experiment) | not launched | Naval Research Lab | Military | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Joined by a 1 km tether to test electrodynamic tether propulsion. | United States Air Force |
| TBEx-A (Tandem Beacon Experiment) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-01 | not launched | not launched | Tandem pair of CubeSats, each carrying tri-frequency radio beacons, in near identical, low inclination orbits and a cluster of diagnostic sensors on five islands in the Central Pacific sector. The science objectives and goals of TBEx are to study how the dynamics and processes in the troposphere can act to cause variability in the behavior of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. | - |
| STF-1 (Simulation To Flight 1) | not launched | West Virginia University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the utility of the NASA Operational Simulator technologies across the CubeSat development cycle, from concept planning to mission operations. It will demonstrate a highly portable simulation and test platform that allows seamless transition of mission development artifacts to flight products. | NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), |
| NMTSat (New Mexico Tech Nanosatellite) | not launched | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Correlating state-of-health information from the spacecraft with space weather in low Earth orbit (LEO). Consist of five instruments built in-house including: a magnetometer, a Langmuir plasma probe, a dosimeter, a state-of-the-art structural health monitor and an electrical health monitor. | - |
| CP11 (ISX, Ionospheric Scintillation eXplorer) | not launched | California Polytechnic State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Exploring the 3D structure of scintillation-scale irregularities of DTV signals in the ionosphere associated with Equatorial Spread F. The experiment will compare ground-to-space UHF scintillation measurements taken at multiple points along a flux tube. The payload on ISX is developed by SRI. There are 27 viable passes over a year. Passes will last no longer than 2.5 minutes. | - |
| DaVinci (Da Vinci) | not launched | North Idaho STEM Charter Academy | School | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Teach students about radio waves, aeronautical engineering, space propulsion, and geography by sending a communication signal to schools around the world. | - |
| CeREs (Compact Radiation Belt Explorer) | not launched | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | CeREs will study primary radiation belt energization, as well as loss electron spectra and microbursts. It will also observe solar electron spectra from > 5 keV. CubeSat that will be placed in a high inclination LEO. | - |
| RSat-P (Repair CubeSat Prototype) | not launched | United States Naval Academy | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the feasibility of using CubeSats to diagnose malfunctions or failure in – and perform on orbit repairs on – conventional satellites. Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System (AMODS) which utilizes CubeSats to perform on-orbit inspections on conventional spacecraft. AMODS comprises a multiple CubeSat arrangement wherein one self-propelled CubeSat will deliver one of several repair CubeSats with manipulable arms to spacecraft for the purpose of providing diagnostic, maintenance and repair services. | - |
| Shields-1 | not launched | NASA Langley Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | GTO | not launched | Shields-1 focuses on enabling future research and commercial space technology mission by reducing the harmful effects of harsh radiation environments to spacecraft. This is accomplished by raising the TRL of Atomic Number (Z) grade radiation shielding technologies. | MXL, LUna |
| CHOMPTT (CubeSat Handling of Multisystem Precision Time Transfer) | not launched | University of Florida | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate low cost, precision time transfer between and atomic clock on the ground and in our satellite using a laser. | - |
| AeroCube-11 (AC11, TOMSat, R3) | not launched | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral, pushbroom imager that flies the Landsat-8 visible bands. 2.5-cm-diameter telescope paired with a visible-light sensor, 3-axis attitude control, 8 GB of image storage space, and a laser transmitter to downlink the images at a very high rate (up to 200Mbit/sec). | NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, DRS Technology |
| CubeSail 1 (CubeSail-A) | not launched | University of Illinois | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Low-cost demonstration of the UltraSail solar sailing concept, using two near-identical CubeSat satellites to deploy a 260 m-long, 20 m2 reflecting film. The two satellites are launched as a unit, detumbled, and separated, with the film unwinding symmetrically from motorized reels. | CU Aerospace |
| Cubesail 2 (CubeSail-B) | not launched | University of Illinois | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-15 | not launched | not launched | Low-cost demonstration of the UltraSail solar sailing concept, using two near-identical CubeSat satellites to deploy a 260 m-long, 20 m2 reflecting film. The two satellites are launched as a unit, detumbled, and separated, with the film unwinding symmetrically from motorized reels. | CU Aerospace |
| UWE-4 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | It is the first in the UWE series of pico-satellites to incorporate a propulsion system. Demonstrate and characterize an electric propulsion system . | - |
| Auriga | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 16U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Earth surface imaging in 5 spectral bands with 2.5m GSD at circular SSO 600 km. | - |
| Flock-w 1 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 2 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 3 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 4 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 5 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 6 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 7 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 8 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 9 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 10 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 11 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-w 12 | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Iskra 5 (Iskra-5) | not launched | Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) | University | Russia | 1U | 2018-12-26 | not launched | not launched | Provide amateur communications, including transmission of images in SSTV format. Dr. Kesan said that there would be some commemorative signs on the satellite’s body, marking the 70th anniversary of Russian-Indian diplomatic relations. | Space Kidz India (SKI) |
| Kepler-2 CASE | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-30 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| M6P (LacunaSat-1, BTD-1) | not launched | NanoAvionics | Company | Lithuania | 6U | 2018-12-30 | not launched | not launched | LoRaWAN IoT network in space. | Built by Nanoavionics. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| D-Star Two 2 | not launched | German Orbital Systems | Company | Germany | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. Two modules are used for telemetry and telecomand and operate on identical frequencies. Telemetry can be received on 435,7 MHz, the format will be disclosed after launch. Both modules receive, and both modules answer. To prevent information loss, they answer after each other. The other two modules are dedicated to the radio amateur community. | - |
| D-Star Two 3 | not launched | German Orbital Systems | Company | Germany | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. Two modules are used for telemetry and telecomand and operate on identical frequencies. Telemetry can be received on 435,7 MHz, the format will be disclosed after launch. Both modules receive, and both modules answer. To prevent information loss, they answer after each other. The other two modules are dedicated to the radio amateur community. | - |
| SPOC Sat (Spectral Ocean Color Satellite) | not launched | University of Georgia | University | US | 2U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | The primary objective of this mission is to perform the first moderate resolution multispectral analysis of the following phenomenon: Vegetation Heath, Primary productivity, Ocean productivity, Near-coastal Sediment, Organic Matter, and mapping the production of Shelf waters and Salt marshes. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| BRO-1 | not launched | UnSeenLabs | Company | France | 6U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Spectrum monitoring service. | GomSpace |
| TY-1 | not launched | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 2U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Communication experiment and testing the performance of our component, such as the star tracker and the solar panel. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| U2U | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory | Military | US | 2U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | U2U carries the Electron and Globalstar Mapping (EGM) Experiment. | - |
| NEUTRON 1 (Low Earth Orbit Neutron Flux Detection and Cosmos Mission Operations Technology Demo) | not launched | University of Hawaii at Manoa | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measure low energy neutron flux in the low Earth orbit (LEO) environment. Can contribute to understanding the complex relationship between Earth and Sun through mapping neutron abundances LEO. Will evaluate the variability of galactic cosmic radiation as a function of solar variability. We will pay attention to unusual neutron abundances in relation to solar flares, solar particle events, and disturbances of the Earthʻs magnetic field. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| VPM (Very low frequency Particle Mapper) | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 6U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Critical augmentation for the AFRL Demonstration and Science Experiment (DSX) satellite. Answers key DSX physics: Can we transmit VLF across the space plasma sheath into the far-field. Sensors to observe precipitating energetic particles induced by DSX | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| OPAL (Optical Profiling of the Atmospheric Limb) | not launched | Utah State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Dynamic profiling of the lower thermosphere, 90 - 160 km. Resolve detail of the O2 A-band emission line. OPAL constellation with overlapping FOVs. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PATRIOT (A Cubesat NEO Assessment Precursor Mission) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The primary payload is the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT) engine, which uses a high plasma density RF helicon source with a converging-diverging throat combined with an expanding magnetic nozzle. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| TY7-01 | not launched | Hunan Amateur Radio Society | Non-profit | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 520 km, 97 deg | not launched | 9k6 APRS relay | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| HuskySat-1 | not launched | University of Washington | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate onboard plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry for LEO that would be a precursor for an attempt at a larger CubeSat designed for orbital insertion at the Moon. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| TY1-03 | not launched | Hunan Amateur Radio Society | Non-profit | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 520 km, 97 deg | not launched | The mission includes Telecommand & telemetry in UHF band, APRS Relay in VHF band and Digipeater in S band. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Morgana (Meteoroid On-orbit Research in Geopsace for Advancing Near-earth Awareness) | not launched | Stanford University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | CubeSat mission to study the meteoroid population particularly in the low mass range (1 g - 1 ng) and to analyze the electrical eects of hypervelocity impacts from meteoroids and orbital debris in space. | - |
| TY1-04 | not launched | Hunan Amateur Radio Society | Non-profit | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 520 km, 97 deg | not launched | The mission includes Telecommand & telemetry in UHF band, APRS Relay in VHF band and Digipeater in S band. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| XS-Sat | not launched | Sonoma State University | University | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate Gamma Ray astronomy with a CadmiumZincTelluride array. Test the control of the spin rate with the micro-thrusters. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PR CubeSat | not launched | University of Puerto Rico | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Main objective is to promote interdisciplinary research in the area of aerospace systems with the collaboration of graduate and undergraduate students from electrical, mechanical and computer engineering departments. The multidisciplinary process consists of the design, simulation, and construction of each subsystem of the Cubesat. Each university is responsible of building at least one subsystem. | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM), the Inter American University of Puerto Rico- Bayamon (UIPRB), the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (UPRRP), and the University of Turabo |
| PTLS (Persistent Telemetry Monitoring, Tracking & Control Using Low Earth Orbit Satcom) | not launched | United States Air Force | Military | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Persistent Telemetry Monitoring, Tracking & Control Using Low Earth Orbit Satcom. Test communications with a CubeSat via the Iridium network. | Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| R2S (UND-Sat) | not launched | University of North Dakota | University | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | Iowa State University |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| LAICE (Lower Atmosphere/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment) | not launched | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | University | US | 6U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Systematically observe gravity waves with large verticalwavelengths at lower F‐region heights, and correlate on a global scale remotely‐sensed wave‐induced airglow perturbations in the upper mesosphere with in-situ measurements of ion and neutral density fluctuations at higher altitudes. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PTecSat | not launched | University of Southern California | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Track cargo shipping containers using a custom built deployable dish antenna (iTAG MATTS). Demonstrate electrical component radiation shielding techniques using tantalum foil. Proposing a "Stensat" beacon on UHF , a Microhard TX on UHF and a ItagMATTS downlink on 2425MHz. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| RavenSat | not launched | Northwest Indian College | University | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Carbon-mitigated Radiation, Thermal Standoff, Ka-Band i.e. power beaming | Navajo Technical College, Fond du Lac Tribal Community College, Western Technical College |
| RFTSat 1 (Radio Frequency Tag Satellite) | not launched | North Nazarene University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Collect space weather data wirelessly from an energy harvesting RF tag. Demonstrate data collection with different distances between the reader and tag. Provide sustained data throughout the satellite’s life RFTSat subsystems will be built primarily using commercial off the shelf (COTS) components.. | - |
| BUSAT-1 | not launched | Beihang University | University | China | 2U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS), 2 corner cube laser retroreflectors (CCR), and Thermistors/thermocouples /RTD (TH) for lower thermosphere/ionosphere research. | QB50, |
| GASPACS (Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite) | not launched | Utah State University | University | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Deploy and rigidize a 1 meter long inflatable UV cured boom from a 1U CubeSat platform in low Earth orbit. Measure attitude behavior of GASPACS to observe the effectiveness of the deployed boom assisting in a passive attitude control system. | - |
| STARE C | not launched | Naval Postgraduate School | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Observe objects that are predicted to pass close to a valuable space asset based on conjunction analysis using the AFSPC (Air Force Space Command ) catalog. Transmit images and positions of observations to the ground. Refinement of orbital parameters of space objects to reduce uncertainty in position estimation and improve accuracy of conjunction analysis. | United States Air Force |
| CAS 2A (Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite 2T, Fengtai-1) | not launched | CAMSAT | Non-profit | China | 2U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | FM transponder. | - |
| MAESAT | not launched | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 1U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Verify the structural integrity of the proposed Space Station developed using additive manufacturing. | - |
| Stars-AO | not launched | Shizuoka University | University | Japan | 1U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Super high sensitivity camera WAT-910BD made in WATEC and performed communication with earth station by transceiver on 115.2 kbps transmission rate. | - |
| AUTCube2 | not launched | Aichi University of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Artificial star seen by the eye CubeSat seen with the Naked Eye. 720 degree Space Shooting 4π-steradian Space Shots. Ultra low power Space communication shadow QRP Satellite Communication. Space radio environment survey Space Electromagnetic Interference Research. | - |
| Taurus-1 | not launched | Aerospace System Engineering Research Institute of Shanghai | University | China | 2U | 2018-12-31 | 640 km | not launched | The amateur radio station onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry and a FM to codec2 digital audio V/U repeater with 67Hz PL tone. | - |
| CPOD A (Cubesat Proximity Operations Demonstration, PONSFD-A, Proximity Operations Nano-Satellite Flight Demonstration) | not launched | Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate proximity operations from various distances, approach scenarios, and lighting conditions: nominal operating distances: 50 m to 2 km, full range of distances: 0.5 m to 25 km. Demonstrate docking between two vehicles. Safely approach and make contact between test vehicles. | 406 Aerospace, Applied Defense Solutions, and California Polytechnic State University. |
| CPOD B (Cubesat Proximity Operations Demonstration, PONSFD-B, Proximity Operations Nano-Satellite Flight Demonstration) | not launched | Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems | Company | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate proximity operations from various distances, approach scenarios, and lighting conditions: nominal operating distances: 50 m to 2 km, full range of distances: 0.5 m to 25 km. Demonstrate docking between two vehicles. Safely approach and make contact between test vehicles. | 406 Aerospace, Applied Defense Solutions, and California Polytechnic State University. |
| TY4 | not launched | Spacety | Company | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | not launched | Space astronomical X-ray polarization detection. Build a X-ray polarization detector. This will provide chance for astronomer and radio amateur to explore unknown universe. | - |
| CryoCube | not launched | NASA Kennedy Space Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | A CubeSat-Scale Testbed for Cryogenic Fluid Management Technologies. Cryogenic fluid management experiments: fluid location sensing, slosh characterization, cryogenic fluid transfer . | Sierra Lobo |
| RSP-00 (RymanSat Project) | not launched | Rymansat Project | Company | Japan | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Launch messages collected from the public. Send signal by Digitalker or Morse from the spacecraft and receive it with radio amateurs and children * Hold a space science class using images taken by a camera carried on the spacecraft * Conduct the experiment of high speed transmission of image data by π/4QPSK transmitter & receiver. | - |
| TY3 | not launched | Spacety | Company | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | not launched | A camera to take photos for deep space. Micro actuator technology to adjust CMOS sensor so as to improve the stability of taking photos. This will provide opportunities for radio amateur to use their simple equipment to get beautiful deep space pictures. | - |
| TY5 | not launched | Spacety | Company | China | 6U | 2018-12-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | not launched | Test software defined radio technology, which is with high flexibility and general utilization. Build an open, standard and modular hardware platform, and is able to realize different functions by software. This will allow radio amateur to verify their software in space. | - |
| InnoSat-2 (Innovative Satellite 2) | not launched | Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. | Company | Malaysia | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Dosimeter, a CMOS camera and an experimental reaction wheel. | - |
| USNA-P1 | not launched | US Naval Academy Satellite Lab | University | US | 1.5U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Implement a newly designed micro propulsion system on a nanosat in order to confirm its functionality and test its operating parameters for potential use in future platforms needing a more versatile method of propulsion. | Aerospace Corp, Office of Naval Research of the US Navy |
| CICERO-5 (Community Initiative for Continuous Earth Remote Observation) | not launched | GeoOptics | Company | US | 6U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstration of GPS radio occultation sensor that allows the measurement of global weather pattern with high accuracy. | Tyvak/Terran |
| LACCE (LouisianA Coronal mass ejection Correlation Experiment) | not launched | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Use its highly elliptical geosynchronous transfer orbit to study the impacts of solar storms to the Earth’s magnetic field, light spectra and radiation belts. | ULA |
| ELEOsat | not launched | Taylor University | University | US | 2U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test novel and innovative mechanical boom system to deploy sensors away from the spacecraft after launch. | - |
| Phoenix CubeSat | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate the effectiveness of nanosatellite platforms for studying spatial and temporal changes in the heat properties of urban environments by conducting a thermal imaging of the city of Phoenix and several others in the U.S. | - |
| D-Star Two 1 | not launched | German Orbital Systems | Company | Germany | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Equipped with four identical radio modules with D-Star capabilities, all being operated in a half-duplex mode. Two modules are used for telemetry and telecomand and operate on identical frequencies. Telemetry can be received on 435,7 MHz, the format will be disclosed after launch. Both modules receive, and both modules answer. To prevent information loss, they answer after each other. The other two modules are dedicated to the radio amateur community. | - |
| SpaceBEE 8 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| HARP (HyperAngular Rainbow Polarimeter) | not launched | University of Maryland | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Mission is to measure the microphysical properties of cloud water and ice particles. HARP is a precursor for the new generation of imaging polarimeters to be used for the detailed measurements of aerosol and cloud properties. Space validation of new technology required by the NASA Decadal Survey Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystem (ACE) mission. Prove the on-flight capabilities of a highly accurate wide FOV hyper-angle imaging polarimeter for characterizing aerosol & cloud properties. Prove that CubeSat technology can provide science-quality Earth Sciences data. | Utah State University, Science and Technology Corporation, NASA Earth Science Technology Office |
| SpaceBEE 7 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| SpaceBEE 6 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| SpaceBEE 5 | not launched | Swarm Technologies | Company | US | 1U | 2018-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the world’s smallest two-way communications satellites to serve as a cost-effective low-data rate Internet of Things (IoT) network connectivity solution for remote and mobile sensors. | - |
| NNUSat-2 | not launched | Northwest Nazarene University | University | US | 3U | 2018-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test a system for deploying small, wireless sensor tags from the spacecraft that harvest RF energy and communicate with the spacecraft using a backscatter radio. | - |
| Descent-A (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) | not launched | York University | University | Canada | 1U | 2019-01-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate the feasibility of deorbiting spacecraft by EDTs. The operation and observation of CubeSat EDT deorbit process will take place over its entire orbital lifetime, which is expected to be roughly 2 months. The deployed system will consist of two 1U-CubeSats (mother and daughter satellite) connected by a 100m long bare tape electrodynamic tether | - |
| Descent-B (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) | not launched | York University | University | Canada | 1U | 2019-01-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate the feasibility of deorbiting spacecraft by EDTs. The operation and observation of CubeSat EDT deorbit process will take place over its entire orbital lifetime, which is expected to be roughly 2 months. The deployed system will consist of two 1U-CubeSats (mother and daughter satellite) connected by a 100m long bare tape electrodynamic tether | - |
| MakerSat1 | not launched | Northwest Nazarene University | University | US | 1U | 2019-01-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Printed, assembled, charged, tested, and deployed from the ISS.Uses a simple snap together design that can be completed in approximately five minutes, without the use of any adhesive or freefloating fasteners or tools. The three MakerSat-1 science boards contain repeats of the MakerSat-0 CHS radiation and NNU polymer experiments, as well as a new sponsoring corporate experiment. | Made in Space |
| Landmapper-BC 5 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-02-31 | 575 km, 98 deg | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Landmapper-BC 6 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-02-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| PEARLS 2 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 3 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 4 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 5 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 6 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 7 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 8 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Starling 1 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 12 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| Starling 2 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 12 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| PEARLS 9 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Dream Sat 01 | not launched | Osaka Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Amateur Radio Missions - To provide amateur radio operators for mail box service - To provide amateur radio operators for QSL service - To map QSO locations where Dream Sat 01 transmits/receives amateur radio mission data/commands and amateur radio operators transmit/receive them. | NISSIN Co |
| Starling 3 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 12 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| PEARLS 10 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Starling 4 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 12 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| Starling 5 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 37 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| Starling 6 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 37 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| Starling 7 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 37 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| Starling 8 | not launched | Aerial & Maritime (GomSpace) | Company | Denmark | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched, 37 deg | not launched | Monitoring the locations of aircraft and vessels in an area from 37 deg North to 37 deg Southn using ADS-B and AIS signals. | - |
| PTD-1 (PTHFDR, Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator) | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 6U | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Government-furnished technology payloads for a series of flight demonstrations. Fight qualify and characterize a novel micro-electrospray thruster provided by Busek Space Propulsion and Systems utilizing a Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems CubeSat bus. | Tyvak, NASA Glenn |
| Aoba-Velox-IV | not launched | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 2U | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Observe Lunar Horizon Glow. Capture image of horizon while passing from day side to night side and to capture Earth night view image via low-light camera. | - |
| SWEET 0 (Sweet Water Earth Education Technologies) | not launched | Technical University of Munich | University | Germany | 2U | 2019-03-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Water level and water quality monitoring of medium-to-large sweet water reservoirs in Africa. Education of students in CubeSat design, and water management. Precursor to 4 spacecraft constellation. | German Space Operations Center, African Steering Committee of the IAF |
| LinkSat | not launched | University at Buffalo (UB) | University | US | 3U | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Measure the orbital radio frequency noise environment across commonly used nano-satellite frequency bands. It aims to create a numerical model of the noise environment capturing geographic variation, time-of-day variation, and statistical properties that will be used to predict the performance of small satellite communication systems. | NASA |
| PEARLS 1 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PINO (Payload-IN-Orbit demonstration) | not launched | NLR Netherlands Aerospace Centre | Agency | Netherlands | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | A thermal experiment involving a mechanically pumped two-phase heat transport system using a stacked configuration of micro-pumps and an attitude experiment consisting of a small reaction wheel and a fibre optic gyroscope. | - |
| AMIcal Sat | not launched | University of Grenoble | University | France | 2U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Observation of the northern and southern lights. | - |
| SIMBA (Sun-earth IMBAlance) | not launched | Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium | Institute | Belgium | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Study the feasibility to monitor with the same instrument both the incoming solar radiation and the earths outgoing radiation. | - |
| TTU100 (TTÜSat, TTUSat, MektorySAT-1) | not launched | Tallinn University of Technology | University | Estonia | 1U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Educational project. Test Earth Observation cameras and high-speed K-band COM. Perform remote sensing in visible and IR electromagnetic spectrum. | - |
| MTCube (ROBUSTA 1C, Memory Test CubeSat) | not launched | University of Montpellier | University | France | 1U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Testing memories for future space applications. Then, we have introduced and detailed the SEE test results of the memories selected for flight as part of the MTCube payload, namely, the RES Experiment with an attempt to estimate the in-orbit error rate. | University of Jyväskylä |
| OSIRIS4CubeSat | not launched | DLR (German Aerospace Center) | Agency | Germany | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Demonstration of the OSIRIS optical demonstration payload for CubeSats. In the framework of the OSIRIS program, DLR develops highly compact optical communication payloads for small LEO spacecrafts together with their cooperation partner Tesat-Spacecom, who will commercialize it as CubeL DTE. | Industrialization Tesat-Spacecom. Spacecraft built by GomSpace. |
| TRISAT | not launched | University of Maribor | University | Slovenia | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | The primary mission objective is to perform IOD of the satellite platform with focus on:–evaluating the suitability of the power, communication, on-board data handling and imaging hardware systems for use in a space environment. Additional objectives include:–acquisition of payload data from the satellite for research purposes–providing a satellite platform for educational purposes for students at the University of Maribor. | SkyLabs |
| IGOSat | not launched | Université de Paris 7 - Diderot | University | France | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Measure the ionosphere and reconstruct ionospheric electron density profile using radio occultation technique. The nanosatellite should measure the flux and spectrum of electrons of 1-20 MeV gamma anomaly in the South Atlantic and polar cusps. It could also save the gamma flux from the Sun, visible on a low orbit. | - |
| InOrbit NOW mk01 | not launched | Aviosonic Space Tech | Company | Italy | 1U | 2019-06-30 | 550 km, 97 deg | not launched | Telemetry reception from student w/ school-dev ground station (telecom school course) - Data storage in student-dev database (informatic course) | - |
| Casaa-Sat | not launched | Université d'Aix - Marseille | University | France | 2U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Characterize the Magnetic Anomaly of the South Atlantic (a particle sensor and a tiny camera). | - |
| OPS-SAT | not launched | ESA (European Space Agency) | Agency | Germany | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate ground-breaking satellite and ground control software under real flight conditions. OPS-SAT will be an in-orbit test-bed for: On-board software applications Advanced communication protocols Compression techniques Demonstration of advanced software-defined radio concepts Optical communication from ground to space Experiments using cameras, attitude control, scheduling and autonomy Experiments with ground-based applications can also be hosted. | TU Graz (Austria), GomSpace, ESOC |
| PICASSO | not launched | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy and the Royal Observatory of Belgium. | Institute | Belgium | 3U | 2019-06-30 | not launched | not launched | 2 scientific experimentsfor Earth observation. | Clyde Space, VTT, CSL, Tekes |
| ELO (Eutelsat LEO for Objects) | not launched | Eutelsat | Company | US | 3U | 2019-06-31 | not launched | not launched | Narrowband system to evaluate the pros and cons of LEO for connecting low-power, low-data devices in the emerging “Internet of Things” space. | Built by Tyvak. |
| Brik2 (Brik-II) | not launched | Royal Netherlands Air Force | Military | Netherlands | 6U | 2019-06-31 | not launched | not launched | Brik2’s payload includes: (1) a military radio frequency receiver, details not given; (2) a UHF communication system, and (3) a Langmuir probe system to measure the electron density in the ionosphere. | ISIS, TU Delft |
| SpooQy-1 | not launched | National University of Singapore | University | Singapore | 3U | 2019-07-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate the generation of polarisation-entangled photon pairs in space. Demonstrate that the technologies used on scientific payload, including the new flexure stages, blade mounting and thermal design, are working as intended. | - |
| DANU 1 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 2 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 3 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 4 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 5 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 6 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 7 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| Discovery (Discovery 1a) | not launched | Beyond Earth (Photos To Space) | Company | US | PocketQube 1p | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | Optical camera payload | - |
| Kepler 3 TARS (IOD-5) | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 6U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | New high-capability satellite, which will be the final prototype prior to Kepler’s roll-out of their GEN1 constellation beginning in 2019. Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). | UK Satellite Applications Catapult (IOD-5) |
| TRSI Sat (PQ Sat) | not launched | MyRadar | Company | Germany | PocketQube 1p | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | Unnamed commercial payload. | - |
| TBA (IRIM) | not launched | IRIM - Croatian Makers | Non-profit | Croatia | PocketQube 1p | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | Launched by Croatian high school students, organized by an educational non-profit IRIM – Croatian Makers. | - |
| SMOG-P (SMOG-1, BME-1) | not launched | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | University | Hungary | PocketQube 1p | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | Spectrum analyzer to measure man-made electromagnetic pollution (elextrosmog). Novel spectrum monitoring payload to make a global map of spectrum usage. | - |
| ATL-1 | not launched | ATL | Company | Hungary | PocketQube 2p | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | Testing a new thermal isolation material in space. | - |
| DANU 8 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 9 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| DANU 10 (AISTECHSAT) | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 2U | 2019-08-31 | not launched | not launched | ADS-B Air Traffic detection services as well IoT / M2M (Internet of Things / Machine to Machine) | 10 satellites built by GomSpace |
| Landmapper-BC 7 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-09-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| PEARLS 38 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 60 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 3 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| QARMAN | not launched | VKI (von karman Institute) | Institute | Belgium | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Perform an atmospheric entry experiment to Earth and collect real flight data for highly affordable costs. It will perform experiments on stability during the the orbit phase and measurements of ablation and radiation during re-entry. | QB50, |
| PEARLS 61 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 4 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Libertad-2 | not launched | Sergio Arboleda University | University | Colombia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Launch a nanosatellite into space with an optical camera in order to capture and transmit images from space to Earth. | - |
| PEARLS 62 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 63 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Phoenix 1 (RAHS) | not launched | Raisbeck Aviation High School | School | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | First high school team to design, fund, build, test, launch, and communicate with an imaging CubeSat and a 3D-printed chassis—using polyether ether ketone, PEEK. | - |
| Helios 5 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| AzTechSat-1 | not launched | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Communicates with the GlobalStar satellite constellation to improve the transit of data to Earth. | Mexican Space Agency |
| PEARLS 64 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| TechEdSat-10 | not launched | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | High temperature, accurate deorbit reentry nanosatellite. | - |
| PEARLS 65 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HSAT-1 | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO | not launched | Orbital testbed for technology development. HSAT-1 is licensed to collect 698 meter resolution panchromatic images of the Earth, as well as deployable appendages on the satellite. | - |
| OreSat | not launched | Portland State Unviversity | University | US | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | STEM outreach by sending live video space-to-ground to tracking stations built and operated by high schools. This CubeSat will use a reaction wheel system for attitude control and pointing of the onboard camera, and high-gain antennas. | Oregon Sate University, University of Oregon, OregonTech, Lane Benton Community College, Portland Community College |
| SunCube 1 | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | SunCube | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | First SunCube, 3 cm by 3 cm by 3 cm. | - |
| Helios 6 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| RAAF M2 A | not launched | University of New South Wales (UNSW Canberra) | University | Australia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | • Deliver to the RAAF AIS / ADS-B capability across the globe using COTS AIS and ADS-B systems. • Test, validate and further develop Australian SSA capabilities by providing engineering design and performance data for the design of future passive radar systems to track LEO spacecraft. • Develop and demonstrate software defined radio capability, which is used to support AIS and ADS-B monitoring and recording and GNSS SDR receive capability for passive LEO tacking. • Develop and demonstrate building-block technologies and CONOPS for future ADF space capabilities. | Australian Defence Force (ADF) |
| NSLSat-1 | not launched | NSLComm | Company | Israel | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrator for SkyFi constellation. Test the deployable antenna and high power payload of 1 Gbps downlink. | Platform built by Clyde Space |
| PEARLS 66 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| JAISAT-1 | not launched | RAIST (Radio Amateur Society of Thailand) | Non-profit | Thailand | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Linear transponder for SSB/CW communications, APRS, a packet bulletin board system (PBBS) and a HD camera for imaging. | Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunictions Commission (NBTC) |
| EAGLET-NG | not launched | CGS | Company | Italy | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Precursor to 20 satellite constellation planned for 2018. | - |
| PEARLS 67 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SORTIE (Scintillation Observations and Response of The Ionosphere to Electrodynamics) | not launched | ASTRA (Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Advance understanding of ionospheric irregularities and the roles of various drivers in their formation in order to improve predictive capabilities. | The University of Texas at Dallas, Air Force Research Laboratory, COSMIAC, Boston College |
| PEARLS 68 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 69 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 70 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| e2E 1 (IOD) | not launched | e2E | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission to space-qualify e2E’s NEATaccess radio communications module. | Built by Open Cosmos, partial ESA funding |
| AOSAT (Asteroid Origins Satellite) | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Science laboratory that will be the world’s first CubeSat centrifuge. It will enable a unique set of science and technology experiments to be performed on a CubeSat to answer fundamental questions of how the solar system formed and understand the surface dynamics of asteroids and comets. | - |
| Tomsk-TPU 1 TBD | not launched | Tomsk Polytechnic University | University | Russia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measuring the position among them and towards the Earth – these are the first actions of the ‘swarm.’ | - |
| Stratus | not launched | Michigan Technological University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate a low-cost CubeSat platform capable of measuring cloud fraction, cloud top height, and cloud top wind with performance comparable to the best data obtained from NASA’s flagship Earth-observing spacecraft. | - |
| Kepler 7 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| NANOSATC-BR2 | not launched | National Institute for Space Research | Institute | Brazil | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Langmuir probe, attitude determination system. | Brazilian National Institute of Space Research (INPE/MCTI), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). |
| UoS3 (Project BLAST, University of Southampton Small Satellite) | not launched | University of Southampton | University | UK | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Obtain position and attitude data for the validation of atmospheric models and space object re-entry prediction software. Design, build, test and operate a CubeSat. Obtain photographs of Europe and transmit them to the ground for public relations and outreach purposes. | - |
| PEARLS 71 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Duchifat3 | not launched | Herzliya Science Centre | School | Israel | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1) High-school students educational satellite (2) on-board camera for Earth imaging (3) amateur radio transponder and APRS digipeater. | - |
| PEARLS 72 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| e2E 2 (IOV) | not launched | e2E | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | In-Orbit Validation (IOV) mission which will demonstrate its Niche Managed Communications Services (NMCS) being branded Uam® | Built by Open Cosmos, partial ESA funding |
| Landmapper-HD 1 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Kepler 4 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| ANGELS (Argos Neo on a Generic Economical and Light Satellite) | not launched | CNES | Agency | France | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Argos-Neo instrument whose development is provided by Thales Alenia Space and Syrlinks. Argos Neo is a miniaturized data collection instrument | Nexeya, CS, Erems, Mecano-ID, SAFT, Spacebell and Steel |
| OCEAN-SCAN 1 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| PEARLS 73 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 74 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Kepler 5 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| MOCI (Mapping and Ocean Color Imager) | not launched | University of Georgia | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Perform structure from motion (SfM) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and generate 3D point clouds of large scale structures on the Earth's surface. First time a CubeSat has specialized in building 3D models using structure from motion. Researchers can use this data to make better predictions about climate models, environmental impacts, measure natural resources, and distinguish geographical changes over time. | - |
| PEARLS 75 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| DIME (Double-probe Instrumentation for Measuring Electric-fields) | not launched | ASTRA (Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates) | Company | US | 1.5U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Monitoring electric fields in Low-Earth Orbit. Addresses the need for an inexpensive and robust space-weather monitor that meets requirements for specification and forecasting. DIME will provide the first-ever capability for measuring electric fields and monitoring critical space-weather effects on the ionosphere from a CubeSat. | Utah State University, Air Frorce Research Laboratory |
| SwampSat II (SwampSat-2) | not launched | University of Florida | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test a boom and antenna spooling and deployment mechanism to support a matched very low frequency (VLF) antenna receiver pair and experimentally quantify VLF electromagnetic wave propagation through the lower ionosphere. | - |
| PEARLS 76 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| OCEAN-SCAN 2 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| Kepler 6 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| NEXUS (Next Education X (cross) Unique Satellite) | not launched | Nihon University | University | Japan | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide amateur radio communications via the 145/435 MHz transponder and SSTV. Download pictures from the 640×480 pixel camera. Operate the data downlink at 38400 bps QPS. Compare the performance of the data downlink when using AFSK, GMSK and QPSK modes. | Japan Amateur satellite communications Association (JAMSAT) |
| SIPS (Scanning Imaging Photometer Systems) | not launched | ASTRA (Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low cost and versatile sensor for UV remote sensing of the ionosphere Capable of providing night-time images of the ionosphere enabling almost continuous monitoring of the night-side ionosphere. | |
| FEES (Flexible Experimental Embedded Satellite) | not launched | GP Advanced Projects | Company | Italy | 300 g | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test in orbit different technologies not yet space qualified and crucial for the further development and exploitation of miniaturized space platforms: in-orbit test of attitude determination/control architecture, commercial GPS receivers, IRIDIUM signal exploitation, test of a Software Defined Radio, Earth imaging with a multispectral camera. | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| PEARLS 77 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Kepler 8 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| ArduOrbiter-1 | not launched | Amateur group | Non-profit | UK | PocketQube 1p | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| 3-STAR | not launched | Polytechnic University of Turin | University | Italy | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The GEOID (GENSO Experimental Orbital Initial Demonstration) initiative wants to settle an orbiting constellation of Cubesats to be operated by the GENSO ground-stations network. GEOID is expected to be the communication backbone of the initial version of the HUMSAT system. The 3-star will be one of the nine cubesats in the GEOID constellation. The project aims at educating and inspiring space engineering students on complex systems development and operations, international cooperation and team work. | - |
| Unicorn-1 | not launched | Alba Orbital | Company | UK | PocketQube 2p | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Experimental 2.2GHz S-Band half duplex radio which will trial a link to an Avanti geo-synchronous satellite called Artemis. The secondary payload is an experimental ADS-B receiver to listen to aircraft beacons. caca | Avanti Plc, Spacebooth, Kubos, GAUSS, Glasgow University |
| PEARLS 78 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| OCEAN-SCAN 3 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| Landmapper-HD 2 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Kepler 9 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| TOM 2 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Photogrammetric Ash Cloud Observation by a Formation of three Small Satellites. | - |
| PEARLS 79 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 80 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| OCEAN-SCAN 4 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| DeMi (Deformable Mirror Demonstration) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Characterize and calibrate the performance of a MEMS deformable mirror over a longduration on-orbit mission. Measure mirror surface to <100 nm. Demonstrate the use of these mirrors as intended for high contrast imaging. | NASA, Built by Blue Canyon. |
| CIRiS (Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space) | not launched | Utah State University | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Technology demonstration mission of an imaging radiometer instrument for the 7 to 13 um infrared wavelength range. It will raise the technology readiness level of the new uncooled detector and carbon nanotube source from level 5 to 6, enabling future reduced cost missions to study the hydrologic cycle, characterization of ocean/atmosphere interactions vegetation and land use management. | NASA, Ball Aerospace |
| Kepler 10 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| AeroCube-9 (LMPC CubeSat) | not launched | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | A CubeSat Flight Demonstration of a Photon-counting Infrared Detector. New detector with high quantum efficiency and single photon level response at several important remote sensing wavelength detection bands from 0.9 to 4.0 microns. | NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, DRS Technology |
| PEARLS 11 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 81 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| TOM 3 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Photogrammetric Ash Cloud Observation by a Formation of three Small Satellites. | - |
| PEARLS 82 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| OCEAN-SCAN 5 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| Aalto-3 | not launched | Aalto University | University | Finland | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Software Defined Radio payload. Wireless bus technology demonstration as a secondary payload. | - |
| SeaHawk-2 | not launched | University of North Carolina Wilmington | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Enhance the ability of the earth sciences to observe ocean color in high temporal and spatial resolution modes through the use of a low-cost, next generation, miniature ocean color sensor flown aboard a CubeSat. | Cloudland Instruments, Clyde Space, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hawk Institute for Space Sciences, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| TRYAD 1 | not launched | Auburn University | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 500 km, 50 deg | not launched | To detected Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes in coincidence with ground lighting strike data and characterize the Gamma Ray beam geometries. | University of Alabama in Huntsville , NASA |
| Kepler 11 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| Rascal A | not launched | Saint Louis University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Two-spacecraft mission to demonstrate key technologies for proximity operations and space situational awareness: infrared imaging, 6DOF propulsion, RF proximity sensing, and automated operations. Both spacecraft will observe the other in visible, IR and RF bands, determining the maximum range for each detection method. | - |
| OPEN (OpenOrbiter, OPEN: Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats) | not launched | Univeristy of North Dakota | University | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Creating an Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats (OPEN) is an open-hardware program combined with open source software to operate and communicate with the spacecraft. Test the capabilities of a 5 x 5 x 8 cm 3D printer in space. Used to determine how certain printing materials behave in microgravity and when exposed to the temperatures and radiation of low Earth orbit. | - |
| PEARLS 12 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 83 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 84 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| OCEAN-SCAN 6 | not launched | SRT Marine Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Maritime monitoring satellite constellation, which will provide enhanced global vessel detection and tracking and a new recurring revenue source from maritime domain awareness (MDA) system project customers. The satellites will enable SRT to sell long range vessel detection and tracking data to SRT MDA system customers and generate recurring revenue for SRT. | Built by Clyde Space |
| Kepler 12 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| Anant | not launched | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | University | India | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Hyperspectral camera as a payload. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) will be used to implement computationally intensive compression algorithms for hyperspectral images, and demonstrate the feasibility of hyperspectral imaging to perform water quality monitoring by sampling in the visible-near IR band on a nanosatellite. | - |
| Rascal B | not launched | Saint Louis University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Two-spacecraft mission to demonstrate key technologies for proximity operations and space situational awareness: infrared imaging, 6DOF propulsion, RF proximity sensing, and automated operations. Both spacecraft will observe the other in visible, IR and RF bands, determining the maximum range for each detection method. | - |
| SCION 1 (SCintillation and Ionospheric Occultation Nanosats) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 55 deg | not launched | A CubeSat–based mission designed to make multipoint, GPS TEC and scintillation observations of the ionosphere on the ~1 km spatial scales associated with communication and navigation system degradation. | - |
| Compact optical EO demo | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Compact optical EO demo | - |
| PEARLS 13 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 85 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Kepler 13 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| PEARLS 87 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| CIRAS (CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder) | not launched | NASA | Agency | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Enable hyperspectral infrared atmospheric sounding on a CubeSat. Develop system capable of meeting the temperature and water vapor measurement requirements of the AIRS and CrIS instruments data products in the lower troposphere. Demonstration mission of three key infrared (IR) sensing and cryogenic technologies designed to reduce the size and cost of future space-borne IR remote-sensing instruments. | |
| SCION 2 (SCintillation and Ionospheric Occultation Nanosats) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 55 deg | not launched | A CubeSat–based mission designed to make multipoint, GPS TEC and scintillation observations of the ionosphere on the ~1 km spatial scales associated with communication and navigation system degradation. | - |
| Compact RF EO demo | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Compact RF EO demo | - |
| Kepler 14 | not launched | Kepler Communications | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Localized and extremely economical terminals that can aggregate data from IoT devices. | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 2 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| PEARLS 14 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 86 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 88 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Rupercorp Constellation Demo | not launched | Rupercorp | Company | Argentina | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Precursor for a succeeding constellation. purpose of the demonstrator is to take initial low-resolution sample pictures of agricultural activities over certain territories; hence the satellite tasking is one of the most critical functions of the mission. The remote-sensing imagery gathered by subsequent constellation will have a wide range of uses – from agriculture management, crops health monitoring to tracking biodiversity trends in certain areas. | Built by Nanoavionics |
| KEOSat (Karten Earth Observation Satellite) | not launched | Karten Space | Company | Spain | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | An optical instrument to take images of the Earth with a resolution between 3 and 5 meters, and an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver to detect the AIS signals. | - |
| W-Cube | not launched | ESA | Agency | Finland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the use of the 75-GHz frequency band for future telecommunications satellites.feature an integrated dual-frequency beacon transmitter developed by VTT. The signal it broadcasts will be observed at the prime contractor JOANNEUM RESEARCH's measurement station in Graz, Austria. | Platform from Reaktor Space, VTT |
| YUSAT-1 (Yushan-1 CubeSat) | not launched | National Taiwan Ocean University | University | Taiwan | 1.5U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | AIS payload instrument for marine vessels monitoring for navigation safety and position reporting application. | National Space Organization |
| PEARLS 15 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 89 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 90 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| BRICSat-D (Ballistic Reinforced Communication Satellite, previously PSat B, ParkinsonSat B) | not launched | US Naval Academy | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test for BRICSat-T and AMODS (Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System) | - |
| PEARLS 91 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SAMSON A (Adelis-SAMSON, Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocating Nanosatellites) | not launched | Israel Institute Of Technology | University | Israel | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate long-term autonomous cluster flight of multiple satellites, with algorithms based on DSSL’s ERC-funded FADER study; and determine the position of a radiating electromagnetic terrestrial source based on time difference of arrival (TDOA) and/or frequency difference of arrival (FDOA). | - |
| CEPHEUS | not launched | Test in Space / Solar MEMS | Company | Spain | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg, SSO | not launched | Research project aimed to the development, contruction and validation of a pico-satellite based on CubeSat standard from design phase to Flight Model (FM) phase. “Cepheus” pico-satellite embeds various experimental payloads, namely: fuel cell system, star tracker with MEMS (MicroElectroMecanical System) technology and secondary communications link. | SolarMEMS, Inabensa, Idener, Alter Technology and Mesurex, Abengoa Hidrógeno |
| Lokahi | not launched | University of Hawaii | University | US | PocketQube 1p | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| PEARLS 16 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| MIR-SAT1 (Mauritian Infrared Satellite= | not launched | Mauritius Research Council | Institute | Mauritius | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Collecting images of Mauritius and surrounding regions using longwave infrared (LWIR) thermal camera, technology demonstration of S-band high speed data transmission and reaction wheel, and capacity building. | - |
| PEARLS 92 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 93 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Rupercorp Constellation 1 | not launched | Rupercorp | Company | Argentina | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Commercial constellation, based on NanoAvionics M6P platform with “green” chemical propulsion system EPSS C1K, to be launched starting in late 2019. | Built by Nanoavionics |
| SAMSON B (Adelis-SAMSON, Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocating Nanosatellites) | not launched | Israel Institute Of Technology | University | Israel | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate long-term autonomous cluster flight of multiple satellites, with algorithms based on DSSL’s ERC-funded FADER study; and determine the position of a radiating electromagnetic terrestrial source based on time difference of arrival (TDOA) and/or frequency difference of arrival (FDOA). | - |
| CubETH | not launched | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | University | Switzerland | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Capable of calculating its own altitude and position in space with unprecedented precision thus paving the way for nano-satellite constellations with inter-satellite communication capabilities. - precise orbit determination. | ETH Zurich |
| PEARLS 94 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| FloripaSat I | not launched | Federal University of Santa Catarina | University | Brazil | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Dual RF channel 70 MHz – 6 GHz Software Defined Radio (SDR) with on-board FPGA-based processing (under development). Design, build, and test a satellite. Launch the satellite and communicate with it using the ground and space systems. Develop most of the modules used in the mission. | - |
| Perseus-O 2 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| RADCUBE | not launched | C3S | Company | Hungary | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Real-time monitoring of the cosmic radiation and space weather environment, and visualization of the measurement data for the industry and the public. | ESA, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA EK) |
| PEARLS 17 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Astrocast 3 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| SAMSON C (Adelis-SAMSON, Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocating Nanosatellites) | not launched | Israel Institute Of Technology | University | Israel | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate long-term autonomous cluster flight of multiple satellites, with algorithms based on DSSL’s ERC-funded FADER study; and determine the position of a radiating electromagnetic terrestrial source based on time difference of arrival (TDOA) and/or frequency difference of arrival (FDOA). | - |
| Politech.1 | not launched | Polytechnic University of Valencia | University | Spain | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | A telescope camera for Earth Imaging, a high-data rate microwave transmitter, and a demonstrator of optical fiber temperature sensor. Also WINCS, an experiment from NASA to study the nature of the upper atmosphere. | Elx-based company EMXYS, The Valencian Space Consortium (VSC), spin-off company Aurora Software and Testing |
| PEARLS 95 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 96 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 97 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Rupercorp Constellation 2 | not launched | Rupercorp | Company | Argentina | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Commercial constellation, based on NanoAvionics M6P platform with “green” chemical propulsion system EPSS C1K, to be launched starting in late 2019. | Built by Nanoavionics |
| TOM 1 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Photogrammetric Ash Cloud Observation by a Formation of three Small Satellites. | - |
| Astrocast 4 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| Arduiqube DIY1 | not launched | Diysatellite Group | Non-profit | Argentina | PocketQube 1p | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Simple testbed that want to measure the vital and attitude parameters of a satellite. Project is mainly oriented for educational purposes. | - |
| PEARLS 18 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Perseus-O 3 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| RadSat-u | not launched | Montana State University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Demonstrate computer architecture designed to mitigate radiation induced faults. | - |
| PEARLS 98 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| CaNOP (Canopy Near-IR Observing Project) | not launched | Carthage College | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Remote sensing platform for performing multispectral imaging of global forests to help understand large-scale biomass production and carbon uptake in both mature and harvested forests. | - |
| PEARLS 99 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 100 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Rupercorp Constellation 3 | not launched | Rupercorp | Company | Argentina | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Commercial constellation, based on NanoAvionics M6P platform with “green” chemical propulsion system EPSS C1K, to be launched starting in late 2019. | Built by Nanoavionics |
| CAT | not launched | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Key lessons learned from the ORS TECH and RAVAN missions are being applied to this mission. | Blue Canyon Technologies will provide the bus, US Department of Defense |
| CubeBel1 | not launched | Belarus State University | University | Belarus | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1) To test active magnetic attitude control algorithms; 2) To collect scientific data from radiation spectrometer; 3) To locate position using GPS receiver; 4) To take pictures of Earth from Low Earth Orbit; 5) To collect scientific data from IR sensor. | - |
| Astrocast 5 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| Tomsk-TPU 2 TBD | not launched | Tomsk Polytechnic University | University | Russia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measuring the position among them and towards the Earth – these are the first actions of the ‘swarm.’ | - |
| Perseus-O 4 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| NepaliSat-1 (BIRDS-3) | not launched | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Nepal | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide ciphered short messages in its beacon in the 437MHz band. Remote Data Collection based on low powered LoRa modulation for demonstration of remote data collection and processing onboard. | - |
| PEARLS 19 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| MeznSat | not launched | Masdar Institute of Science and Technology | University | United Arab Emirates | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Carry a Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer as its primary payload, with the aim of deriving Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) and concentrations in the atmosphere by making observations in the 900–1700nm wavelength region, over the UAE. This mission follows earlier successful missions like CANX-2 and SathyabhamaSat which carried the same payload, an Argus1000 spectrometer. | Khalifa Institute of Science and Technology, with the American University of Ras Al Khaima (AURAK), UAE Space Agency (UAE-SA) |
| Astrocast 6 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| TRYAD 2 | not launched | Auburn University | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 500 km, 50 deg | not launched | To detected Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes in coincidence with ground lighting strike data and characterize the Gamma Ray beam geometries. | University of Alabama in Huntsville , NASA |
| PropSat (ALL-STAR Propulsion Module Satellite) | not launched | University of Colorado at Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | Colorado Space Grant Consortium |
| Painani-1 | not launched | University of the Mexican Army and Air Force | University | Mexico | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | It will carry a low resolution camera and proposes an S Band downlink using frequency hopping technology for the images. | Mexican Space Agency |
| PEARLS 20 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Buccaneer Main Mission | not launched | Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation | Military | Australia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High frequency receiver. The mission will provide performance calibration of some aspects of the Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar Network (JORN). The antenna will be stowed during launch and jettison from the launch vehicle. | KARL engineering |
| Landmapper-BC 8 (Corvus-BC, Perseus-O) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Astrocast 7 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| COPPER 2 (Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition) | not launched | Saint Louis University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Reflight of COPPER. Imaging mission: Flight-test the abilities of a commercially available compact uncooled microbolometer array to take infrared images of Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. Radiation mission: Improve the predictive performance modeling of radiation effects on small, modern space electronics devices by collecting radiation particle collision data from electronics monitoring experiments and relaying the data to the ground. | Vanderbilt University, Santa Clara University, Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium |
| Raavana-1 (BIRDS-3) | not launched | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Sri Lanka | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide ciphered short messages in its beacon in the 437MHz band. Remote Data Collection based on low powered LoRa modulation for demonstration of remote data collection and processing onboard. | - |
| CubeSat-UD | not launched | District University of Bogotá | University | Colombia | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | To build picosataellites for training and development of a space program. To implement a telemedicine pilot project with space technology, for transmission and reception of ECG signals. Uplink-Downlink of telemetry and control through ground station. | Pumpkin |
| Perseus-O 5 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| LLITED A (Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancement in Density) | not launched | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide both ionosphere and thermosphere measurements related to the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) and the Equatorial Temperature and Wind Anomaly (ETWA). | - |
| Astrocast 8 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| BRICSat-T (Ballistic Reinforced Communication Satellite, previously PSat B, ParkinsonSat B) | not launched | US Naval Academy | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Together with RSat-D as part of AMODS (Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System) | - |
| PTD-2 (PTHFDR, Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator) | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Government-furnished technology payloads for a series of flight demonstrations. Flight qualify and characterize a novel thruster pro-vided by Tethers Unlimited, Inc., which uses electrolyzed water as fuel for a small thruster. | NASA Glenn |
| Perseus-O 6 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| DIDO-3 (Dido-1, SpacePharma) | not launched | SpacePharma | Company | Israel | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Carry the first generation of their mGnify lab to conduct biochemical experiments in microgravity. | - |
| Uguisu (BIRDS-3) | not launched | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Provide ciphered short messages in its beacon in the 437MHz band. Remote Data Collection based on low powered LoRa modulation for demonstration of remote data collection and processing onboard. | - |
| PEARLS 21 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 1 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| Astrocast 9 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| LLITED B (Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancement in Density) | not launched | The Aerospace Corporation | Non-profit | US | 1.5U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide both ionosphere and thermosphere measurements related to the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) and the Equatorial Temperature and Wind Anomaly (ETWA). | - |
| Astrocast 10 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| Perseus-O 7 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| PEARLS 22 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 23 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| CuPID (Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector) | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Carry a miniaturized soft x-ray imaging telescope. Soft x-rays can result from the process of charge exchange and allow one to remotely image the global properties of density in space. | - |
| Perseus-O 8 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| PEARLS 24 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 25 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Nepal PQ-1 | not launched | Kathmandu University | University | Nepal | PocketQube 1p | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | Tribhuvan University, ORION Space |
| iSAT-1 (Iodine Hall, iodine Satellite) | not launched | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Propulsion testing, iodine Hall technology. | |
| PEARLS 26 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| ChargerSat-2 | not launched | University of Alabama in Huntsville | University | US | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Design, build, test, and operate an orbital CubeSat system that will conduct relevant microgravity science on boiling properties in extreme microgravity. Primary focus is to investigate the heat transfer properties of nucleate boiling in extreme microgravity. Investigate 2 key aspects of nucleate boiling in microgravity, the effects of surface roughness and the effects of convection, caused by tiny accelerations. | - |
| PEARLS 27 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SporeSat2 | not launched | NASA Ames | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Space biology science experiment project to investigate biophysical mechanisms of plant gravity sensing using “labon- a-chip” experiment approach. Utilize flight proven spacecraft technologies demonstrated on prior Ames nanosatellite missions such as PharmaSat and O/OREOS. Technical objectives focus on refining current lab-on-a-chip sensor system in the development of a new CEL-C Advanced bioCD designed for the micro-satellite platform. | Purdue University, Santa Clara University |
| 14-BISat | not launched | Instituto Federal Fluminense | University | Brazil | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 14-BISat will host one of the QB50 science package to study the lower thermosphere. Apart from this cooperation with the QB50 scientific goals, 14-BISat will have two technological objectives: GAMANET and radio-based attitude determination. Radio signals in the S-band region of the spectrum will be sent from three patch antennas on each face of the CubeSat, allowing the receiver(s), either ground stations or other GAMALINK enabled satellites, to measure the carrier phase difference between antennas. | QB50, |
| PEARLS 28 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HERO-1 | not launched | High Earth Robotics | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space telescope to track GEO assets and debris from high Earth orbit. Potentially ARGUS constellation stationed 500 km above geostationary orbit. | - |
| PEARLS 29 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| LEDSAT (LED-based Satellite) | not launched | University of Rome | University | Italy | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Equipped with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and retroreflectors for optical tracking with ground-based telescopes and laser ranging observatories. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| FACSAT-2 | not launched | Colombian Air Force | Military | Colombia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The potential FACSAT Program, formed by a unique low inclination constellation and planned to be launched in 2020, will provide the Colombian Air Force with unprecedented space capacities. GomSpace is currently delivering the FACSAT-1 nanosatellite as a turnkey project to the Colombian Air Force with a contracted launch in the first half of 2018. | Delivered by GomSpace. |
| NanoDragon | not launched | Vietnam National Satellite Center | Institute | Vietnam | 10 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| PEARLS 30 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SONATE | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 600 km, SSO | not launched | Autonomous sensor and planning system (ASAP) has been developed to autonomously detects events of interest in its observed sensor data. | - |
| PEARLS 31 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| ANUSAT-2 | not launched | Anna University | University | India | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Ion/Neutral mass spectrometer (INMS) provided by QB50 group to study the ion density in troposphere. Payload for carrying out Ionospheric Tomography experiments. GAMANET Communication system as a secondary communication system. | QB50, |
| NUTS (NTNU Test Satellite) | not launched | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | University | Norway | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Features: Two transceivers (UHF, VHF); ADCS-system, Robust internal data bus; Robust power supply and system management. Proposed: IR-camera for scientific payload, internal wireless experiment; | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PEARLS 32 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 33 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| NetSat-1 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 4 satellite formation flying mission. Distributed computing capabilities, formation control, DTNs, MANets. | - |
| RSat-D (Repair CubeSat Demonstrator) | not launched | United States Naval Academy | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System (AMODS) which utilizes CubeSats to perform on-orbit inspections on conventional spacecraft. AMODS comprises a multiple CubeSat arrangement wherein one self-propelled CubeSat will deliver one of several repair CubeSats with manipulable arms to spacecraft for the purpose of providing diagnostic, maintenance and repair services. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PEARLS 34 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| CONASAT A | not launched | National Institute for Space Research | Institute | Brazil | 8U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Gather environmental data like rain volume, temperature, humidity, air pollution, ocean streams, environmental hazards, etc. collected and transmitted to satellite by remote platforms on ground, and to retransmit them to the mission center. At least two identical satellites shall be launched. | - |
| PEARLS 35 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| ACRUX-1 | not launched | University of Melbourne | University | Australia | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | To launch a student-built CubeSat from scratch. To test the functionality of the subsystems. To develop future satellite missions. Validated Form Factor CubeSat with low-gain antenna capabilities and minor flight control abilities. Validation of 4/6 subsystems required for high gain antenna design. Creation of processes and template documentation to support future design projects. | - |
| CONASAT B | not launched | National Institute for Space Research | Institute | Brazil | 8U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Gather environmental data like rain volume, temperature, humidity, air pollution, ocean streams, environmental hazards, etc. collected and transmitted to satellite by remote platforms on ground, and to retransmit them to the mission center. At least two identical satellites shall be launched. | - |
| PEARLS 36 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 37 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| OUFTI-2 | not launched | University of Liège | University | Belgium | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | D-STAR amateur-radio telecommunciations, just as for OUFTI-1. Will be designed totally from scratch. | - |
| PEARLS 39 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| APSS-I QuakeTEC | not launched | University of Auckland | University | New Zealand | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Detecting earthquakes from disturbances in the ionosphere. | - |
| PEARLS 40 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 2 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Astrocast 11 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| NetSat-2 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 4 satellite formation flying mission. Distributed computing capabilities, formation control, DTNs, MANets. | - |
| BMSTU-Sail | not launched | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | University | Russia | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | The main purposes of BMSTU-Sail space experiment is development of technology for deployment thin film space structures which are spin-stabilized and creating of educational materials for BMSTU students with space-related specialization. | Russian Federal Space Agency, RSC "Energia" |
| PEARLS 41 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 42 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 1 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PISat-2 | not launched | PES Institute of Technology | University | India | 10 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Ultraviolet imager that will stare at a single point in space for the lifetime of the mission. Search for variable sources, those that change in brightness. | Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Defence Research and Development Organization |
| GLADOS (Glint Analyzing Data Observation Satellite) | not launched | University at Buffalo | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Gather light data on space debris in geostationary orbit. This light data can be used to classify space debris, as well as to characterize the size, shape, and material properties of space debris.Use a space-based platform for collecting multi-band photometric data of glinting geostationary space objects to identify their type, surface materials, and orientation. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Astrocast 12 (ELSE) | not launched | Astrocast (previously ELSE) | Company | Switzerland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low data M2M and IoT services. | - |
| NetSat-3 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 4 satellite formation flying mission. Distributed computing capabilities, formation control, DTNs, MANets. | - |
| GOSTE 1 | not launched | University of Hawaii at Manoa | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Develop and deploy a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) radio occulation (RO) system that will contribute to our understanding of tropical cyclogenesis. Observations from the tropics will be combined with observational data from other sources to provide improved maps of mid-level moisture, vorticity, and temperature in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. These products will improve estimates of the potential intensity of developing tropical cyclones and their intensity predictions, while the temperature profiles through the stratosphere will provide observations for testing general circulation model predictions. | - |
| PEARLS 43 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| CryoCube 2 | not launched | NASA Kennedy Space Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | A CubeSat-Scale Testbed for Cryogenic Fluid Management Technologies. Cryogenic fluid management experiments: fluid location sensing, slosh characterization, cryogenic fluid transfer . | - |
| NetSat-4 | not launched | University of Würzburg | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 4 satellite formation flying mission. Distributed computing capabilities, formation control, DTNs, MANets. | - |
| PEARLS 44 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Azad-1 | not launched | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | University | India | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Capture solar images from space | ISRO |
| SpaceTime 1 | not launched | SpaceTime | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Real-time high-resolution video, imagery and immersive experiences from space. Using the latest VR, AR and MR technology, our users will be transported into space – in real-time. | ISIS will build first two platforms. |
| PlanetiQ 1 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 45 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Overview One (Overview 1A, SpaceVR) | not launched | SpaceVR | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Virtual reality satellite. | Pumpkin |
| PlanetiQ 2 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| SpaceTime 2 | not launched | SpaceTime | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Real-time high-resolution video, imagery and immersive experiences from space. Using the latest VR, AR and MR technology, our users will be transported into space – in real-time. | ISIS will build first two platforms. |
| PEARLS 46 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Bluefield 1 | not launched | Bluefield | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Methane tracking with 20x20 meter pixel resolution and 100ppm-m methane emissions level -- 1% of the product-process atmospheric background (detecting natural gas storage and pipeline leaks, fracking, heavy industries, landfills, mining, tailing ponds, permafrost, wastewater, rice paddies, palm oil plantations, livestock, etc.) | - |
| Guatesat-1 (Guatemala CubeSat, GTCube) | not launched | University of the Valley of Guatemala | University | Guatemala | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | A monochromatic camera, alongside a rotating mechanism that holds and changes between four optical filters, will be used to test the remote sensing capabilities of the satellite. | - |
| STUDSAT-2A | not launched | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | University | India | 10 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | AIS for ship-tracking. HAM radio payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PlanetiQ 3 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| HeDI (Helium Doppler Imager) | not launched | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Helium Doppler Imager | - |
| PEARLS 47 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Alpha | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology demonstration mission to deploy a 1x1m light sail with four tiny “chipsats” called Sprites attached. | - |
| MCNAIR | not launched | Akash Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | 500 km, 97.8 deg | not launched | Test its GaN-on-Diamond transmitter technology with a flight-proven software defined radio (SDR) into a compact form factor. | - |
| CayugaSat | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | It has 4 by 4.5 m solar sail. | Ithaca High School |
| Bluefield 2 | not launched | Bluefield | Company | US | 16U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Methane tracking with 20x20 meter pixel resolution and 100ppm-m methane emissions level -- 1% of the product-process atmospheric background (detecting natural gas storage and pipeline leaks, fracking, heavy industries, landfills, mining, tailing ponds, permafrost, wastewater, rice paddies, palm oil plantations, livestock, etc.) | - |
| PlanetiQ 4 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| RADSat | not launched | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Technological demonstration of the Highly Miniaturized Radiation Monitor. The HMRM is designed to measure radiation in outer space. If the payload has a successful flight test, it will have the capability to serve as a minaturiate and reliable radiation monitor for larger missions. | Delft University of Technology |
| GamaSat | not launched | University of Porto | University | Portugal | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of the QB50 science package to study the lower thermosphere. Apart from this cooperation with the QB50 scientific goals, GAMASAT will have three technological objectives: GAMANET, radio-based attitude determination and Q-RED which is a controlled de-orbiting and re-entry experiment that includes small reentry capsule. | QB50, Tekever, VORSat |
| NANOsky (Misija Trisat) | not launched | SkyLabs | Company | Slovenia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The cube is equipped with instruments for observing Earth in the visible and deep infra-red spectrum. | University of Maribor |
| PEARLS 48 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 5 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| Buccaneer Flight 3 A | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space instrumentation flight. Diode-laser-based limb sounder (extending UNSW’s flight instrument from SCRAMSPACE). First experience in operating a formation, including comms. | KARL engineering |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PlanetiQ 6 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 49 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Topside Sounder | not launched | ASTRA (Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates) | Company | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Low power FMCW HF Sounding instrument to make topside measurements of the ionosphere from a CubeSat platform. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PEARLS 50 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Drag-free CubeSat | not launched | Stanford University / NASA Ames | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate inexpensive drag-free technology in a nanosatellite mission. The performance goal is derived from the NASA Earth Science Goals for future geodesy: namely a drag-free target performance of 10-12 m s-2 Hz-1/2 in the frequency range of 10 mHz to 1 Hz. To demonstrate integration of the new technology and to provide an in-orbit performance test. | - |
| RAAF M2 B | not launched | University of New South Wales (UNSW Canberra) | University | Australia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | • Deliver to the RAAF AIS / ADS-B capability across the globe using COTS AIS and ADS-B systems. • Test, validate and further develop Australian SSA capabilities by providing engineering design and performance data for the design of future passive radar systems to track LEO spacecraft. • Develop and demonstrate software defined radio capability, which is used to support AIS and ADS-B monitoring and recording and GNSS SDR receive capability for passive LEO tacking. • Develop and demonstrate building-block technologies and CONOPS for future ADF space capabilities. | Australian Defence Force (ADF) |
| Cu-REO | not launched | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) | University | India | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Aid in prediction of the earthquakes prior to their occurrence. In the initial stage it will be used as a 'test bed for verifying the hypothetical research work in the detection of seismic activity by studying the perturbations in the magnetic field of Earth', however, in later stage it will be used to detect the earthquakes solely. | |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| ANDESITE Mule (Ad-Hoc Network Demonstration for Extended Satellite-Based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors) | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Deploys 8 small picosatellites. "ANDESITE is a 6U CubeSat that deploys several smaller “pico-satellites” that each have their own self-contained scientific magnetometer, power system and radio communication system. Space-Based Wireless Sensor Network (SB-WSN) that addresses the limit of individual satellites’ ability to spatially and temporally resolve the information on various space phenomena. | - |
| LightSail-C (LightSail-3) | not launched | The Planetary Society | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | Sun-Earth Libration Point L1 | not launched | Demonstrate the deployment of a 32 m2 solar sail from a 3-unit CubeSat platform.LightSail-3 will go to the Sun-Earth Libration Point, L1, where solar sails could be permanently placed as solar weather stations. | Aerospace Corp, Stellar Exploration Systems, California Polytechnic University, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| PEARLS 51 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Commtrail | not launched | - | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Search and rescue. | Built by Tyvak. |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| AISTECH6U-1 | not launched | Aistech Space | Company | Spain | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of 25 satellites for M2M / IoT, thermal imaging and aviation tracking (ADS-B). | - |
| Buccaneer Flight 3 B | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space instrumentation flight. Diode-laser-based limb sounder (extending UNSW’s flight instrument from SCRAMSPACE). First experience in operating a formation, including comms. | KARL engineering |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Cannae | not launched | Theseus | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | EmDrive / Cannae Drive test to test propellantless propulsion. | Cannae has formed a company called Theseus with industrial partners LAI and SpaceQuest |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEARLS 52 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Athenoxat-2 | not launched | Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd. | Company | Italy | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the functionality of night vision optical payload on a Cubesat Class Nanosatellite. 25dB reflectarray antenna for X-band circular and bi-polarized super-high-speed comms. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Positron-1 | not launched | Positron Dynamics | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Positron powered CubeSat. Animatter propulsion system. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| TechCube 1 | not launched | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The satellite carries a REPT (Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope) sensor of a new simple, low-cost design, an imager and a SpaceCube high performance processor. | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 1 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| OMS IOD Mission 1 | not launched | Orbital Micro Systems | Company | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Fast-growing Clyde Space has been commissioned by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Innovate UK to build four CubeSats for the programme. The company’s satellites will eventually be launched from the International Space Station, enabling in-orbit demonstration of technical and business propositions. | Platform by Clyde Space, Innovate UK, Funding by UK Satellite Applications Catapult. |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Waypoint 1 | not launched | SpaceFab.US | Company | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 21 centimeter mirror with extended optics. Image intensified ultraviolet and visible camera, and a 48 megapixel camera for visible and near-infrared imaging for astronomical and Earth observation purposes, available for use by customers around the world. Also provide 150 band hyper-spectral camera for Earth observation at 3 meter resolution for use in scientific and commercial applications. | - |
| PEARLS 53 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| ECOSat-III | not launched | University of Victoria | University | Canada | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The Enhanced Communications Satellite (ECoSat-III) will further The University of Victoria’s contribution to research and development of communication systems on nano satellite systems. ECoSat-III will be flying with multiple missions focused on the areas of amateur radio and amateur satellite communications as well as further development into enhanced Attitude Determination and Control Systems. | - |
| IOD Mission 2 | not launched | Satellite Applications Catapult | Agency | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Fast-growing Clyde Space has been commissioned by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Innovate UK to build four CubeSats for the programme. The company’s satellites will eventually be launched from the International Space Station, enabling in-orbit demonstration of technical and business propositions. | Clyde Space, Innovate UK |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-v xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| FSSCat A | not launched | Golbriak Space | Company | Estonia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Collect data to complement the Copernicus Sentinels and, in particular, to support the Copernicus Land and Marine Environment services using a state-of-the-art dual microwave payload as well as a multispectral optical payload. | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 5 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| PEARLS 54 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Orbital Factory II | not launched | University of Texas at El Paso | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Test additive manufacturing — or 3D printing — utilizing conductive polymers to perform the simulated repair of a solar array junction in orbit. | ULA |
| RECONSO | not launched | Georgia Institute of Technology | University | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Optical payload in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to enable low-cost unqueued space object detection and tracking. Inertial bearing and apparent magnitude measurement will be processed on-board and downlinked to Georgia Tech for further processing and distribution. | - |
| CASPA (Cold Atom Space Payload) | not launched | Teledyne e2v | Company | UK | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Using quantum technology they will provide a state-of-the-art technical solution capable of creating ultra-sensitive ‘cold atoms’ in space. Applications for instruments based on this technology include more accurate monitoring of changes in polar ice mass, ocean currents and sea level, the ability to monitor underground water resources and discover new underground natural resource deposits which are currently not detectable. The technology will also be used for deep space navigation and for providing higher precision timing sources in space. | Built by Clyde Space. Funded by Innovate UK. University of Southampton, Gooch & Housego, XCAM, Covesion. |
| IOD Mission 3 | not launched | Satellite Applications Catapult | Agency | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Fast-growing Clyde Space has been commissioned by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Innovate UK to build four CubeSats for the programme. The company’s satellites will eventually be launched from the International Space Station, enabling in-orbit demonstration of technical and business propositions. | Clyde Space, Innovate UK |
| PlanetiQ 7 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| iCUBE 2 | not launched | Islamabad Institute of Science and Technology | Institute | Pakistan | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | TBD | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 6 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| TechEdSat-7 | not launched | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Further develop the Exo-Brake system, as well as demonstrate a CubeSat Identity Tag (CUBIT), a DARPA RF-ID system for future identification of functioning and non-functioning nanosatellites. | - |
| FemtoXat | not launched | University of Vigo | University | Spain | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| PEARLS 55 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| NITESat (Night Imaging & Tracking Experiment Satellite) ) | not launched | Adler Planetarium | Non-profit | US | 2U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Acquire high quality nighttime imagery of the Midwest from orbit to measure the quantity and quality of light pollution across a 1000 km x 1000 km area centered on Chicago | Orbital Transports |
| FSSCat B | not launched | Golbriak Space | Company | Estonia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Collect data to complement the Copernicus Sentinels and, in particular, to support the Copernicus Land and Marine Environment services using a state-of-the-art dual microwave payload as well as a multispectral optical payload. | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| IOD Mission 4 | not launched | Satellite Applications Catapult | Agency | UK | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Fast-growing Clyde Space has been commissioned by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Innovate UK to build four CubeSats for the programme. The company’s satellites will eventually be launched from the International Space Station, enabling in-orbit demonstration of technical and business propositions. | Clyde Space, Innovate UK |
| PlanetiQ 8 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| ADE (Aerodynamic Deorbit Experiment) | not launched | Purdue University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Provide flight qualification and characterize the performance of a deployable drag device to accelerate the deorbit of small satellites following the completion of an operational mission. | ULA |
| KickSat-2 | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Reflight of KickSat. Carry and deploy 200 Sprites. A 1U avionics bus will provide power, communications, and command and data handling functions. A 2U deployer has been developed to house the Sprites. 104 Sprites will be stacked atop a spring-loaded pusher and secured by a nichrome burn wire system. | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 8 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| PEARLS 56 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 9 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| DSM-BRAC (M-BARC 1) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 2U | 2019-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Test various systems that are expect to fly aboard a larger, future CubeSat to serve as a time capsule celebrating the school’s 200th anniversary. | ULA |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| KLETSkous 1 | not launched | SA AMSAT | Non-profit | South Africa | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | To give Radio Amateurs in Southern Africa easy access to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite on as many of the available passes as possible. | - |
| MIST (MIiniature STudent satellite) | not launched | Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) | University | Sweden | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Prototype Cubesat propulsion system. Test of key parts of a mass spectrometer. Test of piezoelectric linear motor. X-ray Background Explorer. Test of SiC operational amplifier Integrated Devices and Circuits. Microfluidic Orbital Resuscitation of Bacteria. New method for trapping data errors. | Nanospace, Institute of Space Physics, Piezomotor AB |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Foresail-1 | not launched | Finnish Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Space | Institute | Finland | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Main payload is Particle Telescope (PATE). Pparticle detector capable to measure electrons and protons, their energies and pitch angles. The electrons are monitored with a range of 80 to 1600 keV with a single channel, while the protons are monitored with a range of 8 to 30 MeV in two energy channels. The secondary payload is the Electrostatic Plasma Brake, developed by Finnish Meteorological Institute. The device is designed to lower the orbit altitude of the satellite and deorbit the satellite. | University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of Turku, and the Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| 3CAT-4 | not launched | Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC, BarcelonaTECH) | University | Spain | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Implements in a Software Defined Radio a “flexible microwave payload” to perform (sequentially): 1) dualband (L1, L2/L5) GNSS-Reflectometry, 2) L-band radiometry with digital Radio Frequency Interference detection and mitigation techniques, and 3) an experimental Automatic Identification System (AIS). | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 3 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| PlanetiQ 10 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 57 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| AAUSAT6 | not launched | Aalborg University | University | Denmark | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | TBD | - |
| PlanetiQ 11 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 7 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| ASELSAT | not launched | ITU (Istanbul Technical University | University | Turkey | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | GSD of at least 30 meter payload and X Band downlink system is designed and developed. | ASELSAN, Gumush Space, ERTEK Ltd. |
| TARGIT (LiDAR CubeSat) | not launched | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Assemble, test, and integrate a miniaturized LiDAR imaging camera. A parallel development will also design and test a deployable inflatable that will serve as the lidar camera's primary imaging target. | - |
| PEARLS 58 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| D3 CubeSat B | not launched | University of Florida | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Develop and demonstrate a simple, reliable, low-cost, non-propulsive system for deliberate deorbit of small spacecraft, including CubeSats. In order to achieve this goal, the project’s focus is on developing a proof-of-concept design that will control the orbital decay, up to the atmospheric ballistic entry point, of CubeSat form factors up to 12U. | NASA Launch Services Program |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PlanetiQ 12 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Perseus-O 1 | not launched | Dauria Aerospace | Company | Russia | 6U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | - |
| ANDESITE Sensor Node 4 | not launched | Boston University | University | US | 0.38 kg | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | One of 8 small picosatellites to be deployed from ANDESITE. Contains magnetometer, radios, GPS, EPS and science payload. | - |
| D3 CubeSat A | not launched | University of Florida | University | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Develop and demonstrate a simple, reliable, low-cost, non-propulsive system for deliberate deorbit of small spacecraft, including CubeSats. In order to achieve this goal, the project’s focus is on developing a proof-of-concept design that will control the orbital decay, up to the atmospheric ballistic entry point, of CubeSat form factors up to 12U. | NASA Launch Services Program |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| PEARLS 59 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| RVSAT-1 | not launched | R V College of Engineering | University | India | 2U | 2019-12-31 | Not Launched | not launched | To inspire young minds to have confidence in taking up challenging tasks, by giving room for interdisciplinary research, sharing of knowledge to enhance engineering skills and collectively work to design, build, launch and operate nanosatellite systems. | ISRO |
| BeoCube (Braunschweig Educational Orbital CubeSat) | not launched | Technische Universität Braunschweig | University | Germany | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Educate university students and support research in fields like space situational awareness and orbit propagation. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| INSPIRE-A (Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment) | not launched | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Demonstrate fundamental functionality in deep space: command & data handling telecommunication, and navigation. Characterize CubeSat system performance in the deep space. Demonstrate mother-daughter mission architectures by relaying communications. Demonstrate the capability to support COTS/university processor subsystems in functioning despite upsets, by monitoring and power-cycling them. | California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo (CalPoly), Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| GOLF-TEE (reater Orbit, Larger Footprint – Technology Exploration Environment) | not launched | AMSAT | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Vanderbilt University Low Energy Proton (LEP) experiment. Deployable solar panels, ADAC (attitude determination and control), Software Defined Radio (SDR) Transponder | Vanderbilt University |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| HFSAT | not launched | US Naval Academy | University | US | 1.5U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 15 metre to 10 metre linear transponder with 30kHz bandwidth. | - |
| SUCHAI 2 | not launched | University of Chile | University | Chile | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Ionosphere and magnetosphere research | Aurora Space |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| INSPIRE-B (Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment) | not launched | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Agency | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Demonstrate fundamental functionality in deep space: command & data handling telecommunication, and navigation. Characterize CubeSat system performance in the deep space. Demonstrate mother-daughter mission architectures by relaying communications. Demonstrate the capability to support COTS/university processor subsystems in functioning despite upsets, by monitoring and power-cycling them. | California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo (CalPoly), Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| EyeSat (EYE-SAT) | not launched | CNES | Agency | France | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Astronomy mission to study the zodiacal light and imaging of the Milky Way developed by students. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Hera-2 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| Istsat-1 (ISTnanosat 1, ISTsat-1, ISTnanosat-1) | not launched | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) | University | Portugal | 1U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test an ADS-B receiver that aims to track aircraft in flight. | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| CELESTA (ROBUSTA 1D, CErn Latchup Experiment STudent sAtellite) | not launched | University of Montpellier | University | France | 1U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | In-orbit testing of a radiation monitor and a single event latch-up experiment. Twofold setup of a combined radiation monitoring unit based on the CERN Radiation Monitor (RadMon) system coupled with a Single Event Latch-up (SEL) test station. RadMon technology has already been fully demonstrated and validated at CERN for its ground application and it is being optimized to comply with space applications constraints. | CERN |
| SUCHAI 3 | not launched | University of Chile | University | Chile | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Ionosphere and magnetosphere research | Aurora Space |
| Lemur-3 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Opusat-II | not launched | Osaka Prefecture University | University | Japan | 2U | 2019-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | High-speed communication performance evaluation. Message box service. Increase the population of amateur radio operators. | - |
| Hera-1 (1HOPSat) | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| Lemur-2 | not launched | Spire | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Weather data for government and commercial customers. Measuring signals from GPS satellites as those signals pass through the atmosphere. STRATOS imaging payload and the SENSE AIS payload. | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2019-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| NanoBob | not launched | University of Grenoble | University | France | 12U | 2020-03-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate the experimental feasibility of fully quantum communication over a distance of 500 km. | Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) |
| Lunar Flashlight | not launched | NASA JPL | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Illuminate permanently-shadowed regions and detect water ice absorption bands in the near-infrared. Lasers in 4 different bands illuminate the lunar surface with a 3 degree beam (1Km). Light reflected off the lunar surface enters the spectrometer to distinguish water ices from regolith. | - |
| NEA-Scout (Near Earth Asteroid Scout) | not launched | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Mission to rendezvous with an asteroid and gather detailed imagery. Use a solar sail to enable a cubesat to travel slowly past an asteroid. | - |
| CU-E3 (Colorado University Earth Escape Explorer) | not launched | University of Colorado | University | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Flat-panel antenna array for high data rate communications. Uses solar pressure for orbit control. | - |
| Miles | not launched | Tampa Hackerspace | Non-profit | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Iodine-fueled plasma thruster. | - |
| EQUULEUS (Equilibrium Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft) | not launched | JAXA | Agency | Japan | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar L2 | not launched | Lunar L2 (libration-point) orbiter. Demonstrate trajectory design and control techniques and the associated technologies in the Sun-Earth-Moon perturbed region by a nano-spacecraft; To study the radiation environment in the geospace; To characterize the flux of impacting meteors at the far side of the Moon. | - |
| Cislunar Explorer | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Demonstrate using water as propellant. Uses electricity to split its water propellant into Hydrogen and Oxygen, which it burns as fuel. | - |
| Lunar IceCube (Lunar Ice Cube Orbiter) | not launched | Morehead State University | University | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Prospect for water ice and other lunar volatiles from a low-perigee lunar orbit flying only 100 km (62 miles) above the lunar surface. Use an innovative RF Ion engine to achieve lunar capture and the science orbit to allow the team to make systematic measurements of lunar water features. | Busek Company (Natick MA), NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC in Greenbelt MD), and the Catholic University of America (CUA) |
| LunIR (SkyFire) | not launched | Lockheed Martin | Company | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar fly-by | not launched | During lunar fly-by, it will collect spectroscopy and thermography, address both Moon and Mars SKGs for surface characterization, remote sensing, and site selection. Hosting a mid-wave Infra-Red (MWIR) sensor. | - |
| LunaH-Map | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Map the hydrogen content of the entire South Pole of the moon, including within permanently shadowed regions at high resolution. Measure the bulk hydrogen content, up to a meter beneath the lunar surface, while the instruments on both Lunar IceCube and FLASHLIGHT will tell us about the very top few microns. | - |
| CuSP | not launched | Southwest Research Institute | Institute | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Study Solar Particles. First protype of an interplanetary CubeSat space weather station. It will observe space weather events hours before they reach Earth. | NASA |
| ArgoMoon | not launched | Argotec | Company | Italy | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Lunar | not launched | Take several historically significant pictures of the EM-1 mission and it will test some innovative communication systems | - |
| OMOTENASHI | not launched | University of Tokyo | University | Japan | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | 3 modules: orbiting module, retro motor module, and surface probe. Demonstrate the technology for low-cost and very small spacecraft to explore the lunar surface. This technology could open up new possibilities for future missions to inexpensively investigate the surface of the moon. | JAXA |
| BioSentinel | not launched | NASA Ames Research Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-06-31 | Heliocentric orbit, Lunary fly-by | not launched | Radiation Biosensor to Gauge DNA Damage and Repair Beyond Low Earth Orbit. • Develop a deep space nanosat capability • Develop a radiation biosensor useful for other missions • Define & validate SLS secondary payload interfaces and accommodations for a biological payload | NASA Johnson Space Center, Loma Linda University Medical Center, and the University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Landmapper-HD 7 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| MECSE (Magnetohydrodynamics / Electrohydrodynamics CubeSat Experiment) | not launched | University of Beira Interior | University | Portugal | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measure and Manipulate the Ionospheric Plasma Layer | - |
| Landmapper-HD 8 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| PRETTY (Passive REflecTomeTrY) | not launched | ESA | Agency | Austria | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | demonstrate the technique of GNSS Reflectometry at low grazing angles for altimetry (primarily for sea ice detection) using a new software-defined GNSS receiver. Additionally, a miniaturised radiation dosimeter will also be tested in flight. | RUAG Space, TU Graz, Seibersdorf Laboratories |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Landmapper-HD 9 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| INSPIRESat-1 | not launched | University of Colorado Boulder | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Establish a long-term academic program for developing a constellation of small satellites and a global network of ground stations, Chandran explains. INSPIRE aims to provide a University constellation of Earth & space weather observing satellites. | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and the Indian Space Research Organization, National Central University and the National Space Organization in Taiwan, the University of Versailles in France |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| NEUDOSE | not launched | McMaster University | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Investigates the types of radiation doses that astronauts would experience during extravehicular activities (EVAs) while in low earth orbit. | NASA |
| TUDSat | not launched | Technical University of Darmstadt | University | Germany | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| CUTE (Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment) | not launched | University of Colorado Boulder | University | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Use near-ultraviolet (NUV) transmission spectroscopy from 255 to 330 nanometers (nm) to characterize the composition and mass-loss rates of exoplanet atmospheres. | NASA |
| 3CAT-3 (3CAT3, MOTS) | not launched | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | University | Spain | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Multispectral camera and an L-band radiometer. integration of standardized platforms and subsystems, developed at the NanoSat Lab. | - |
| FireSat / MDASat | not launched | UK Space Agency | Agency | UK | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Detecting wildfires with a k-line Imager (Potassium Imager). | Clyde Space, University of Strathclyde, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Namibia University of Science and Technology |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Landmapper-HD 10 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| MARIO (Measurement of Actuator Response and Impedance on Orbit) | not launched | University of Michigan | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Characterize the behavior and degradation of macro-fiber composite materials under actuation and structural health monitoring configurations. | - |
| BRIAN | not launched | University of Buffalo | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Fly a software defined radio payload in order to characterize and develop a temporal and spatial map of the background radio noise on commonly used CubeSat bands. | - |
| Garatéa-L (Garatea-L) | not launched | Airvantis | Company | Brazil | 6U | 2020-12-31 | Lunar | not launched | 3 major scientific experiments in astrobiology, space medicine and one to make a milt-zone imaging of the lunar surface. Study the effects of the microgravity environment on different life forms. | University of São Paulo, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency. |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| WISCER (Wideband Ionospheric Sounder Cubesat Experiment) | not launched | Thales Alenia? | Company | UK | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Wideband (~100 MHz) beacon on a low cost cubesat in order to measure and evaluate the ionospheric channel. Deployable antenna from Oxford Space Systems. SAR. | University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, Oxford Space Systems |
| KASI Sat A (SNIPE) | not launched | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) | Institute | South Korea | 6U | 2020-12-31 | 500-600 km | not launched | Identifying temporal and spatial variation of small scale plasma structures in Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. Constellation of Four 6U-Nanosats. Formation Flying (Slow separation from 10 km to 100 km for 6 months). | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Yonsei University, Kyoto University, JAXA ISAS, Nagoya University, Kanazawa University |
| SpecOcean | not launched | University of Georgia | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Develop and operate the first moderate resolution coastal ecosystem and ocean color CubeSat to monitor coastal wetlands status, estuarine water quality, and near-coastal ocean productivity. | - |
| KASI Sat B (SNIPE) | not launched | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) | Institute | South Korea | 6U | 2020-12-31 | 500-600 km | not launched | Identifying temporal and spatial variation of small scale plasma structures in Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. Constellation of Four 6U-Nanosats. Formation Flying (Slow separation from 10 km to 100 km for 6 months). | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Yonsei University, Kyoto University, JAXA ISAS, Nagoya University, Kanazawa University |
| RACE 1 (Rendezvous Autonomous CubeSats Experiment) | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | CubeSat rendezvous. | - |
| LetSat-1 | not launched | LeTourneau University | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Explore the feasibility of deploying artificial intelligence hardware in low earth orbit. Raise the Technology Readiness Level of commercial artificial intelligence hardware. Use artificial intelligence image recognition to determine orbital position. Developing revolutionary software for space-based neural networks. It is similar to traditional facial recognition software, except it will be processing images of the earth to determine the location the picture was taken at. | - |
| KASI Sat C (SNIPE) | not launched | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) | Institute | South Korea | 6U | 2020-12-31 | 500-600 km | not launched | Identifying temporal and spatial variation of small scale plasma structures in Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. Constellation of Four 6U-Nanosats. Formation Flying (Slow separation from 10 km to 100 km for 6 months). | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Yonsei University, Kyoto University, JAXA ISAS, Nagoya University, Kanazawa University |
| PACE (Pre-capture Autonomous CubeSats Experiment) | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | CubeSat formation flying, rendezvous and docking. | - |
| Unicorn-3 | not launched | Alba Orbital | Company | UK | PocketQube 3p | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Advanced 3p PocketQube platform. | - |
| AMS (Agricultural Monitoring) | not launched | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate MWIR instrument in a CubeSat. Provide Soil Moisture Data In Real.Develop Commercial Scalable service. Accommodate Cooling and fine pointing. | - |
| KASI Sat D (SNIPE) | not launched | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) | Institute | South Korea | 6U | 2020-12-31 | 500-600 km | not launched | Identifying temporal and spatial variation of small scale plasma structures in Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. Constellation of Four 6U-Nanosats. Formation Flying (Slow separation from 10 km to 100 km for 6 months). | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Yonsei University, Kyoto University, JAXA ISAS, Nagoya University, Kanazawa University |
| LPUSAT | not launched | Lovely Professional University | University | India | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study the structure, origin, and evolution and composition of the Universe by Diffuse X Ray Background. Study atmosphere with X Rays. | - |
| FACE 1 (Formation Autonomous CubeSats Experiment) | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Formation flying. | - |
| PEARLS 161 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| IOD-6 | not launched | Open Cosmos | Company | UK | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | UK Satellite Applications Catapult |
| Manitoba SAT-1 | not launched | University of Manitoba | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Study how space conditions affect the composition of asteroids and the Moon so that researchers on Earth can better understand those effects when studying their cousins, meteorites. This mission will also help better understand the origins of asteroids when we combine this data with the data from asteroid sample-return missions, such as the OSIRIS-REx mission. | - |
| Spectrolite | not launched | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Air quality monitoring. Demonstrate novel spectrometer. Measure NO2 emissions. Localize emission sources. Integrated design team of SME’s and traditional industry. First mission with strong optical alignment and thermal constraints | - |
| IonSat (Ion-Sat) | not launched | Ecole Polytechnique | University | France | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | The mission is to put an ion thruster into orbit, to demonstrate it technologically and to study the effects of iodine deposits on the operation of the satellite. | ThrustMe, CNES |
| CubeSat NB | not launched | University of New Brunswick | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | CubeSat NB will receive signals transmitted by global navigation satellite systems, such as GPS, as they travel through the ionosphere and are affected by it. Researchers will be able to use the data to further study how the ionosphere changes from place to place over time as well as how it responds to space weather. CubeSat NB will also carry three cameras. Two cameras will allow the team to study the distribution of oxygen in the upper atmosphere. The third camera will be used to take images of Earth’s surface for Earth science and meteorology applications. Knowledge of Earth’s oceans is critical to the understanding of climate change. | University of Moncton (NB), New Brunswick Community College, Saint John Campus (NB) |
| SAGE IV (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Pathfinder) | not launched | NASA Langley Research Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate a new capability for measuring stratospheric ozone by using a solar occultation technique | - |
| JAGSAT | not launched | University of Southern Alabama | University | US | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Use a time domain impedance probe to conduct spatially resolved measurements of plasma density irregularities in the ionosphere. | - |
| RACE 2 (Rendezvous Autonomous CubeSats Experiment) | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | CubeSat rendezvous. | - |
| UoMBSat1 | not launched | University of Malta | University | Malta | PocketQube 1p | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study the properties of an ionised region of the Earth’s upper atmosphere (known as the ionosphere). This first launch will pave the way for a constellation of eight such satellites that will spread over a larger geographical area and hence gain better coverage of the ionosphere. | University of Birmingham |
| FACE 2 (Formation Autonomous CubeSats Experiment) | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Formation flying. | - |
| Infante | not launched | Tekever | Company | Portugal | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Precursor to a constellation of 12 spacecraft. Multiple payloads, including a multispectral camera, synthetic aperture radar, automatic identification system (AIS) for tracking ships and Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) for tracking aircraft. | solar panel producer Active Space Technologies, propulsion expert Omnidea and the Portuguese division of Spain’s GMV for payload management. |
| SpectroCube | not launched | ESA | Agency | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Astrochemistry & radiation demo in GTO orbit. | - |
| CougSat | not launched | Washington State University | University | US | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Educate undergraduate students and establish a long term cubesat development program for future students, who will benefit from the institutional knowledge and resources obtained. | - |
| DUCS (Dalhousie University CubeSat) | not launched | Dalhousie University | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test a new CubeSat frame made out of lightweight metal alloys to provide better space navigation capabilities for future CubeSats. Validate the use of onboard solar energy and battery storage technology to power a stabilization wheel that will better control the position of the satellite’s instruments. | Nunavut Arctic College |
| IDEASSat | not launched | National Central University? | University | Taiwan | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measure the ionosphere activity which will affect satellite and terrestrial communication. Follow-up and form a constellation with INSPIRESat-1 to measure ionospheric structure and plasma irregularities for radio communications monitoring. | National Space Organization |
| ARKSat-1 | not launched | University of Arkansas | University | US | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Take LEO-to-Earth atmospheric composition measurements using an on-board xenon flash bulb as the calibrated source for ground tracking and demonstrate CubeSat deorbiting using a solid-state inflation balloon. | - |
| NutSat | not launched | National Formosa University? | University | Taiwan | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Track the airplanes and unmanned aircraft with ADS-B. | National Space Organization |
| ESSENCE (Educational Space Science and Engineering CubeSat Experiment) | not launched | York University | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test a Canadian-developed wide-angle camera to observe snow and ice coverage in Northern Canada. The information collected through its images could help map the thawing of Arctic ice and permafrost and give a better picture of the impacts of climate change in the region. Test a solar energetic proton detector, provided by the University of Sydney, to collect data that will enable a better understanding of the effect of Solar Proton Events (SPEs). | - |
| PEARLS 101 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 102 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 103 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SSS-2A | not launched | Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | University | China | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Training students and faculties from Member States (MS) for satellite engineering through hands-on practical training until the flight model is made, and thus to contribute significantly to the development of space education system among MS, as well as to enhance the capacity building of Universities in space technology development for senior undergraduates and above levels in both aspects of knowledge and engineering practices. | - |
| CHIRad-Sat | not launched | Concordia University | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test an imaging instrument to collect data on dust measurements and study the effect of climate change in the Kluane Lake region. Evaluate the viability of a new electronic component that shows better resistance to the harsh conditions of space and that could improve the cost-effectiveness and performance of future CubeSat computers. | - |
| EXACT (Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing ) | not launched | University of Minnesota | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study hard x-ray (HXR) emissions from solar flare activity. Produce an energy spectrum to show the timescales of electrons accelerated by flares. | - |
| PEARLS 104 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| ASCENT | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | GEO (Geostationary Orbit) | not launched | Demonstrate various CubeSat operations in geostationary orbit (GEO). AFRL will provide and integrate the ASCENT payload. | Built by Blue Canyon. |
| PEARLS 105 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 106 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| ECE3SAT | not launched | ECE Paris | University | France | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Verify a physical theory permitting a fast deorbiting | - |
| PEARLS 107 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 108 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 109 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| BIRDY | not launched | National Cheng Kung University | University | Taiwan | 3U | 2020-12-31 | Mars free-return | not launched | To Mars and back to collect radiation data. Counts energetic particles in the maximum range 1 MeV/nucleon to 1 GeV/nucleon. | - |
| PEARLS 110 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PTD-3 (PTHFDR, Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator) | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Government-furnished technology payloads for a series of flight demonstrations. | NASA Glenn |
| PEARLS 111 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 112 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 2 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| YukonSat | not launched | Yukon College | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Coding challenges open to Yukon youth and the public, using data gathered from YukonSat. For example, students could be challenged to create a collage of satellite images of a certain region of Earth. Coding challenges to transmit and receive short voice recordings. Yukon schools, First Nations, communities, and other groups will have the opportunity to spread their messages to other parts of Canada and the world through a scavenger hunt-style challenge. Data analysis and interpretation completed in Yukon College math and science courses. For example, students could learn about instrumentation, signal processing and data analysis methods while completing an activity to map earth’s magnetic forces using GPS and magnetometer data from a satellite built by their peers. | - |
| PEARLS 113 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 114 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 115 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 3 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| Starling1 D | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test technologies required to achieve affordable, distributed spacecraft (“swarm”) missions. focus on developing technologies that enable scalability and deep space application. The mission goals include the demonstration of a Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) through an in-space communication experiment and vision based relative navigation through the Starling Formation-flying Optical eXperiment (StarFOX). | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| Ex-Alta 2 (AlbertaSat-2) | not launched | University of Alberta | University | Canada | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Expand our open-source platform to include accessible, open-source satellite software, electronic, and mechanical designs to increase Canadian and world access to space. Test an imaging instrument designed to collect information for predicting, tracking, and monitoring the impact of wildfire on vegetation and land. Fly a flux-gate magnometer, an instrument designed to monitor and better understand the effects of space weather on our communications systems. | Aurora College. Yukon College, University of Calgary, University of Saskatchewan, York University |
| PEARLS 116 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 4 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| PEARLS 117 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 118 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Starling1 C | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test technologies required to achieve affordable, distributed spacecraft (“swarm”) missions. focus on developing technologies that enable scalability and deep space application. The mission goals include the demonstration of a Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) through an in-space communication experiment and vision based relative navigation through the Starling Formation-flying Optical eXperiment (StarFOX). | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| HyperCube 5 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| PEARLS 119 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 120 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 121 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 6 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| Starling1 B | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test technologies required to achieve affordable, distributed spacecraft (“swarm”) missions. focus on developing technologies that enable scalability and deep space application. The mission goals include the demonstration of a Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) through an in-space communication experiment and vision based relative navigation through the Starling Formation-flying Optical eXperiment (StarFOX). | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| PEARLS 122 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 123 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 124 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| mDOT (Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope) | not launched | Stanford University | University | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | HEO/GEO | not launched | Potential to demonstrate the distributed occulter/telescope technology with scientific return using a CubeSat. UV telescope with 10 cm aperture. Ejected from occulter spacecraft and assumes formation. | Tyvak, NASA |
| HyperCube 7 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| TROPICS 1 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| Starling1 A | not launched | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test technologies required to achieve affordable, distributed spacecraft (“swarm”) missions. focus on developing technologies that enable scalability and deep space application. The mission goals include the demonstration of a Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) through an in-space communication experiment and vision based relative navigation through the Starling Formation-flying Optical eXperiment (StarFOX). | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| PEARLS 125 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 126 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 127 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 8 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| TROPICS 2 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| PEARLS 128 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 9 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| PEARLS 129 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 130 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| TROPICS 3 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| Shiver A | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Perform autonomous station keeping between four 12U spacecraft systems. GPS receivers will be used for orbit knowledge and the ground system will distribute the orbit telemetry among the four spacecraft systems. Will use an identical bus to Starling1. | NASA Ames |
| HyperCube 10 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| PEARLS 131 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| TROPICS 4 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| PEARLS 132 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 133 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 11 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| Parikshit | not launched | Manipal Institute of Technology | University | India | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demostration of the DragEN from Saber Astronautics, which is a portable electrodynamic tether platform for de-orbit of picosatellites, with the potential for further develpment into a power generator tether. | ISRO, Saber Astronautics |
| Shiver B | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Perform autonomous station keeping between four 12U spacecraft systems. GPS receivers will be used for orbit knowledge and the ground system will distribute the orbit telemetry among the four spacecraft systems. Will use an identical bus to Starling1. | NASA Ames |
| TROPICS 5 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| PEARLS 134 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 135 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 136 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| HyperCube 12 (CubeSat-FTS) | not launched | Harris Corp | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | HyperCube is a 3D sounding instrument designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth’s atmosphere (3D wind data). Provides hundreds of hyperspectral bands. | Utah State University |
| TROPICS 6 ( The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | not launched | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (21 minutes for the baseline mission, 31 minutes for the threshold mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. | NASA GSFC, NOAA, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami. Built by Blue Canyon. |
| SPATIUM (Space Precision Atomic-clock TIming Utility Mission) | not launched | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | New technique for ionosphere mapping using a constellation of CubeSats equipped with Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) to provide real-time three-dimensional mapping of ionosphere plasma density at the altitudes of electron density peak (200 to 400 km above the Earth) | - |
| Shiver C | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Perform autonomous station keeping between four 12U spacecraft systems. GPS receivers will be used for orbit knowledge and the ground system will distribute the orbit telemetry among the four spacecraft systems. Will use an identical bus to Starling1. | NASA Ames |
| PEARLS 137 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 138 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 139 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| GTOSat (GTO-Sat, Dellingr-X) | not launched | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | GTO | not launched | Targeting severe radiation environment of GTO. 7 mm thick vault for electronics. | - |
| Shiver D | not launched | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Military | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Perform autonomous station keeping between four 12U spacecraft systems. GPS receivers will be used for orbit knowledge and the ground system will distribute the orbit telemetry among the four spacecraft systems. Will use an identical bus to Starling1. | NASA Ames |
| PEARLS 140 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 141 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 142 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| CURIE A (CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment) | not launched | University of California Berkeley | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Measures radio waves from 0.1-19MHz, which must be measured from space, as those frequencies fall below the cutoff imposed by Earth's ionosphere. The principal science objective for CURIE is to use radio interferometry to study radio burst emissions from solar eruptive events such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner heliosphere. | - |
| REALOP A (Remote Experimentation and Analysis of Low Orbit Phenomena) | not launched | University of California, Davis | University | US | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide continuous data from a variety of environmental and remote sensors while downlinking this data to a ground-based server that can students can access through online API and independently investigate various phenomena that are unique to Low-Earth Orbit. Acarryng a radFET-based dosimeter payload. Two are to be launched together for redundancy. | - |
| Helios 7 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 143 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 144 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 145 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 8 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| GranaSat | not launched | University of Granada | University | Spain | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| CURIE B (CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment) | not launched | University of California Berkeley | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | Measures radio waves from 0.1-19MHz, which must be measured from space, as those frequencies fall below the cutoff imposed by Earth's ionosphere. The principal science objective for CURIE is to use radio interferometry to study radio burst emissions from solar eruptive events such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner heliosphere. | - |
| PEARLS 146 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 147 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 148 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| QUBE | not launched | Center for Telematics | Institute | Germany | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Quantum Key Distribution Experiments. Downlink of strongly attenuated light pulses, with encoded quantum information, which can be used for the exchange of encryption keys. A miniaturized quantum random number generator (QRNG) will create a sequence of numbers, which can be used to set the quantum states of the light. | |
| Helios 9 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 149 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 150 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 151 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 10 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Finch-1 | not launched | OQ Technology | Company | Luxembourg | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrator for IoT constellation. | - |
| REALOP B (Remote Experimentation and Analysis of Low Orbit Phenomena) | not launched | University of California, Davis | University | US | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Provide continuous data from a variety of environmental and remote sensors while downlinking this data to a ground-based server that can students can access through online API and independently investigate various phenomena that are unique to Low-Earth Orbit. Acarryng a radFET-based dosimeter payload. Two are to be launched together for redundancy. | - |
| PEARLS 152 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 11 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 153 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 154 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| GRE-1 | not launched | Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble | University | France | 2U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measuring the magnetic field using a magnetometer based on a very low power consumption technology. | - |
| Helios 12 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 155 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 156 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 157 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 13 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 158 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 159 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 160 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 14 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| SORA (Spectrometry Observation for Reflectivity Analysis) | not launched | University at Buffalo (UB) | University | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | gather light data on space debris in either geostationary or low earth orbit. This light data, like the kind collected from our GLADOS satellite, can be used to classify space debris, as well as to characterize the size, shape, and material properties of space debris. | - |
| PEARLS 162 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 163 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 164 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 15 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PlanetiQ 13 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 165 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Helios 16 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| PEARLS 166 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 167 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 14 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 168 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| EagleSat-2 | not launched | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | Scientific investigation focused on detecting cosmic ray particles and studying the effects of solar radiation on various types of random access memory in a memory degradation experiment. | - | |
| PEARLS 169 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 170 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 15 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 171 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 16 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 172 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 173 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Puerto Rico CubeSat NanoRocks-2 (PR-CuNaR2) | not launched | Inter American University of Puerto Rico | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Scientific investigation to increase understanding of the outcomes of relevant collisions among millimeter-sized particles, or “pebbles”, in a protoplanetary disk. | - |
| Buccaneer Flight 4 A | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Satellite formation mission, demonstrating formation GNC and communications. Multiple fundamental aerodynamic shapes, collect high fidelity data | KARL engineering |
| PlanetiQ 17 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| PEARLS 174 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| SkyHopper | not launched | University of Melbourne | University | Australia | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Rapid follow-up of Gamma Ray Bursts originating in the infancy of the Universe and in searching for extra-solar planet around the coldest stars in the Solar neighbourhood. | - |
| PEARLS 175 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 176 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PlanetiQ 18 | not launched | PlanetiQ | Company | US | 6U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation of commercial GPS radio occultation satellites for weather data. | Blue Canyon Tech is building the bus. |
| SKCube-2 | not launched | Slovak Organisation for Space Activities | Non-profit | Slovakia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | GRB detector payload. SDR transceiver, new sun sensors, precise attitude control. | Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports, Institute of Experimental Physics |
| PEARLS 177 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Buccaneer Flight 4 B | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Satellite formation mission, demonstrating formation GNC and communications. Multiple fundamental aerodynamic shapes, collect high fidelity data | KARL engineering |
| PEARLS 178 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 179 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Landmapper-HD 3 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| PEARLS 180 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 181 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 182 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Buccaneer Flight 4 C | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Satellite formation mission, demonstrating formation GNC and communications. Multiple fundamental aerodynamic shapes, collect high fidelity data | KARL engineering |
| Nigeria EduSat-2 | not launched | Federal University of Technology Akure | University | Nigeria | 1U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | On board an infrared camera which will be used for detecting diseased crop, as well as employed for other agricultural purposes. | Landmark University, Omu Aran Kwara State |
| Landmapper-HD 4 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEARLS 183 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 184 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 185 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Buccaneer Flight 4 D | not launched | University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) | Military | Australia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Satellite formation mission, demonstrating formation GNC and communications. Multiple fundamental aerodynamic shapes, collect high fidelity data | KARL engineering |
| FossaSat-1 | not launched | FOSSA (Free Open Source software & Aerospace Development Team | Company | Spain | PocketQube 1p | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Features deployable solar panels and share educational data from space to the masses, | - |
| ESTCube-2 | not launched | University of Tartu / Estonian Student Satellite Foundation | University | Estonia | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test the deployment of 300 m tether for deorbiting. Test 2 Earth Observation cameras. Test technologies for ESTCube-2, which might go to Moon. | Tartu Observatory, FMI, Ventspils University College, Nanospace |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEARLS 186 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 187 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 188 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEARLS 189 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Landmapper-HD 5 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Painani-II | not launched | University of the Mexican Army and Air Force | University | Mexico | 3U | 2020-12-31 | 600 km, 98 deg | not launched | It will carry a low resolution camera and proposes an S Band downlink using frequency hopping technology for the images. | Mexican Space Agency |
| Hera-4 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| PEARLS 190 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 191 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Hera-3 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| PEARLS 192 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| GW-Sat | not launched | George Washington University | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Test a micro-propulsion device called the micro-cathode arc thruster (μCAT) that uses a solid metallic propellant, such as titanium, to produce small controllable impulse bits as the CubeSat’s 3-axis stabilization system. | - |
| PEARLS 193 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 194 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| SATLLA | not launched | Ariel University | University | Israel | PocketQube 2p | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Laser link communication. | - |
| EIRSAT-1 | not launched | University College Dublin | University | Ireland | 2U | 2020-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test a novel gamma-ray detector module and an experiment with thermal coatings for spacecraft. | Queens’ University Belfast |
| PEARLS 195 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 196 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 197 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| ROBUSTA 3A (Méditerranée, Mediterranean-Sat Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application) | not launched | University of Montpellier II | University | France | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - The Méditerranée scientific mission in partnership with Météo France to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts around the Mediterranean basin and in particular the forecast of the Cévenol episodes; - A humanitarian mission in partnership with associations to provide a means of communication between schools located in Burkina Faso in cut-off areas of networks and partner schools in France; - An engineering mission that will test and qualify an on-board equipment, the Star Tracker , a system of attitude determination in space. | Meteo France |
| M3Sat (M3) | not launched | Missouri University of Science and Technology | University | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Validates operation and performance of a multi-mode micro-propulsion system. | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| PEARLS 198 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 199 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| PEARLS 200 | not launched | Sky and Space Global | Company | UK | 8U (4Ux2U) | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Voice, M2M and IoT communicaftion services. Goal is to provide affordable communication services for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. | Built by GomSpace. |
| Landmapper-HD 6 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| ERNST (Experimental Spacecraft based on Nanosatellite Technology) | not launched | Fraunhofer EMI | Institute | Germany | 12U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Evaluate the utility of a 12U nanosatellite mission built on CubeSat components for scientific and military purposes. Main payload is an advanced MWIR camera for monitoring the Earths infrared background. In addition, there is a radiation sensor for in orbit measurements | - |
| Flock-xx xx | not launched | Planet Labs | Company | US | 3U | 2020-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Constellation for optical Earth observation with 3-5m resolution | - |
| TFTqube | not launched | The Flame Trench | Company | US | PocketQube 1p | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Develop a novel method of building compact electronics in pocketqube sized spacecraft, using a shell concept shown to the left. The project will also act as a proving ground for multiple proprietary systems, from spacecraft modules down to ground station systems for operation. | - |
| Hera-9 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| CLICK B (CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK) | not launched | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Two 3U full-duplex laser communication terminals capable of supporting data rates of up to 20 Mbps at separations from 25 km to 580 km. | - |
| Hera-8 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| Hera-7 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| Bobcat-1 | not launched | Ohio University | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology demonstration to measure time offsets between global navigation satellite systems using a CubeSat to create a precise time reference in orbit. | - |
| Hera-6 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| ARKSAT-2 | not launched | University of Arkansas | University | US | 2U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | In space demonstration of an agile, low-cost, non-toxic, biocompatible, and non-pressurized micro-propulsion system | - |
| Landmapper-HD 11 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Landmapper-HD 12 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| MAXWELL | not launched | University of Colorado Boulder | University | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Demonstrate a high rate communication system that is compatible with the NASA Near-Earth Network. It will utilize a CU-developed X-band communication system and a 1m deployable reflectarray antenna from MMA Design. | MMA Design |
| Landmapper-HD 13 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| SWIMSat (Science Weather and Meteor Impact Monitoring) | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | GEO | not launched | Dedicated satellite network for space hazards: • Real-time monitoring • Provide alerts/warnings • Forecasting from minutes to hours | - |
| Landmapper-HD 14 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| ORCA2Sat (ORCA2Sa) | not launched | University of Victoria | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Develop and test new advancements in technology to better understand “dark energy,” an enigmatic form of energy making up 75% of the universe believed to cause the universe to expand at an accelerating rate. Operating with two payloads, ORCA2Sat will calibrate a number of both optical and radio observatories in an effort to reduce uncertainties associated with measurements of the universal expansion rate. These calibrated measurements may provide new insights into the nature of dark energy and the universal expansion rate. | |
| HATOSAT | not launched | Tokyo Denki University | University | Japan | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Conducting various technical tests for practical satellite development. | - |
| CLE A (Netherlands China Low Frequency Explorer | not launched | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Lunar Radio Astronomy. 3 satellite with intersatellite link for real time interferometry (now studied in SYSNOVA LUCE). | - |
| SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat) | not launched | Arizona State University | University | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Sudy the environment in other solar systems around the Galaxy's most common type of star. Mmonitor the flares and sunspots of small stars to assess how habitable the space environment is for planets orbiting them. | University of Washington, the University of Arizona, Lowell Observatory, the SouthWest Research Institute, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Landmapper-HD 15 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Killick-1 | not launched | Memorial University of Newfoundland | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Test an existing technology designed to monitor oceans (sea-ice detection and sea-ice concentration estimation) and fit it on the smaller CubeSat frame, which could lead to cheaper solutions to monitor and collect data on our oceans. | University of Prince Edward Island, C-CORE |
| Landmapper-HD 16 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| SWITCH (Stratospheric Water Inventory, Tomography of Convective Hydration) | not launched | NASA JPL | Agency | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Revolutionary approach for making high resolution measurements of atmospheric composition. The technique uses a transmitter and receiver to produce an “active microwave tomographic” capability that will measure water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, along with other species, to a 500m vertical resolution. | - |
| CLE B (Netherlands China Low Frequency Explorer | not launched | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Lunar Radio Astronomy. 3 satellite with intersatellite link for real time interferometry (now studied in SYSNOVA LUCE). | - |
| AuroraSat | not launched | Aurora College | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Promote and share Indigenous culture across Canada through northern images, a project that will take northern art to space, where pictures of various pieces will be taken with Earth in the background. Promote and share Indigenous culture across Canada through northern voices; engage amateur radio across the country with stories and messages in Indigenous languages. Promote and share Indigenous culture across Canada through games; create a globally interactive game for amateur radio operators. Special recordings played only in certain geographic zones will require global cooperation in order to decode a whole message. Messages and content will be developed on the subjects of northern Indigenous history and language. | University of Alberta (AB), Yukon College (YT), Nunavut Arctic College (NU), University of Alberta North (AB), Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NRCan) |
| Western University – Nunavut Arctic College CubeSat Project | not launched | Western University | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Conduct a flight-test with a novel imaging system for engineering technology demonstration with the potential to provide virtual reality-ready images. This imaging system has future applications in Earth observation and space exploration. Testing will demonstrate imaging modes for different in-orbit functions. Enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach of Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) by taking CubeSat operations into the classroom. | - |
| CLE C (Netherlands China Low Frequency Explorer | not launched | ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space) | Company | Netherlands | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Lunar Radio Astronomy. 3 satellite with intersatellite link for real time interferometry (now studied in SYSNOVA LUCE). | - |
| SpudNik-1 | not launched | University of Prince Edward Island | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Develop and test an imaging system for precision agriculture. The system will be able to capture precise soil and crop data (texture, topography, moisture content, weed and disease infestations, crop damage, etc.) as well as verify the effectiveness of herbicide and fungicide applications, monitor physical damage due to insects, inundation, wind and hail, and schedule an irrigation plan. The goal is to develop better monitoring systems to promote greater sustainability. | - |
| UdeSat | not launched | Université de Sherbrooke | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Conduct one of the first demonstrations of a quantum sensor in space. Quantum sensors use the unique and often strange behaviour of matter at very small distances to perform ultra-sensitive and robust measurements. This quantum sensor uses nitrogen-vacancy defects in a tiny piece of diamond to measure the intensity and orientation of the magnetic field in space. Such measurements are useful to study the effect of solar storms on radio communication, GPS or electrical grids, or the flow of magma under Earth’s crust, for instance. Quantum technologies, such as this magnetometer, will lead to smaller, more energy efficient, and more sensitive sensors for space applications. | - |
| IDRSat | not launched | University of Saskatchewan | University | Canada | 3U | 2021-12-31 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | not launched | Study how materials degrade in space by looking at how useful construction materials are affected by extreme temperatures, radiation, and space debris in low Earth orbit, and by studying material changes in colour, texture, brittleness, and electrical conductivity. The results of the study could lead to more cost-efficient solutions for the space sector. | - |
| PREFIRE A (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment) | not launched | University of Wisconsin | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measuring the Arctic’s radiant energy and how this energy is affecting the Arctic warming. Use miniaturized thermal spectrometers about the size of a penny. | NASA |
| PREFIRE B (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment) | not launched | University of Wisconsin | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Measuring the Arctic’s radiant energy and how this energy is affecting the Arctic warming. Use miniaturized thermal spectrometers about the size of a penny. | NASA |
| NIMPH | not launched | Centre Spatial Universitaire de Toulouse (CSUT) | University | France | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology validation hyper optical components. The measurement of the degradation of the gain of the saturation power and the noise figure of a microwave link opto-optically amplified as a function of the cumulative radiative dose and temperature undergone by the EDFA. Comparing the measurements obtained with theoretical models of degradation to validate. | CNES, ONERA |
| PetitSat (Plasma Enhancements in The Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite) | not launched | NASA Goddard | Agency | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study density irregularities in the mid and low-latitude ionosphere. | Utah State University, Virgina Tech |
| OEDIPE | not launched | École Elisa | University | France | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology validation MEMS resonators, replace 'quartz' in high performance applications (source RF (500MHz to 4GHz) | - |
| METEOR (METEORIX) | not launched | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | University | France | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Detect and characterize meteors by UV photometry and spectroscopy. | - |
| CIRCUS | not launched | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | University | France | 2U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study in situ I / F layer of the ionosphere (enter 90 and 400 km) using a radio receiver and to measure the plasma power spectrum entre50 kHz and 50 Mhz to Using radio antenna and a TNR-HF receiver (Receiver Thermal Noise). | - |
| OUFTI-Next | not launched | University of Liège | University | Belgium | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Produce images in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) with a resolution of at least 50 m, destined to measure the hydric stress of vegetation, which would allow farmers to provide optimal irrigation to their crops. | - |
| GOLF-1 (Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint – Mission 1 ) | not launched | AMSAT | Non-profit | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Educational mission that will host two-way amateur radio communications, analog and digital transponders, and two experiment payloads provided by students. | Vanderbilt University |
| MeginaSat (MGMCube, CubeSatMGM) | not launched | Megina Gymnasium Mayen | School | Germany | 1U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Take pictures of Earth both in the visible and infrared spectrum. | Radio Amateur Society DARC Germany |
| PAN A (Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation) | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology demonstration to launch two 3U CubeSats that will autonomously rendezvous and dock in low-Earth orbit. | - |
| PAN B (Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation) | not launched | Cornell University | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technology demonstration to launch two 3U CubeSats that will autonomously rendezvous and dock in low-Earth orbit. | - |
| Helios 17 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| SPORT (Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task) | not launched | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 6U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Study the formation of ionospheric plasma bubbles, which are the main sources of radar reflections in the equatorial region. Investigate the state of the ionosphere that leads to the growth of plasma bubbles. The relationships between plasma irregularities in satellite altitude and the radio scintillations observed in the equatorial region of the ionosphere will also be studied. | Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazilian Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) |
| Helios 18 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Jumpsat | not launched | Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace | University | France | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Technological verification / space qualification of a Star Tracker, which is currently under development by ISAE-Supaero for future use in small satellite systems. Mapping of the properties of the Earth radiation belt with emphasis on the South Atlantic Anomaly using a directional radiation sensor under development by ONERA. Technological verification / space qualification of the three-axes attitude control system of the Jumpsat space segment. | Telecom Bretagne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ONERA, CNES |
| Helios 19 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Helios 20 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| RamSat | not launched | Oak Ridge Public Schools | School | US | 1U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Education mission to develop and implement a middle school STEM curriculum for building a CubeSat. | - |
| Helios 21 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Helios 22 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| EASAT-2 | not launched | AMSAT EA (Spain) | Non-profit | Spain | PocketQube 2p | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Allows voice communication to radio amateurs, and that will be equipped with a simple Morse beacon. | - |
| Landmapper-HD 17 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Helios 23 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Landmapper-HD 18 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Helios 24 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Landmapper-HD 19 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Hera-5 | not launched | Hera Systems | Company | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 1-meter resolution satellites that will deliver fresh, daily imagery and video of the Earth and make them available on demand through a simplified user interface. | - |
| LEOPARDSat-1 (Low Earth Orbit Platform for Aerospace Research and Development CubeSat) | not launched | University of Cincinnati | University | US | 1U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Educational mission to teach in-depth space mission and systems engineering to undergraduate and high school students. | - |
| Landmapper-HD 20 (Corvus-HD) | not launched | Astro Digital (Aquila Space) | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | High quality multispectral sensors that provide for automated identification of ground features such as crop types, their vigor, and stage in the growing cycle with a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel. | Astro Digital |
| Helios 25 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Helios 26 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| MyanSat-1 | not launched | - | Individual | Myanmar | PocketQube 1p | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | - | - |
| IRVINE03 | not launched | University High School | School | US | 1U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Take a closer look at a X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula. Technology demonstration of an X-ray Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) sensor and electrospray thrusters. education effort to teach, train, and inspire the next generation of STEM professionals, while creating opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM-related fields. | - |
| Helios 27 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| KUbeSat-1 | not launched | University of Kansas | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Science investigation mission that will use a primary cosmic ray detector to further understand exposure in Earth’s ionosphere and its effect on crewed missions. | - |
| Helios 28 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Helios 29 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| CLICK A (CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK) | not launched | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 3U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Two 3U full-duplex laser communication terminals capable of supporting data rates of up to 20 Mbps at separations from 25 km to 580 km. | - |
| EON-MW | not launched | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | US | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | 12U satellite with 22 channels to replicate ATMS. High-performance, radiation tolerant design; >two-year mission life | - |
| ATISE (Auroral Thermosphere Ionosphere Spectrometer Experiment, Zegrensat ) | not launched | University Space Center of Toulouse (CSUT) | University | France | 12U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Two scientific instruments: a spectrometer and an imager. Space weather, especially the aurora viewing. Measure the spectra of terrestrial auroras to better understand the light emission process | University of Grenoble, University of Zelenograd |
| Helios 30 | not launched | Helios Wire | Company | US | 16U | 2021-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Space-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service specifically designed for market applications that require low bandwidth and low service costs. | Astro Digital provides spacecraft bus. |
| Nice3 (The Nice Cube) | not launched | Universite C´ ote d’Azur | University | France | 1U | 2022-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Establish a data optical link between the satellite and the ground, while keeping it in a 1U CubeSat format. The second goal of the mission is to demonstrate a high-enough transmission rate (higher than 1 Kb/s). | - |
| SERB, SUMO (X-CubeSat 2, Solar Ultraviolet Monitor and Ozone Nanosatellite) | not launched | LATMOS (Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales) | Institute | France | 3U | 2022-12-31 | 680 km, 98.2 deg, SSO | not launched | Measure on the same platform the different components of the Earth radiation budget (ERB), the solar energy input and the energy reemitted at the top of the Earth atmosphere, with a particular focus on the far UV (FUV) part of the spectrum and on the ozone layer. | Nanovation SARL; IRFU, Polytechnic School, CNES |
| Intuition-1 | not launched | FP Space | Company | Poland | 6U | 2022-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Observe the Earth using a satellite equipped with a hyperspectral instrument and advanced data processing on board using deep convolutional neural networks. | - |
| AERO (Auroral Emissions Radio Observer) | not launched | MIT Haystack Observatory | University | US | 3U | 2022-12-31 | not launched | not launched | Advance our knowledge by examining radio emissions from the auroral acceleration region in near-Earth space. AERO uses a unique electromagnetic vector sensor (VS) to study AKR at LF and HF frequencies (100 kHz – 5 MHz) with six orthogonal dipole and loop antennas giving angle of arrival and polarization information within a single unit. | Dartmouth College, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Morehead State University, UIT, the Arctic University of Norway, Merrimack College |
| M-ARGO (Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer) | not launched | ESA | Agency | Europe | 12U | 2023-12-31 | Interplanetary | not launched | Rendezvous with an asteroid. Characterise the physical properties of asteroid (shape, surface, mass). Assess potential for resource exploitation (composition, hydration). | - |
| SPARC-1 | cancelled | ÅAC Microtec | Company | Sweden | 6U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | Investigate and demonstrate Earth Observation as well as Space Situational Awareness for demonstration military utility as well a software defined radio with CCSDS communication. demonstrate that military utility can be achieved using a nanosatellite, through the successful operation of the payloads described. A second objective is to demonstrate the operability of the platform itself and thereby allowing for future missions based on the same concept. | Swedish Defence Material Administration, US Air Force Research Laboratory |
| BIRDY-GTO (GTO-BIRDY) | cancelled | National Cheng Kung University | University | Taiwan | 3U | x_cancelled | GTO | cancelled | GTO precursor flight to test the innovative functions of the mission such as the autonomous navigation and communications subsystems | France universities |
| MaSat-2 | cancelled | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | University | Hungary | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 3-axis active stabilization. Increased resolution camera. RAD-based FET total dose measurement. To achieve higher data rate satellite-Earth direction. Electrosmog field measurement LEO (optional) | - |
| UAPSAT-2 | cancelled | Alas Peruanas University | University | Peru | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Outernet 1U Demo 1 | cancelled | Outernet | Company | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | “Outernet” aims to deliver information to the 4.3 billion people currently living without reliable internet access. Primary objective is in-orbit demonstration of the Outernet service via a nanosatellite constellation. | Clyde Space, UK Space Agency |
| UCISat 1 | cancelled | University of California, Irvine | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Primary mission of capturing imagines of the Earth and transmit them. IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) used to determine how well the passive ACS performs. | - |
| MisST (Microsatellite in-situ Space Technologies) | cancelled | NASA Ames | Agency | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Conducting automated biological experiments. The payload (two fused 10 cm cubes) includes an integrated fluidics system that maintains organism viability and supports growth and a fixed-focus imager with fluorescence and scattered-light imaging capabilities. The payload monitors temperature, pressure and relative humidity, and actively controls temperature. | - |
| UCISat 2 | cancelled | University of California, Irvine | University | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Determine whether natural sunlight and high energy radiation can break down pollutant compounds in water for recycling during extended space explorations. Purifying contaminated water with sunlight and radiation would significantly alleviate the need to bring expensive equipment to space for the same purpose. | - |
| ZJU CubeSat | cancelled | Zhejiang University | University | China | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | QB50 | QB50, |
| RioSat | cancelled | Graz Unviersity of Technology | University | Austria | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| Ulises 2 | cancelled | National Autonomous University of Mexico | University | Mexico | TubeSat | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | Mexico Space Collective |
| SamSat-QB50 | cancelled | Samara State Aerospace University | University | Russia | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | A 3U CubeSat part of the QB50 constellation. Planning in orbit demonstration of passive ACS using aerodynamic forces. | QB50, |
| Discovery (QBUS 3) | cancelled | Stanford University | University | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | QB50. | QB50, |
| Outernet 1U Demo 2 | cancelled | Outernet | Company | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | “Outernet” aims to deliver information to the 4.3 billion people currently living without reliable internet access. Primary objective is in-orbit demonstration of the Outernet service via a nanosatellite constellation. | Clyde Space, UK Space Agency |
| IP2SAT (SAT-IP2) | cancelled | University of Picard | University | France | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The purpose of this CubeSat include: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. | QB50, |
| ALCEK | cancelled | BOREAS Space (Bulgarian Orbital REsearch and Satellites) | Company | Bulgaria | 6U | x_cancelled | Lunar | cancelled | Lunar orbiter tasked with conducting spectroscopic research of the Moon’s surface, especially its far side. An additional infrared experiment on the satellite will study the connection between IR emissions and tectonic activity. Travel towards the Moon by achieving GTO and using low energy transfer through Lagrangian point 1, using ion thrusters. It will be programmed to have a very high degree of autonomy. Its intended life is no less than one year. | ARCA (Romanian Association for Cosmonautics and Aeronautics) |
| UNSA-SAT1 | cancelled | National University of St Agustin of Arequipa | University | Peru | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Outernet 1U Demo 3 | cancelled | Outernet | Company | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | “Outernet” aims to deliver information to the 4.3 billion people currently living without reliable internet access. Primary objective is in-orbit demonstration of the Outernet service via a nanosatellite constellation. | Clyde Space, UK Space Agency |
| RyeF3Ex-1 (Ryerson Femtosatellite Formation Flying Experiment) | cancelled | Ryerson University | University | Canada | PocketQube | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Multiple tethered femto-satellites to test command and control architecture and hardware, formation keeping and reconfiguration control algorithms, communications protocol and data relay, and imaging of the Earth's surface. | - |
| SASSat | cancelled | Singapore American School | School | Singapore | PocketQube 1p | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| RyeF3Ex-2 (Ryerson Femtosatellite Formation Flying Experiment) | cancelled | Ryerson University | University | Canada | PocketQube | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Multiple femto-satelliteswith tiny thrusters and magnetic torquers are considered for orbit and attitude control. Test command and control architecture and hardware, formation keeping and reconfiguration control algorithms, communications protocol and data relay, and imaging of the Earth's surface. | - |
| Narkissos-1 | cancelled | Spacebooth | Company | Belgium | TubeSat | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The aims of the SpaceBooth project are to get hands-on experience building satellites and planning space missions and to bring the space experience closer to the general public. The SpaceBooth satellite is based on Interorbital’s TubeSat kit. Its payload consists of an OLED display, a camera and EEPROM memory. The idea is for people to upload pictures of themselves via the SpaceBooth website to the satellite. | - |
| Weebill | cancelled | KoncarX | Company | US | 1U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | Keep data safe by uploading it to satellites. | - |
| STU-1 | cancelled | ShanghaiTech University | University | China | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Set of standardized sensors for multi-point, in-situ, long duration measurements of key parameters and constituents in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere and ionosphere. STU are also preparing to participate in GAMANET. | QB50, |
| NIRA (Nanosatellite for Intelligent Radio frequency Analysis) | cancelled | Mälardalen University | University | Sweden | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Build a satellite prototype which will scan the FM band radio frequencies (88 – 108 Mhz), collect data removing eventual ground noise and store such data after having it compressed. GIMME-RF is a Miniaturized, four-channel radiation tolerant digital RF receiver and analysis instrument featuring a 250-MHz ADC for sampling. It is built around a UNIBAP e2000/GIMME3 and the finished instrument will be able to take measurements of the full 3-dimensional electric field vector signal. This makes it possible to characterize the radio emissions as Stokes parameters which can be used to perform direction finding. | - |
| YUsend-1 | cancelled | York University | University | Canada | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Primary purpose of demonstrating a number of technologies one of which is the solid propellant microthruster. The demonstration of these technologies will then lead to the development of future nanosatellites with more ambitious goals. Acquire star images and store for transfer to the ground. | - |
| Alpha (ɑ, CubeMessenger) | cancelled | BOREAS Space (Bulgarian Orbital REsearch and Satellites) | Company | Bulgaria | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Testbed for various communication and power generation instruments designed to boost the performance and capabilities of CubeSat-class satellites. | ARCA (Romanian Association for Cosmonautics and Aeronautics) |
| YUsend-2 | cancelled | York University | University | Canada | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Spectral imaging instrument for atmospheric monitoring. | - |
| RoBiSat-2 | cancelled | Romanian Space Agency Institute of Space Science | Agency | Romania | 2U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | QB50. | QB50, |
| ORS Squared | cancelled | University of New Mexico | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The primary mission for the satellite is to measure and record vibration and shock data during the launch of a new space delivery vehicle called the Super Strypi. The satellite will also mark the first flight of a revolutionary solar array system called the High Watts per Kilogram (HaWK) system. HaWK, manufactured by MMA Designs, is designed to provide a spacecraft with sufficient power to accomplish space weather experiments during a low-earth-orbit (LEO) mission. Among these experiments is a boom which extends one meter from the side of the spacecraft. This spacecraft, with its 6U CubeSat form factor, also marks the initial deployment of a revolutionary launch mechanism called a Canisterized Satellite Dispenser (CSD), manufactured by Planetary Systems Corporation. | Cosmiac, AAC Microtec Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Aggiesat-1 | cancelled | Texas A&M University | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test a responsive space platform and characterize three technology experiments: a simple microsatellite propulsion system using water as the propellant, a versatile miniature positioning mechanism using a reusable shape memory alloy as the actuator, and an enzymatic energy source using glucose as the fuel. These experiments are accommodated in a versatile and responsive platform that serves as a prototype for future architectures and methods aimed at streamlining the space launch and operations process. | - |
| EARS-PocketQube | cancelled | University of Surrey Electronics & Amateur Radio Society | University | UK | PocketQube 1p | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Aggiesat-3 | cancelled | Texas A&M University | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate close proximity navigation utilizing a stereo vision system in an advancement toward autonomous rendezvous and docking missions. | - |
| OzQube-1 | cancelled | Independent | Non-profit | Australia | PocketQube 1p | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Amateur DIY PocketQube. First pocketqube with camera. | - |
| AtmoCube | cancelled | University of Trieste | University | Italy | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Measurement of the Radiation Flux impinging on the satellite. Measurement of the Magnetic Field. | MatHiTech, SCEN, Area Science Park Trieste, Enteos / My Wave, Elcon Elettronica |
| Aleksandr (Consat-2) | cancelled | Concordia University | University | Canada | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the self-healing material in space. | - |
| Constellation Pathfinder | cancelled | Boston University | University | US | 1 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating and launching three 1-kg satellites (nanosatellites) that are capable of collecting and returning quality scientific (magnetometer) and engineering data for several months. | - |
| RoBiSat-1 | cancelled | Romanian Space Agency Institute of Space Science | Agency | Romania | 2U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | QB50. | QB50, |
| Biarri-Point | cancelled | US Air Force | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled (400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS) | Cancelled? Seems to be part of SHARC now? | Biarri is an international defence-science collaborative program, with the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia each contributing a subsystem of the mission. One of the benefits of such collaboration is the capability building process that it fosters in the participating nations, especially as it relates to space related programs. | Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia |
| PEARL | cancelled | Utah State University | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Spacecraft bus flight demonstration. PEARL spacecraft platform is a set of standard and customizable components that can be assembled into multiple mission configurations while minimizing non-recurring engineering costs and development schedules. | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| CSTB-3 | cancelled | Boeing | Company | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 3-axis attitude control with a complete ADCN (Attitude Determination, Control and Navigation) subsystem. Higher communication data rates (high-gain S-band antenna). Onboard autonomy, and advanced dynamic power management. | - |
| YUsend-QB50 | cancelled | York University | University | Canada | 2U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | The spacecraft will carry the FIDEX QB50 instruments as well as elements developed and tested in the YUsend lab in the Centre for Earth and Space Science (CRESS). | QB50, |
| Antarctic Broadband Nanosatellite Demonstration Mission | cancelled | Australian Space Research Program | Agency | Australia | 6.82 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Establish a high-quality communications service for the international research community in Antarctica. | Aerospace Concepts, ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto Insitute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory, EM Solutions, Environmental Systems & Services (ES&S), Josephmark, The Tauri Group |
| PilsenCUBE | cancelled | University of West Bohemia | University | Czech | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Increase in radiation resistance of electronic systems. Ensure sufficient electricity to power picosatellite. Increasing the transmission capacity for the transmission of data from experimental picosatellites. | - |
| CTAAP (CubeSat To Accept Any Payload ) | cancelled | University of North Dakota | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Accept various payloads using industry standard transfer protocols. It will be designed with a fully functional communications system, budgeted power, mass and volume for a funded payload. The primary goal with the completion of this project is to obtain an industry partner to assist with launch costs. | - |
| AquilaSat | cancelled | Special Concepts | Company | Bulgaria | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | AquilaSat is a project to design, build and space-qualify the next-generation high-performance CubeSat bus platform for a range of missions from Low-Earth orbit to Solar system exploration missions with a main focus on swarm satellite applications. It will have the highest payload volume in its class and serious application capabilities. | - |
| Pipit | cancelled | ATSB (Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd) | Institute | Malaysia | PocketQube | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| DneprCubeSat | cancelled | Youth Aerospace Education National Center | Agency | Ukraine | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| Outernet 3U Demo 4 High Power | cancelled | Outernet | Company | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | “Outernet” aims to deliver information to the 4.3 billion people currently living without reliable internet access. Primary objective is in-orbit demonstration of the Outernet service via a nanosatellite constellation. | Clyde Space, UK Space Agency |
| Aramis-C1 | cancelled | Polytechnical University of Torino | University | Italy | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Project developed that provides low cost and higher performance space missions with dimensions larger than CubeSats. The feature of AraMiS design approach is its modularity. These modules can be reused for multiple missions which helps in significant reduction of the overall budget, development and testing time. One has just to reassemble the required subsystems to achieve the targeted specific mission. | - |
| PISAT | cancelled | ITE Space (Interactive Technical Enterprises Space) | Company | UK | PocketQube 1p | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | PiSat is a new OS designed for Raspberry Pi based PocketQubes. PiSat is the current name for the test mission and OS. PiSat and it’s various programs will be released freely for anyone to use commercially or non-commercially. | - |
| DOSS (Differential Optical Shadow Sensor CubeSat) | cancelled | University of Florida | University | US | 3U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | Drag-free and attitude control design and simulation, satellite bus development, and optimization of satellite constellation configuration for the determination of Earth’s geopotential and upper atmospheric winds and density. | Stanford University |
| ARAPAIMA (Application for RSO Autonomous Proximity Analysis and Imaging) | cancelled | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | This nanosatellite aims to conduct 3D, visual and IR imaging of resident space objects (RSOs) of interest, and aims to demonstrate the power of nanosatellite technology in the fields of space situational awareness, reduction of orbital debris and asteroid characterization. Train future space professionals in the development of space systems by providing hands-on experience. | - |
| F-2 | cancelled | FPT University | University | Vietnam | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| Funsat (Flosat) | cancelled | University of Central Florida | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Thermal experiment designed to measure environmental effect of at two thermally dissimilar materials measuring their contraction and expansion. Weather instruments. Detection of nitrogen oxides. Measure cosmic radiation energy in the Earth’s atmosphere at various altitudes and various sunlight exposure. | - |
| czCube | cancelled | czCube o.s. | Non-profit | Czech | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | To verify some principles and various modules conductive to amateurs approachable nanosat or nanoprobe "building kit" (by funding, by organization and by technology) was our main goal. | |
| GSat | cancelled | University of Florida | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate an inflateable device to deorbit a pico-satellites after completion of its mission in order to minimize space debris. | Gator Amateur Radio Club |
| Heidelsat | cancelled | Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences | University | Germany | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Cosmic rays measurement. | - |
| SS-1 (Surya Satellite 1) | cancelled | Surya University | University | Indonesia | 1U | x_cancelled | 420 km, 51.6 deg, ISS | cancelled | Satellite able to beacon and digipeat Automatic Package Reporting System (APRS) signal. | |
| HORYU-1 | cancelled | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| ESCAPE (Earth Science CubeSat for Advanced Payload Experiments) | cancelled | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate new Fabry-Perot sensor technology with real-time on-board processing/information extraction, using state-of-the-art commercial processing technology coupled with radiation upset mitigation software (SpaceCube Mini). | - |
| Beckman CubeSat | cancelled | Arnold O. Beckman High School | School | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Main goals are the provide others with the opportunities to learn about nano satellites and gain hands-on experience in electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. Our ultimate goal is to become the third high school in the world to successfully launch a CubeSat into orbit. | - |
| KatySat 1 | cancelled | Stanford University | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Develop satellite bus and other educational purposes. Cubesat will host a web server that will be accessed by the ground station. An amateur radio operator will be able to ping the satellite and receive a confirmation from the satellite | Local high school students. |
| CuSPP | cancelled | Southwest Research Institute | Institute | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Carrying a novel miniaturized Suprathermal Ion Sensor (SIS) developed at SwRI. The SIS will measure the sources and acceleration mechanisms of solar energetic particles that are harmful to astronauts as well as Earth-based technologies. CuSPP can also be used to support space weather research by measuring particles that escape ahead of powerful shock waves in the solar wind. Upon striking the Earth, solar particles and shock waves can cause severe electromagnetic storms, damage satellites, disrupt radio communication and navigation signals, damage electric power grids and corrode pipelines. In addition, CuSPP is designed to measure the properties of ion populations entering the ionosphere, the uppermost portion of the Earth’s atmosphere. | NASA |
| Kumu A'o | cancelled | University of Hawaii | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Develop Standard Cubesat Bus. Build, Launch, and Operate Cubesat. Provide opportunity for Native Hawaiian engineering students. Accelerate next-gen mission development. | - |
| SINOD-D 2 | cancelled | SRI International | Company | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | High-speed data downlink for wide-bandwidth CubeSat payloads via software defined radio communications. | Tyvak |
| BUAA-Picosat | cancelled | Beihang University | University | China | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| ROBUSTA-2 | cancelled | University of Montpellier II | University | France | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Educational program that offers students the opportunity to spend their internship or project design and construction of the satellite payload. Scientific experiment is flight testing different types of RAM. Technology demonstrator that allows the flight qualification of electronic components of the latest generation. | - |
| LunchSat | cancelled | Astrium Ltd | Company | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Graduate training initiative with a microsatellite project, allowing participants in the Graduate Development Programme of EADS Astrium to gain an early knowledge of, and experience in, how satellites are developed. CMOS imager, with additional payload proposals being investigated. | - |
| CS-1 | cancelled | University of Melbourne | University | Australia | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Ceres 1 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| CAPE - MIRCA2 (Cubesat Application for Planetary Entry Missions - Micro Return Capsule 2) | cancelled | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled? | cancelled? | High atmospheric research for the spatially resolved characterization of the lower thermosphere, about using the already in successful use on the ISS FIPEX sensors for the determination of the atomic oxygen content, electrostatic probes for the characterization of atmospheric plasma and / or piezoelectric Weltraumschrott- and dust particle detectors. Testing of a miniaturized re-entry capsule using the RICA-heat protection material developed in cooperation at the IRS and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. | - |
| Lunette | cancelled | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Institute | Canada | 6 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Payload on the European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) mission as part of the SSETI programme of the European Space Agency's Education Office. Once the Lunette sub-satellite separates in lunar orbit, ESMO will act as a parent satellite during range-rate measurement. However, Lunette is customizable to fly on any future lunar mission. Gravity mapping will be achieved through means of continuous radio range-rate measurements between a parent satellite and sub-satellite in a polar along-track low altitude orbit. | - |
| Ceres 2 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| SMDC-ONE 2.5 | cancelled | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. Provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems. Demonstrate SMDC-ONE operational life time of 12 months or longer. | - |
| MEPSI 3A | cancelled | DARPA | Military | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | - |
| Ceres 3 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| Ulises 1 | cancelled | National Polytechnic Institute | University | Mexico | TubeSat | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The mission of Ulises is to put a spatial opera into orbit. The term opera is used according to its original definition: a hybrid. In the 16th century, opera was born by adding music to Greek theatre, making it easier for the Italian royalty to understand. In the 21st century, the term opera has become a new hybrid, with the elements and materials of our time. Ulises and the opera must be viewed with its process; the opera is the complete history, a history from the beginning to the end, a work with various levels of interpretation. | Mexico Space Collective |
| SMDC-ONE 2.6 | cancelled | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. Provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems. Demonstrate SMDC-ONE operational life time of 12 months or longer. | - |
| MEPSI 3B | cancelled | DARPA | Military | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | - |
| InnoSAT | cancelled | Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. | Company | Malaysia | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | To develop Satellite Attitude Conteol Systems Algorithms: Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller and Adaptive Parametric Black Box. Space Experimental Attitude Determination Sensors and solar Panel Sun Sensor (SEADS & SPSS). Pyramid sun sensor, magnometer, and solar panel sensory system to detect and compute body rate and attitude of Satellite. Wireless Sensor Network Payload for InnoSAT Satellite. To develop a Wireless Sensor Network that is operated from a remote location whose data is accessed via InnoSAT and transferred to the main station. Spaceborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver for Autonomous Precise Timing, Positioning, and Navigation. To develop a satellite navigation and positioning system based on GPS. | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP). |
| Ceres 4 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| CHiRP | cancelled | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | CubeSat VHF transmitter to study Ionospheric dispersion of Radio Pulses. Antenna would transmit wideband Very High Frequency (VHF) 30-300 MHz pulses through the ionosphere to a ground receiver. | - |
| SMDC-ONE 2.7 | cancelled | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft. Receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). Transmit that data to ground stations within the SMDC-ONE ground track. Provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems. Demonstrate SMDC-ONE operational life time of 12 months or longer. | - |
| MEPSI 4A | cancelled | DARPA | Military | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | - |
| Ceres 5 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| Quest-1 | cancelled | Valle Christian High School | School | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Give students experience in satellite development tasks. Collect images from space taken by this satellite. Download environmental data from the satellite. Learn about satellite tracking technologies. Teach other schools about satellite development and tracking technologies. | Quest Institute for Quality Education |
| SME-SAT (SMESAT) | cancelled | University of Surrey | University | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The primary purpose of this spacecraft is a technology demonstrator. Each SME in the consortium will be responsible for contributing a particular spacecraft subsystem. These systems/subsystems will be integrated into a nanosatellite forming SME-SAT and allow Small to Medium Enterprises to space qualify and characterise their technologies in the environment of space. | Astrium, SensorNor Technologies, ISIS, Theon, Hellenic Space System, SystematIC Design, SSBV Space & GroundSegments, MPB Communications, The Laboratory for Electromagnetic Innovations (LEMI) |
| MEPSI 4B | cancelled | DARPA | Military | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the capability of deploying an onboard miniature autonomous inspector, tasked to conduct visual inspection of the host satellite. | - |
| TRISAT 2 | cancelled | University of Maribor | University | Slovenia | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Improved resolution. | SkyLabs |
| Ceres 6 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| CINEMA 4 | cancelled | University of California | University | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Stereo imaging of magnetospheric energetic neutral atom, multi-point measurements of suprathermal electrons and ions associated with auroral acceleration as well as electron microbursts, and complementary measurements of magnetic fields for particle data. | Kyung Hee University, Imperial College London |
| MiniRomit 1 | cancelled | European Lunar Exploration Association | Company | Denmark | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Verify computer, radio, and camera operations. Finally and most importantly, we will test our rocket engine which will subsequently be used for our lunar voyage. If the engine meets expectations, it will be groundbreaking for nanosatellites, which can then use our engine to move around in space. | - |
| Ceres 7 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| myPocketQub 391 | cancelled | University of Rome | University | Italy | PocketQube | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Design and launch an open source satellite using only open source or free tools. Every part of the process is being documented and made freely available on the web to allow others to duplicate, enhance and launch their own satellite design for amateur radio communications and space systems education and experimentation. myPocketQub 391 is based on the myPocketQub.com reference hardware and will carry a payload computer that we hope up to 365 members of the public will be able to write software for and run on-orbit for 24 hours. | - |
| CADRE 1 Target (CubeSat Active Debris Removal) | cancelled | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Institute | Switzerland | 4U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Testing of miniaturized rendezvous sensors (far and close range). Validation of on-board ranging algorithms. Demonstration of motion reconstruction of an uncooperative target using 2-D or 3-D vision-based algorithms. Validation of the hand-over between relative and absolute navigation. Demonstration of close range operations. | Swiss Space Systems |
| Prospector-X | cancelled | Deep Space Industries (DSI) | Company | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Precursor mission for low-Earth orbit with the intent of flight-demonstrating several key Prospector-1 technologies. | Luxembourg |
| Ceres 8 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| PAISIUS | cancelled | BOREAS Space (Bulgarian Orbital REsearch and Satellites) | Company | Bulgaria | 4U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | Radio signal observation instrument – basically a small orbital radiotelescope. Its intended high Polar orbit will provide it with a field of observation that is perpendicular to Earth’s rotation. This is a 4U CubeSat configuration where the last “cube” contains the radiotelescope itself – an extending skeleton, which will expand to a length of more than a metre after the satellite achieves orbital stability. PAISIUS will then proceed to listen at the Hydrogen line frequency (1420,2 MHz). | ARCA (Romanian Association for Cosmonautics and Aeronautics) |
| OPTOS 2G | cancelled | National Institute of Aerospace Technology | Agency | Spain | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Improving many subsystems. | |
| Ceres 9 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| PLUME (Picosatellite of Leicester University Micrometeoroid Experiment) | cancelled | University of Leicester | University | UK | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Micrometeoroids. | - |
| CADRE 1 Chaser (CubeSat Active Debris Removal) | cancelled | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Institute | Switzerland | 8U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Testing of miniaturized rendezvous sensors (far and close range). Validation of on-board ranging algorithms. Demonstration of motion reconstruction of an uncooperative target using 2-D or 3-D vision-based algorithms. Validation of the hand-over between relative and absolute navigation. Demonstration of close range operations. | Swiss Space Systems |
| Ceres 10 (Arkyd-100) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 12U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constellation of Arkyd 100 spacecraft. With just 10 satellites, the Ceres constellation provides weekly hyperspectral and mid-wave infrared data for any spot on Earth at a lower cost than existing multispectral data. | - |
| Consat-1 | cancelled | Concordia University | University | Canada | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Study the South Atlantic Anomaly. This includes electron, proton, and trace gas composition, along with temperature, density, and energy spectra of the plasma. | - |
| PQ-Gemini++ 1 | cancelled | Micro-Space Inc | Company | US | 0.12 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Magnetic Torque despin and attitude stabilization. Record Magnetic Induction Proximity Tracking data. Phase Lock 300 Baud Data stream of satellite group and Phase Lock RF with mathematical offsets. Optically verify Attitude Control. Monitor Deorbit Drag deployment. | - |
| PQ-Gemini++ 2 | cancelled | Micro-Space Inc | Company | US | 0.12 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Magnetic Torque despin and attitude stabilization. Record Magnetic Induction Proximity Tracking data. Phase Lock 300 Baud Data stream of satellite group and Phase Lock RF with mathematical offsets. Optically verify Attitude Control. Monitor Deorbit Drag deployment. | - |
| DELFFI-2 (DelFFi Delta) | cancelled | Delft University of Technology | University | Netherlands | 3U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | QB50. Demonstrate autonomous formation flying using various Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) architectures. Facilitate students with hands-on experience and cutting-edge technology. Characterize low thermosphere with enhanced scientific return by using distributed observation on various geometric baselines. | QB50, |
| PQ-Gemini++ 3 | cancelled | Micro-Space Inc | Company | US | 0.12 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Magnetic Torque despin and attitude stabilization. Record Magnetic Induction Proximity Tracking data. Phase Lock 300 Baud Data stream of satellite group and Phase Lock RF with mathematical offsets. Optically verify Attitude Control. Monitor Deorbit Drag deployment. | - |
| DELFFI-1 (DelFFi Phi) | cancelled | Delft University of Technology | University | Netherlands | 3U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | QB50. Demonstrate autonomous formation flying using various Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) architectures. Facilitate students with hands-on experience and cutting-edge technology. Characterize low thermosphere with enhanced scientific return by using distributed observation on various geometric baselines. | QB50, |
| CRaBSS (Characterizing Radiation Belt Sources and Sinks) | cancelled | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Characterizing Radiation Belt Sources and Sinks | - |
| Aoxiang | cancelled | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 100 g | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Planning to investigate polarisation patterns. | - |
| PQ-Gemini++ 4 | cancelled | Micro-Space Inc | Company | US | 0.12 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Magnetic Torque despin and attitude stabilization. Record Magnetic Induction Proximity Tracking data. Phase Lock 300 Baud Data stream of satellite group and Phase Lock RF with mathematical offsets. Optically verify Attitude Control. Monitor Deorbit Drag deployment. | - |
| ECOSat-III | cancelled | University of Victoria | University | Canada | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Multi missions platform designed to facilitate a number of goals. Mission A is to host a scientific payload with a multitude of experiments. Mission B is a continuing mission to act as an Amateur radio relay in the 2m and 70cm bands. Mission C is a proof of concept to adjust the attitude of a satellite solely using magnetic fields. Mission D is a proof of concept to determine the feasibility of a high realiability low cost de-orbiting system | - |
| Delta-Dsat | cancelled | Cranfield University | University | UK | 2U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | In addition to contributing to the QB50 scientific objective to study the lower thermosphere, Delta-Dsat will also study rarefied-gas dynamics and active aerodynamic attitude and orbit control. | - |
| Mursat-1 | cancelled | mur.at | Non-profit | Austria | TubeSat | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Expected to have a 6-8 week life and will include a piezo microphone and small camera. | |
| QuARCS A (Quad Amateur Radio Communications Satellite ) | cancelled | University of California, Davis | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the capabilities of the Iridium and Globalstar radio communication satellite arrays when using a transmitter at an altitude of approximately 550 km. | - |
| CSIP | cancelled | Air Force Research Laboratory | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Technology demonstration | - |
| GROUP-C (GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometer on a Cubesat) | cancelled | Naval Research Lab | Military | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometer on a Cubesat | United States Air Force |
| STRaND-2A | cancelled | Surrey Satellite Technology | Company | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test a novel in-orbit docking system based on the XBOX Kinect technology. | - |
| RAMPART (POPACS-RR, RApid prototyped Microelectromechanical system Propulsion And RadiationTest CUBEflow SATellite) | cancelled | Air Force Research Laboratory | Military | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Will use self-contained, warm gas, propulsion system to adjust satellite’s initial circular orbit of 500 km to eccentric orbit with apogee of 1200 km and perigee of 500 km at a 45 degree inclination. Demonstrate use of 3D printing (a.k.a. rapid prototyping) for manufacturing small satellites. Measure flux of energetic particles in lower Van Allen Belt. Test radiation-hardened electronic components and high performance solar cells in high radiation environment over a period of five years. Test radiation hardened components for a Plug and Play satellite. | Colorado Satellite Services |
| Cuballute | cancelled | Bundeswehr University Munich | University | Germany | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Interplanetary Cubesat mission concept to probe the tenuous upper layers of the Martian atmosphere and high altitude landing sites on Mars such as Tharsis, by means of a hypersonic drag balloon, a device known as a „Ballute". | - |
| GSat (Genso Test Satellite) | cancelled | University of Applied Science Technikum-Wien | University | Austria | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Genso network test | - |
| STRaND-2B | cancelled | Surrey Satellite Technology | Company | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test a novel in-orbit docking system based on the XBOX Kinect technology. | - |
| RESat | cancelled | VKI (von karman Institute) | Institute | Belgium | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| MPSAT-2 | cancelled | Test in Space / Solar MEMS | Company | Spain | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | In orbit testing and demonstration service with CubeSats. Your own payload. | - |
| ET-SAT | cancelled | Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT) | University | Ethiopia | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| Sallesat-1 | cancelled | La Salle University | University | Spain | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Remote control and Telemetry acquisition and processing (world wide). | - |
| STUDSAT-2B | cancelled | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | University | India | 10 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | To demonstrate In-Orbit Separation Mechanism for STUDSAT 2A/2B. To design,develop and implement Drag Sail technology in STUDSAT 2B for re-orbiting. To demonstrate Inter Satellite Communication. To demonstrate Solar Panel and Antenna Deployment mechanism in a Nano satellite. To capture images of Earth with a CMOS multispectral camera. | - |
| SAPTICARD | cancelled | Laboratoire des technologies Innovantes | University | France | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| CubeSTAR | cancelled | University of Oslo | University | Norway | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate novel Langmuir probe system for determination of absolute electron density in ionospheric plasma. | - |
| Hermes 2 | cancelled | University of Colorado in Boulder | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Verification of spacecraft bus and of high speed communication system (115 kbaud / 8 W (?)) | - |
| SEDSat-2 | cancelled | Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) | Non-profit | UK | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Designed and built by members of the organization Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). SEDSAT-2 is the second satellite mission designed by SEDS. Optical observation and detecting radar sources on Earth. | - |
| HiLITE (High Latitude Ionospheric Thermospheric Experiment) | cancelled | University of Colorado | University | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Measure atmospheric density, which impacts satellite positioning and other space weather conditions. | Blue Canyon Technologies and ASTRA |
| SunewnewSat | cancelled | Yamouk University | University | Jordan | PocketQube 1p | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Promoting space science and education among Jordanian students. | - |
| SMARTSat (Shape Memory Alloy Research Technology Satellite) | cancelled | Texas A&M University | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the use of shape memory alloys to deploy solar panels. Demonstrate an attitude determination algorithm using input from a magnetometer and sun sensors. Take and transmit pictures of Earth. | - |
| HORYU-3 | cancelled | Kyushu Institute of Technology | University | Japan | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The mission of HORYU3 is inherited from HORYU2, which elucidates the arcing mechanism in orbit. Measurement of arcing currents. Contribute to develop high voltage spacecraft power buses. In addition, HORYU3 has the other missions as follows: technology demonstration of inter-satellite communication by using Light Emitting Diode (LED). Earth observation by using CMOS camera. Send birthday messages from space | - |
| Solar Blade | cancelled | Carnegie Mellon University | University | US | 5 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Develop and fly the first spacecraft which utilizes solar radiation pressure as its only means of enabling attitude precession, spin rate change and orbital velocity changes. | - |
| Lucky-7 | cancelled | SkyFox Labs | Company | Czech | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the first space friendly electronic spacecraft subsystems and design considerations in combination with modern COTS electrical components leading to increased radiation tolerance within the harsh space environment as a precursor for the next generation of Deep Space CubeSat missions and serving in future also for the conquest of Mars by CubeSats/small satellites. | - |
| TechEdSat-2 | cancelled | San Jose State University | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | NASA Ames, ÅAC Microtec |
| CzechTechSat | cancelled | Czech Technical University of Prague | University | Czech | 1U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | To test-by-fly and investigate results of the First Space-friendly CubeSat subsystems (Active ADCS, OBC, EPS, COMM). To introduce EPS reliable circuits intended for ESA/JUICE mission, RPWI/LVPS (10 years of design lifetime). To develop HW intended for long-lasting deep-space missions for a COTS price. | Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences, Nuclear Research Institute |
| i-INSPIRE (Inspire2, Integrated Spectrograph Imaging and Radiation Explorer) | cancelled | University of Sydney | University | Australia | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | New type of spectrograph called Nanospec, which is based on photonic technology. This makes it much lighter and more energy efficient than conventional spectrographs, an imager, and multiple satellite subsystems. | - |
| TARO | cancelled | National Cheng Kung University | University | Taiwan | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Precursor of PACE satellite which was also developed by NCKU and has an objective to verify the function of sensors and actuators which have been used at PACE. The TARO project is developed in an educational framework and part of its objective is therefore to educate students and to promote space technology and its use to the public. | - |
| Tempo3 (Tethered Expirement for Mars interPlanetary Operations Cubed) | cancelled | Mars Society | Non-profit | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate artificial gravity generation. | - |
| NanoSpace-1 | cancelled | Uppsala University | University | Sweden | 7 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Constructed around innovative designs for thermal management, structure, RF-MEMS, Controller Area Network (CAN), and for Attitude and Guidance control. | ESA, |
| DUSTIE (DUst Sounder and Temperature Imager Experiment) | cancelled | Virginia Tech | University | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Determine the global distribution of cosmic smoke in the atmosphere. DUSTIE will use a digital camera to image the Sun at 0.420 µm during spacecraft sunrise and sunset. This will provide measurements to characterize the smoke distribution over the altitude range of ~40 to 90 km. | - |
| InKlajn-1 | cancelled | Israel Institute Of Technology | University | Israel | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test COTS equipment in space and transmit telemetry that will help determine the components behavior in space conditions. INKLAJN-1 is intended to be the first satellite in a family of cubesats, and therefore this mission will also test the Bus design and its components. | Israel Nano-Satellites Association, Israel Amateur Radio Club, Israel Aerospace Industries |
| T-sat1 | cancelled | University of Manitoba | University | Canada | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| CAPE (CubeSat Atmospheric Probe for Education) | cancelled | University of Stuttgart | University | Germany | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Service & Deorbit Module (SDM) and a separable capsule called micro-return capsule 2 (MIRKA2). Develop a relatively cheap platform for examining heat shields for re-entry vehicles and small payloads. | - |
| DISCOSAT 1 (DISCOvery Museum Satellite) | cancelled | The Discovery Museum and Planetarium | Institute | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Main focus is to be research unit for researchers as well as a learning model for young school graders. It will enable one to learn the in and out of running a real time satellite operations and communication. The primary goal of the project is to employ a small, CubeSat spacecraft to evaluate, demonstrate and validate a real time simulation for the students in mission coordinated teams, to control and operate a CubeSat in orbit. This will be a real time simulation for children to actual operate in real satellite control environments. | University of Bridgeport |
| LunarSail | cancelled | Aerospace Research & Engineering Systems Institute (Ares Institute) | Non-profit | US | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | LunarSail is a project to design, build and launch a CubeSat amateur satellite containing a solar sail and orbit the Moon. LunarSail is an effort to demonstrate the ability of a spacecraft under solar sail propulsion to navigate itself into a lunar trajectory and insert itself into Lunar orbit. A primary objective of the LunarSail mission is to serve as a testbed for cubesat operations beyond low Earth orbit and applications requiring cislunar or interplanetary rendezvous. It is a proposed cubesat mission intended to demonstrate practical application of solar sail technology for propulsion, trajectory/attitude control and rendezvous with another body in space. With LunarSail, we will take advantage of the cubesat platform to conduct a first of its kind mission to use a solar sail to send a spacecraft to the Moon and then utilize the sail’s unique characteristics to navigate into lunar orbit. | - |
| Dynacube | cancelled | Denel Dynamics | Company | South Africa | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| TU Sat 1 | cancelled | Taylor University | University | US | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Roland-1 | cancelled | University of Bremen | University | Germany | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Demonstrate the feasibility of degradation experiements with technology and to qualify the hardware for future applications. | - |
| Jugnu-2 | cancelled | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | University | India | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| VELOX-P | cancelled | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| Samara Earth Observation Unit | cancelled | Samara State Aerospace University | University | Russia | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | - | - |
| EgyCubeSat-1 | cancelled | National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences | Institute | Egypt | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The main objective of EgyCubeSat-1 is to image the earth according to commands issued from the ground control station and then send this image to the data reception station. | EU grant |
| Kalam | cancelled | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | University | India | 10 kg | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Estimation of agricultural land used in different seasons. Deforestation and aforestation. Agriculture and forest land area damage due to open cast mining. Estimation of restoration of mined area. Estimation of biodiversity in mining area. | ISRO |
| Yamsat 1A | cancelled | National Space Program Office | Agency | Taiwan | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Ambitious and novel R.O.C. made components, including 15 domestic organizations and companies' participation. | - |
| TetherSat 1 | cancelled | Naval Postgraduate School | University | US | 1.5U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the TEPCE tether deployment hardware in LEO and to analyze the dynamics during and after deployment. | United States Air Force |
| Yamsat 1B | cancelled | National Space Program Office | Agency | Taiwan | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Backup of YamSat-1A. | - |
| QuARCS B (Quad Amateur Radio Communications Satellite ) | cancelled | University of California, Davis | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the capabilities of the Iridium and Globalstar radio communication satellite arrays when using a transmitter at an altitude of approximately 550 km. | - |
| ERPSat01 | cancelled | Sfax School of Engineering | University | Tunisia | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Educational objectives: collaboration and contacts with industry, universities and other CubeSat groups; insight into the system engineering process and team dynamics; deeper understanding of subjects. Scientific and research objectives: technology demonstration and validation for space application; communication link for pico satellite; space discovering using pictures taken by the camera on board the satellite; attitude determination. Its main missions are to capture images of the earth in order to help protecting the environment from forest fires and also to be used for cartography and providing communication in non covered Tunisian areas. | - |
| TetherSat 2 | cancelled | Naval Postgraduate School | University | US | 1.5U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the TEPCE tether deployment hardware in LEO and to analyze the dynamics during and after deployment. | United States Air Force |
| Yamsat 1C | cancelled | National Space Program Office | Agency | Taiwan | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Amateur communication experiment end-to-end field test and for public education purpose. | - |
| Arkyd 6B (A6B) | cancelled | Planetary Resources | Company | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test the scientific instruments and deep space technologies at the heart of our asteroid prospecting missions, but to also provide a platform that will allow others to fly their mission with our technology! | - |
| NUS QB50 | cancelled | National University of Singapore | University | Singapore | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| - | cancelled | Imperial College London | University | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | It is going to be designed to aid search and rescue by locating distress signals, and will have the highest resolution (1.5m per pixel) of any CubeSat to date. There is currently a network of satellites to designed to locate and detect distress signals, but these were developed in the 70s and haven’t been updated since. The main aim of this project is to show that this system can be improved upon with minimal investment. | - |
| GE1: Golden Eagle 1 (GoldenEagle-1) | cancelled | Marquette University | University | US | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Carries two cameras, one infrared camera and one regular camera and the idea is to be able to take photographs of the earth in a visible spectrum and the infrared spectrum. The purpose of the project is to be a learning experience. | - |
| OGMS-SA (OutGassing Material Study by Spectroscopy Analysis) | cancelled | Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University | University | France | 3U | x_cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled | Prove the good functioning of a CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer) in space, a spectroscopic cavity containing an outgassing sample exposed to solar radiation. | QB50, |
| TINYSCOPE (Tactical Imaging Nanosat Yielding Small-Cost Operations for Persistent Earth-coverage) | cancelled | Naval Postgraduate School | University | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Low-cost and easily replaceable imaging spacecraft that can produce tactically relevant imagery data. | United States Air Force |
| KN-SAT1 | cancelled | University of Khartoum | University | Sudan | 1U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | To give students at Sudanese Unversities a hands-on space project experience. To document the process and skills and forward it to more students and post graduated engineers. To promote space engineering and space science education at other Sudanese educational institutes. Building, testing and launching the cube satellite. Monitoring and tracking the cube satellite. Telecommand the cube satellite. Collecting the telemetry and the mission data for analysis and evaluation. | - |
| Triton-2 | cancelled | ISIS | Company | Netherlands | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Test a highly innovative payload for ocean traffic monitoring developed by ISIS, AIS receiver, which is major step towards realizing a commercial constellation that will provide global shipping information to customers worldwide. | Gomspace, Clyde Space, Royal Dirkzwager |
| LIS-1 (Lunar Imaging Satellite 1) | cancelled | Kommunity Spaceflight Initiative on Kerbal Space Program | Non-profit | US | 3U | x_cancelled | Lunar | cancelled | Taking photos of the Moon's surface for possible future landing sites. | - |
| Lagrange-1 CubeSat | cancelled | Polytechnical University of Torino | University | Italy | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Solar observations for in situ measurements of space weather. | University “La Sapienza” (Rome), “Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino” (Astrophysical Observatory of Torino), DLR |
| TwinCube | cancelled | West Pomeraian University of Technology | University | Poland | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 3U CubeSat that will be divided in orbit into two subsatellites connected by a 1 km long tether. Each subsatellite will be equipped with all the essential subsystems necessary to maintain its independence. The main goal of the mission is to perform two-point diagnostic measurements of electromagnetic emissions in near-Earth plasma. Multi-point measurements play a significant role in understanding energy flows driven by the Sun as well as terrestrial activity. Therefore, each subsatellite will carry a Radio Frequency Analyzer capable of performing passive diagnostic measurements of the electromagnetic field. | - |
| PiezoSat-1 | cancelled | Space Science and Technology Institute | Institute | Lithuania | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - |
| LeSTAR (Lessius Satellite for Teaching and Autonomous Research) | cancelled | Lessius University College | University | Belgium | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Growing of photosynthetic, edible micro-algae under microgravity conditions. As long duration manned missions are considered in the near future, a lot of experiments on regenerative life support systems, including biological components will be necessary. | SCK-CEN, QinetiQ Space, KULeuven, Berlin Technical University, University of Liege |
| TwinSat-1N | cancelled | University College London | University | UK | 2U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Detection and monitoring of earthquake precursors. Companion to Russian TwinSat microsatellite. | JSC Design Bureau POLYOT, Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism |
| CubeSAIL | cancelled | Surrey Space Centre | University | UK | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Deploy a large (up to 5x5 metre) square aluminised Kapton sail, using novel CFRP deployable booms. Demonstrate ‘solar sailing’ in LEO by utilising the solar radiation pressure on the reflective sail to change its orbital inclination. | Airbus, Surrey Satellite Technology |
| FIRST-S (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope) | cancelled | Observatoire de Paris | Institute | France | 3U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | The scientific objective of this mission would be to study the visible emission of exozodiacal light in the habitable zone around the closest stars. | - |
| MaRBLES (MeAsuring Radiation Belt Low Earth Sources/Sinks) | cancelled | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Agency | US | 6U | x_cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | Provide hands-on experience for all aspects of a small mission. Characterize sources and sinks of energetic particles in the radiation belts from a near polar low earth orbit focusing on microbursts measurements at high latitudes to supplement Van Allen Probe measurements at low latitudes and the CRAND source for the inner radiation belts. Provide flight heritage for instruments and instrument components. | - |
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| Company name | Products and services | Constellations | Country | Founded | Employees | Status | Funding | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAC Microtec (will merge with Clyde Space) | CubeSat bus/platform (6U) | - | Sweden | 2005 | - | Active | - Public company since December 2016 (NASDAQ First North) | www.aacmicrotec.com |
| Accion Systems | Propulsion module | - | US | 2014 | 14 | Active | $12.5M www.crunchbase.com/organization/accion-systems#/entity | www.accion-systems.com |
| Adcole Maryland Aerospace | Bus/platform (3-6U) ■ ADCS ■ Reaction wheels ■ Earth sensor ■ Star tracker | - | US | 2002 | - | Active | - | www.adcolemai.com |
| Advanced Cooling Technologies | Thermal control with heat pipes | - | US | 2003 | - | Active | - | www.1-act.com |
| Aeolus Aero Tech | Educational CubeSat kit ■ Torque rods | - | India | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.aeolusaerotech.com |
| Aerial & Maritime (partially GomSpace) | - | Monitoring aircraft (ADS-B) and vessels (AIS) from 37°N to 37°S. | Mauritius, Denmark | 2016 | - | Active | $12.2M www.newspacepeople.com/newspace/company-updates/gomspace-and-ifu-sign-an-investment-agreement-for-aerial-maritime-ltd http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/11/20/aerial-maritime-secures-5-million-nanosatellite-network/ | www.aerial-maritime.com |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne | Propulsion systems | - | US | 1942 | - | Active | - | www.rocket.com/cubesat |
| Aether Industries | Propulsion module (CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster) | - | US | - | - | Active | - | www.aetherandbeyond.com |
| AISTech | - | Constellation of 25 satellites for M2M / IoT, thermal imaging and aviation tracking (ADS-B). | Spain | 2015 | - | Active | 300k€ www.spacenewsmag.com/feature/esa-backed-startup-banking-on-inflation/ | www.aistechspace.com |
| Akash Systems | COM | - | US | 2016 | 18 | Active | $3.1 million www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180130005278/en/Akash-Systems-Raises-3.1-million-Seed-Funding | www.akashsystemsinc.com |
| Alba Orbital (PocketQube shop) | PocketQube subsystems ■ PocketQube deployer ■ PocketQube bus/platforms ■ Mentoring ■ Launch services | Earth Observation constellation www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMlqy-L8UpM | UK | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.pocketqubeshop.com |
| Alén Space | CubeSat bus/platform ■ Mission design ■ Manufacturing & testing services ■ COM ■ Operations | - | Spain | 2017 | 10 | Active | - | www.alen.space |
| Analytical Space | - | Relay / IoT / M2M. In-orbit relays receiving radio and downlink with laser communication. | US | 2016 | 16 | Active | - | www.analyticalspace.com |
| AntDevCo (Antenna Development Corporation) | Patch antennas ■ Helix antennas | - | US | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.antdevco.com |
| ANYWAVES | Antennas (S-band, X-band, custom, GNSS), Studies | - | France | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.anywaves.eu |
| Aphelion Orbitals | OBC ■ EPS ■ Optical COM | - | US | 2015 | - | Active | $500K, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aphelion-orbitals-secures-seed-funding-announces-plans-to-revolutionize-low-cost-space-access-300496189.html | www.aphelionorbitals.com |
| Apollo Fuson | Propulsion module | - | US | 2017 | 2 | Active | - | www.apollofusion.com |
| Applied Technology Associates | ADCS (Disc Resonator Gyro (DRG)) | - | US | 1975 | - | Active | - | www.aptec.com |
| Archangel Lightworks | Optical communication terminals, laser communications | - | UK | 2017 | 10 | Active | - | www.archangel.works |
| Argotec | Building ArgoMoon 6U CubeSat that will fly to Moon on SLS | - | Italy | 2008 | 35 | Active | - | www.argotec.it/online |
| Arlula Space | Rent a CubeSat | - | US | 2018 | 2 | Active | - | www.arlula.com |
| Artemis Space | Platform/bus (1U to 27U) | Iot / M2M | Cyprus | - | 3 | Active | - | www.spaceartemis.com/products |
| ASTER Labs | GomSpace reseller ■ Various services ■ MATLAB tools | - | US | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.asterlabs.com |
| Asteroid Mining Corporation | - | Space telescopes for asteroid spectragraphic data? | UK | 2016 | - | Active | Equity crowdfunding attempt https://www.crowdcube.com/companies/asteroid-mining-corporation/pitches/bk96Vl# | www.asteroidminingcorporation.co.uk |
| Astri Polska | OBC/CDHS (PICARD on-board computer) | - | Poland | 2010 | - | Active | - | www.astripolska.pl |
| Astro Digital (previously Aquila Space) | CubeSat platform/bus (6U, 16U) ■ Cameras/Imagers ■ Ka-band transmitter ■ OBC | Earth observation with 6U and 16U (22 m GSD and 2.5 m GSD). | US | 2015 | 18 | Active | $16.65+M spacenews.com/astro-digital-raises-funds-to-develop-its-earth-imaging-satellite-system/ | www.astrodigital.com |
| ASTROCAST (ELSE, Elegant Systems Engineering, Gosmoz) | - (Gosmoz was a new type of modular structure) | IoT / M2M constellation of 64 3U CubeSats. | Switzerland | 2014 | 14 | Active | $5.85M+ www.linkedin.com/pulse/astrocast-esa-join-hands-sandeep-thakur | www.else.io |
| Astrofein | Reaction wheels ■ Dispensers/deployers (1U-12U) ■ ACS testing equipment ■ MATLAB models | - | Germany | 1999 | - | Active | - | www.astrofein.com |
| Astronautical Development | COM (UHF/VHF, S-band) ■ S-band antennas | - | US | 2008 | - | Active | - | www.astrodev.com |
| Astronomikon lab | Cubesat platform/bus (1U) | - | Russia | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.astronomikon.ru |
| Aurora Space | CubeSat projects development, engineering and consulting | - | Chile | 2015 | 5 | Active | - | www.auroraspace.cl |
| Azmerit | Star tracker | - | Russia | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.azmerit.ru/English/project.html |
| Baryon Dynamics | Propulsion module ■ Engineering services (CAD, FEM, CFD) | - | Canada | - | Active | - | www.baryondynamics.com | |
| Because Learning (previously ArduSat) | Educational CubeSat kit | - | US | 2014 | 11 | Active | $1M www.parabolicarc.com/2015/02/27/ardusat/ | www.ardusat.com |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | Propulsion | - | India | 2015 | 6 | Active | - | www.bellatrixaerospace.com |
| Benchmark Space Systems | Propulsion module | - | US | 2017 | 4 | Active | - | www.benchmarkspacesystems.com |
| Berlin Space Technologies (BST) (acquired by Azista) | Cameras/imagers ■ Star tracker ■ ADCS ■ Air bearing for testing ■ IOD/IOV service | - | Germany | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.berlin-space-tech.com |
| Blink Astro | - | IoT / M2M data network, small ground transmitters and cloud-based data analytics services. | US | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.blinkastro.com |
| Blue Canyon Technologies | CubeSat bus/platform (3U, 6U, 12U) ■ ADCS ■ EPS ■ Reaction wheels ■ Star tracker ■ Integration and launch service ■ Mission operations service | - | US | 2008 | - | Active | - | www.bluecanyontech.com |
| Bluefield | - | Methane tracking and change detection, 20x20 meter pixel resolution. | US | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.bluefield.co |
| Boreal Space | Engineering & management services ■ CubeSat platform for payload IOD/IOV service | - | US | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.borealspace.com |
| Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology | Microwave radiometers for environmental monitoring suitable for CubeSats | - | US | 2006 | 5 | Active | - | www.boulderest.com |
| Bright Ascension | Onboard software ■ Mission control software (MCS) | - | UK | 2011 | - | Active | - | www.brightascension.com |
| bspace | CubeSat deployment from ISS for sizes up to 27U | - | US | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.bspacelaunch.com |
| Busek | Propulsion/thruster modules | - | US | 1985 | - | Active | - | www.busek.com |
| C3S (Complex Systems and Small Satellites) | CubeSat platform/bus (1U, 3U, 6U) ■ CubeSat subsystems (Structure, EPS, OBC, UHF) ■ Ground Support Equipment ■ Engineering services | - | Hungary | 2012 | 14 | Active | - | www.c3s.hu |
| Capella Space | - | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) constellation | US | 2016 | 14 | Active | $12M medium.com/@payamban/space-infrastructure-2-0-meet-capella-space-a64a5ecfb1d8 | www.capellaspace.com |
| Capricorn Space | Ground station network | - | Australia | 2018 | - | Active | - | www.capricornspace.com.au |
| Celestia Aerospace | CubeSat platform/bus | - | Spain | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.celestiaaerospace.com |
| Celestis Pets | Space pet memorial service | - | US | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.celestispets.com |
| Chronos Aerospace | Structure (1-3U) | - | Canada | 2017 | 1 | Active | - | www.chronosaerospace.com (-) |
| Cingulan Space | Ground station network, Ground Segment As A Service | - | Australia | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.cingulanspace.com.au |
| Circle Aerospace | Launch services, Satellite platforms | - | Dubai | 2018 | - | Active | - | www.circle.space |
| Clyde Space (will merge with AAC Microtec) | Cubesat bus/platform (1, 2, 3, 6U, 12U) ■ EPS ■ Batteries ■ Deployable solar panels ■ ADCS ■ De-orbit device ■ Propulsion ■ Structure ■ COM ■ OBC ■ Software ■ Ground station | - | UK | 2005 | 80 | Active | - | www.clyde-space.com |
| COMAT Aerospace | Electric propulsion, reaction wheels | FRANCE | 1977 | 82 | Active | www.comat-agora.com | ||
| Commercial Space Technologies | Launch services | - | UK, Russia | 1983 | - | Active | - | www.commercialspace.co.uk |
| Commsat | Educational kits | - | China | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.commsat.cn |
| Composite Technology Development | 200W Deep Space CubeSat Composite Beam Roll-Up Solar Array (COBRA) | - | US | 1988 | - | Active | - | www.ctd-materials.com |
| Cosine Research | Cameras (hyperspectral imagers) | - | Netherlands | 1998 | 40 | Active | - | www.cosine.nl |
| CPUT (F'SATI) | COM (UHF, VHF, S-band, X-band) ■ Antenna (S-band) | - | South Africa | 2008 | - | Active | - | www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati |
| Craft Prospect | Quantum Key Distribution, Machine learning | - | UK | 2016 | 4 | Active | - | www.craftprospect.com |
| CrystalSpace | Camera ■ EPS ■ VHF/UHF COM ■ ADCS ■ Sun sensor | - | Estonia | 2013 | 3 | Active | - | www.crystalspace.eu |
| CU Aerospace | Propulsion ■ MATLAB tools | - | US | 1998 | 9 | Active | - | www.cuaerospace.com |
| CubeSat Pointing | ADCS, Reaction Wheels, Star Tracker | - | Belgium | - | - | Active | - | www.cubesatpointing.com |
| CubeSpace / Innovus | OBC ■ ADCS ■ Torque rods ■ Reaction wheels | - | South Africa | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.cubespace.co.za |
| D-Orbit | CubeSat dispenser/deployer ■ Deorbiting devices, CubeSat bus) ■ Launch service | - | Italy | 2011 | 32 | Active | - | www.deorbitaldevices.com | www.inorbitnow.space |
| Dauria Aerospace | - | Earth observation with 6U and 16U initially developed with Aquila Space. | Russia | 2011 | - | Active | $30+ million from investors. venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/dauria-aerospace-funding/ | www.dauria.ru (in Russian only) |
| Deep Space Industries | Propulsion module ■ Optical navigation (two-cameras) ■ Deep space avionics | Asteroid prospecting. 6U Firefly to find and prospect near-Earth asteroids. | US, Germany, Latvia | 2013 | 15 | Active | $3.5+ million http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/04/17/deep-space-industries-raises-35-million/. Contracts to build satellites for companies and with Luxembourg. | www.deepspaceindustries.com |
| DHV Technology | Solar panels (1U, 3U, PocketQube) ■ Deployable solar arrays | - | Spain | 2013 | 9 | Active | - | www.dhvtechnology.com |
| ECM (Engineering Consulting and Management for Space Technologies) | CubeSat deployer (12U, 16U) ■ Launch services | - | Germany | 2006 | - | Active | - | www.ecm-space.de |
| Elysium Space | Memorial spaceflight service, ashes to space | - | US | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.elysiumspace.com |
| EMSISTI Space Systems & Technology | Solutions on telemetry, and telecommand monitoring and control for ground stations. | - | Brazil | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.emsisti.com.br |
| emxys (Naosat) | CubeSat bus/platform | - | Spain | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.naosat.com |
| EnduroSat | CubeSat bus/platform (1U) ■ EPS ■ COM ■ OBC ■ ADCS ■ Solar panels ■ Structures ■ VHF/UHF antenna ■ S-Band patch antenna ■ X-Band transmitter | - | Bulgaria | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.endurosat.com |
| Enpulsion (FOTEC spinoff) | Propulsion module | - | Austria | 2016 | 15 | Active | $4 million from ESA, EU and private http://spacenews.com/austrian-startup-ramping-to-mass-produce-tricky-electric-propulsion-thrusters/ | www.enpulsion.com |
| EXA (Ecuador Space Agency) | Batteries ■ Deployable solar panels | - | Ecuador | - | - | Active | - | www.exa.ec |
| ExoTerra | CubeSat bus/platform 6U/12U (interplanetary) ■ Propulsion modules | - | US | 2011 | - | Active | - | www.exoterracorp.com |
| Exotrail | Propulsion module including mission design and operations service | - | France | 2016 | 6 | Active | - | www.exotrail.com |
| Exseed Space | Platform/bus (1U to 16U) | Iot / M2M | India | 2017 | 4 | Active | - | www.exseedspace.com |
| EyasSat | Educational CubeSat kits | - | US | 2004 | - | Active | - | www.eyassat.com |
| FastCAP Systems | Ultracapacitor Based Power Supply | - | US | 2010 | - | Active | - | www.fastcapsystems.com |
| Fibertek | Lasercom module | - | US | 1983 | 110 | Active | - | www.fibertek.com |
| Fleet Space | - | IoT / M2M with 12U CubeSats. Launches from 2017. | Australia | 2015 | - | Active | $3.7M+ www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2017/05/12/fleet-startup-signs-first-pilot-partners | www.fleet.space |
| FP Space | Bus/platform (6U) with machine learning. | Hyperspectral constellation? | Poland | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.fpspace.com/pl |
| Gauss (G.A.U.S.S.) | Launch services (CubeSat, PocketQube) ■ OBC/CDHS ■ EPS ■ Structure ■ Dispenser/deployer | - | Italy | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.gaussteam.com |
| General Atomics | Platform/bus (3U, 6U) | - | US | 1955 | - | Active | - | www.ga.com |
| GeoOptics | - | First demo satellite will be 6U. Using GPS radio occulation for weather data. | US | 2006 | - | Active | $5.15M in total www.crunchbase.com/organization/geooptics#/entity | www.geooptics.com |
| German Orbital Systems | CubeSat bus (3U, 6U, 12U) ■ Camera/imager ■ Sun sensor ■ Ground station ■ Payload hosting service | - | Germany | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.orbitalsystems.de | www.on-orbit-verification.com |
| GHSat | - | Greenhouse gas and air quality gas emissions monitoring from industrial sites with 15 kg microsatellites. | Canada | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.ghgsat.com |
| Gilmour Space Technologies | Propulsion module | - | Australia | 2012 | 28 | Active | $3.7 million http://www.spacetechasia.com/gilmour-space-completes-first-four-tests-for-worlds-first-interplanetary-cubesat-propulsion-system/ | www.gspacetech.com |
| Glavkosmos | Launch provider with Sojuz rockets | - | Russia | 1985 | - | Active | - | www.glavkosmos.com |
| Golbriak Space | Optical communication terminals, laser communications | Optical communications constellation? | Estonia | 2017 | - | Active | $1M+ | www.golbriak.space |
| GomSpace | Bus/platform (1-3U, 6U, 8U, 12U) ■ EPS ■ Solar panels ■ Batteries ■ COM ■ Antennas ■ OBC/CDHS ■ CAM ■ ADCS ■ Software ■ Ground station | - | Denmark | 2007 | 250 | Active | - | www.gomspace.com |
| GomSpace Sweden )previously Nanospace) | Propulsion | - | Sweden | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.gomspace.com |
| GUMUSH Aerospace & Defense | Structure (1-3U, Custom) ■ EPS ■ OBC ■ OBC+Modem ■ Antenna Deployment System ■ Test POD ■ CubeSat BUS ■ Training ■ Consulting | - | Turkey | 2012 | 8 | Active | - | www.gumush.com.tr |
| Harris Corporation | - | Weather wind data using 12 6U CubeSats | US | 1895 | - | Active | - | www.harris.com |
| HawkEye 360 | - | RF measurement for transportation, logistic tracking, emergency response, interference detection, spectrum mapping. | US | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.he360.com |
| HCT (Helical Communication Technologies) | Antennas (deployable, steerable) | - | US | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.helicomtech.com |
| Heliaq | Ground station network | - | Australia, UK, South Africa | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.heliaq.com |
| Helios Wire | - | IoT / M2M with 16U CubeSats | Canada | 2016 | - | Active | $1M | www.helioswire.com |
| Hera Systems | - | Earth observation with 12U CubeSats | US | 2013 | 30 | Active | $4.2M+ in investments. | www.herasys.com |
| Hiber Global (Magnitude Space) | - | M2M / IoT constellation. | Netherlands | 2016 | 10 | Active | $4M www.tweakers.net/nieuws/123417/nederlands-bedrijf-zet-globaal-iot-netwerk-van-minisatellieten-op.html http://siliconcanals.nl/news/startups/bolt-mobility-raises-e3-1m-crowdfunding-satellite-startup-magnitude-space-lands-additional-e2-5m-investment/ | www.hiber.global |
| High Earth Orbit Robotics | Propulsion module | - | Australia | 2016 | 3 | Active | - | www.heo-robotics.com |
| Honeybee Robotics | Solar panel drive assembly (rotating, tracking) | - | US | 1983 | - | Active | - | www.honeybeerobotics.com |
| HyperCubes | - | Tracking pollution trough the use of small low-cost satellites and sensor technology. | Australia | 2014 | 2 | Active | - | www.hypercubes.global |
| Hyperion Technologies | Reaction wheels ■ Torque rods ■ Propulsion ■ Star tracker ■ ADCS | - | Netherlands | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.hyperiontechnologies.nl |
| Hypernova Space Technologies | Propulsion module | - | Luxembourg | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.hypernovaspace.com |
| Ideas-Tek | CDHS/OBC | - | US | 2011 | - | Active | - | www.ideas-tek.com |
| IMTsrl (Ingegneria Marketing Technologies) | Bus/platform (3U) ■ Battery ■ Solar panels ■ Antennas ■ OBC | - | Italy | 1991 | - | Active | - | www.imtsrl.it |
| Infostellar | Ground station network | - | Japan | 2016 | - | Active | $7.8M (/www.infostellar.net/ja/news/1) | www.infostellar.net |
| Inovor | Nanosatellite integration ■ Testing service ■ Nanosatellite hardware manufacture ■ Mission design | Debris monitoring? http://www.satellitetoday.com/newspace/2017/08/15/optical-satellites-best-solution-monitor-orbital-debris/ | Australia | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.inovor.com.au |
| Interorbital Systems | TubeSat and CubeSat kits | - | US | 1996 | - | Active | - | www.interorbital.com |
| IQ wireless GmbH | S band transmitter HiSPICO, S band transceiver SLINK, S band patch antennas, X band transceiver XLINK | - | Germany | 1999 | 25 | Active | www.iq-spacecom.de www.iq-wireless.com | |
| ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space | Bus/platform ■ Dispenser (1-12U) ■ Launch service ■ Structure ■ COM (UHF, S-Band) ■ EPS ■ Solar panels ■ ADCS ■ Antennas ■ CDHS/OBC ■ Ground station ■ Propulsion ■ Testing | AIS data services nanosatellite constellation (the TRITON Network) is or was planned. | Netherlands | 2006 | 65 | Active | - | www.isispace.nl | www.cubesatshop.com |
| Karten Space | - | Earth observation with 3-5 m resolution and AIS data service with 6U CubeSats | Spain | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.kartenspace.com |
| Kepler Communications | - | IoT / M2M data communication network with CubeSats | Canada | 2015 | - | Active | $5 million www.keplercommunications.com/blog/item/new-partners | www.keplercommunications.com |
| Kleos Space | - | RF geolocation and AIS | Luxembourg | 2017 | 10 | Active | - | www.kleos.space |
| Kongsberg Satellite Services | Ground station network (KSAT light) | - | Norway | 1967 | - | Active | - | www.ksat.no |
| Koolock | - | Infrared Earth observation constellation with nanosatellites | US | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.koolock.com |
| KSF Space | Consulting ■ Training ■ Launch service | - | UK | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.ksf.space |
| Kubos | Onboard Software ■ Cloud-based Mission Control and Operations Software ■ Cloud-based Hardware Testing Service ■ Consulting | - | US | 2014 | - | Active | $2.43M+ medium.com/kubos-tech/kubos-a-software-platform-for-space-30d211062919 | www.kubos.co |
| Kymeta | Ka-Band Electronically Steered CubeSat Antenna | - | US | 2011 | - | Active | - | www.kymetacorp.com |
| Lacuna Network | - | IoT / M2M constellation | UK | 2017 | 3 | Active | ESA BIC Harwell | www.lacuna.space |
| LaMont Aerospace | CubeSat deployment from ISS | - | US | 2008 | - | Active | - | www.lamontaerospace.org |
| Leaf Space | Ground station network service | - | Italy | 2014 | 5 | Active | $1.1 million and EU SME €50k grant www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/11/leaf-space-raises-1-1-million-dedicated-smallsat-ground-station-network/ | www.leafspace.eu |
| Lens R&D | Sun sensors | - | Netherlands | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.lens-rnd.com |
| LoadPath | Deployable booms and systems | - | US | 2009 | - | Active | - | www.loadpath.com |
| Makesat (Infostellar) | Shop for CubeSat and small satellite products from Japan | - | Japan | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.makesat.com |
| Mars Space | Propulsion module | - | UK | 2007 | - | Active | - | www.mars-space.co.uk |
| Micro Aerospace | Propulsion module ■ Structure | - | Australia | 2011 | - | Active | - | www.micro-a.net |
| Microspace | Propulsion modules | - | Italy, Singapore | 2002 | - | Active | - | www.micro-space.org |
| Millennium Space Systems | CubeSat bus/platform (27U) | - | US | 2001 | - | Active | - | www.millennium-space.com |
| MMA Design | Deployable solar arrays ■ Deployable antennas | - | US | 2007 | - | Active | - | www.mmadesignllc.com |
| MotorSat | Propulsion module | - | France | 2016 | 2 | Active | - | www.motorsat.fr |
| Myriota | - | Iot / M2M | Australia | 2015 | 11 | Active | $15 million http://myriota.com/myriota-closes-series-a-funding-round/ | www.myriota.com |
| NAMISAT | Engineering services | - | Norway | 2010 | - | Active | - | www.namisat.com/index.php |
| Nanoavionics | Bus/platforms (3U-6U) ■ Launch services ■ CDHS/OBC ■ ADCS ■ Propulsion ■ Solar panels ■ Mission Integration | - | Lithuania | 2014 | 20 | Active | $3+ million in investments and grants | www.n-avionics.com |
| Nanohmics | Deployable Thermoelectric Solar Energy Generators for Deep Space | - | US | 2002 | 40 | Active | - | www.nanohmics.com |
| NanoRacks | Launch service | - | US | 2009 | 50 | Active | $5+ million in investments https://angel.co/nanoracks | www.nanoracks.com |
| NanoRaven | On-board computer | - | France | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.nanoraven.com |
| NARA Space Technology | ADCS, EPS, Solar panels, Battery, Structure, Software | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)? | South Korea | 2015 | 7 | Active | - | www.naraspacetechnology.com |
| Near Space Launch | Platform/bus (1U, 3U) ■ COM (Globalstar) | - | US | 2012 | - | Active | - | www.nearspacelaunch.com |
| Needronix | Micro sun sensor ■ Antena system | - | Slovakia | 2013 | 3 | Active | www.needronix.eu | |
| NewSpace Systems | Sun sensor ■ Magnetorquer ■ ACS Board ■ Star Tracker | - | South Africa, UK | 2013 | 16 | Active | - | www.newspacesystems.com |
| NEXEYA | CubeSat bus/platform (6U, 12U) | - | France | 1982 | 1000+ | Active | - | www.nexeyaonline.com/small-sats-satellite-platforms (-) |
| NPC Spacemind | De-orbit device ■ CubeSat structures ■ Engineering services | - | Italy | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.npcspacemind.com |
| NSLCOmm (SkyFi) | Deployable antennas | IoT / M2M / Internet. Communications network with 60 3U nanosatellites capable of 1 Gbps. | Israel | 2009 | - | Active | $3 million www.geektime.com/2016/02/25/israeli-startup-skyfi-raises-3-million-to-spread-internet-worldwide/. | www.nslcomm.com |
| Odysseus Space | Engineering consultancy at all phases of a Space mission. ARGO: PPT propulsion solution for small satellites. Birdy-T: Autonomous Guidance Navigation & Control module for small satellites. | - | Taiwan | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.odysseus.space |
| Open Cosmos | Bus/platform ■ Launch service ■ Technology testing IOD/IOV service ■ Educational kit | - | UK | 2015 | 15 | Active | $7m in Series A. Investors include BGF Ventures, LocalGlobe, Entrepreneur First, TransferWise cofounder Taavet Hinrikus and Microsoft’s former head of corporate strategy, Charlie Songhurst. | www.open-cosmos.com |
| OptiSys | Antenna design | - | US | 2016 | 4 | Active | - | www.optisys.tech |
| OQ Technology | - | IoT | Luxembourg | 2015 | 6 | Active | - | www.oqtec.space |
| Orbital Micro Systems | - | Weather constellation with microwave radiometers to provide temperature and moisture data. | US, UK | 2015 | - | Active | $650k www.crunchbase.com/organization/orbital-micro-systems#/entity | www.orbitalmicro.com |
| Orbital Transports | Bus/platform | - | US | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.orbitaltransports.com (-) |
| OSE (Optimized System Engineering) | 3D printer structure 3U-12U, Optical payloads | - | France | - | 2 | Active | - | www.ose-advanced3d.com |
| Outora Orbital Technologies | CubeSat program for the masses? | - | Australia | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.outora.com |
| Oxford Space Systems | Deployable booms ■ Deployable solar panels | - | UK | 2013 | 20 | Active | $1.5 million from investors | www.oxfordspacesystems.com |
| PacSci EMC | Propulsion module | - | US | 1975 | - | Active | - | www.psemc.com/products/networked-electronic-ordnance-devices/satellite-propulsion-system/ |
| Phase Four (previously GoBluePlasma?) | Propulsion | - | US | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.phasefour.io |
| Picosat Systems | Educational kits ■ PocketQube bus/platform | Australia | 2017 | 2 | Active | - | www.picosat.systems | |
| PicoSaTs | SDR COM ■ Ka band antenna | - | Italy | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.picosats.eu |
| Planet (Labs) | - | Earth observation with 3U CubeSats. | US | 2010 | 300 | Active | $183 million from investors techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/planet-labs-rockets-to-118-million-in-series-c-funding-to-cover-the-earth-in-tiny-satellites/#.vcnpf4:S6AF | www.planet.com |
| Planetary Systems Corporation | Dispenser (3U, 6U, 12U, 27U) | - | US | 1998 | - | Active | - | www.planetarysystemscorp.com |
| PlanetiQ | - | Weather data based on GPS radio occultation and microwave spectrometer & radiometer. | US | 2012 | - | Active | $5M+ bizwest.com/planetiq-to-hire-one-or-two-dozen-at-new-boulder-office/ | www.planetiq.com |
| Plasma Processes | Propulsion | - | US | - | - | Active | - | www.plasmapros.com |
| Positron Dynamics | Antimatter propulsion module | - | US | 2012 | - | Active | $1.3M of $1.5M raised on Propelx www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/10/update-on-positron-dynamics-working-towards-antimatter-propelled-cubesat-in-2018.html | - |
| Princeton Satellite Systems | MATLAB tools | - | US | 1992 | - | Active | - | www.psatellite.com |
| Printed Circuit Laboratories (pcbs4space) | Patch antennas ■ PCBs | - | UK | - | - | Active | - | www.pcbs4space.com/cubesat.html |
| Proxima Space | Training ■ Management & Systems Engineering ■ Nanosatellite Development | - | Spain | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.proximaspace.com |
| Pumpkin | Bus/platform (up to 6U) ■ Structure ■ SOlar panels ■ EPS ■ Batteries ■ GPS | - | US | 1995 | - | Active | - | www.pumpkinspace.com | www.cubesatkit.com |
| QuakerFinder | Built and launched the first 3U CubeSat in 2003 to forecast earthquakes. | - | US | 1985 | - | Active | - | www.quakefinder.com/science/about-quakesat |
| RadioBro | COM | - | US | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.radiobro.com |
| Ragnarok Industries | Developed Lunar CubeSat as part of a NASA Cube Quest | Polar broadband service with nanosatellites? | US | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.ragnarokindustries.com |
| RAL Space | Imager / Camera | - | UK | - | - | Active | - | www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Systems-Engineering.aspx |
| RBC Signals | Ground station network service (UHF, S, X and Ka) | - | US | 2015 | - | Active | $1.5M www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/03/29/rbc-signals-raises-1-5-million-latest-venture-capital-round/ | www.rbcsignals.com |
| Reaktor Space | Bus/platform (2U-3U) ■ Testing service | Hyperspectral imaging constellation (CubeSat Industry Days 2017) | Finland | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.reaktorspace.com |
| Roccor | Booms and deployment systems ■ Thermal control | - | US | 2011 | 8 | Active | - | www.roccor.com |
| Rocket Lab | Launch service | - | US / New Zealand | 2006 | - | Active | $75 million | www.rocketlabusa.com |
| Rupercorp | - | Earth observation constellation | Argentina | - | - | Active | - | - |
| S15 Space (S-FIFTEEN) | QKD module (quantum light source) | - | Singapore | 2017 | 2 | Active | - | www.s15.space |
| Saber Astronautics | Mission Control Software (MCS) ■ MATLAB tools ■ (Used to have de-orbit module too) | - | US, Australia | 2007 | - | Active | - | www.saberastro.com |
| SAC (Space Advisory Company, SCS Space) | Camera/imager | - | South Africa | - | - | Active | - | www.scs-space.com |
| SatixFy | COM (S-band, X-band, SDE) | - | Israel | 2012 | 59 | Active | - | www.satixfy.com |
| SATLANTIS | Camera/imager for 12U/16U CubeSats | - | Spain | 2014 | 11 | Active | €2.35M round and €2.35M H2020 project (www.satlantis.com/news.html) | www.satlantis.com |
| SatRevolution | 3D printed CubeSat bus/platform | - | Poland | 2016 | 6 | Active | - | www.satrevolution.com |
| sci_Zone / QuickSAT | COM (GlobalStar) ■ Mission control system (MCS) | - | US | - | - | Active | - | www.quick-sat.com |
| Simera Sense | Imagers, cameras | - | South Africa | 2017 | - | Active | - | www.simera.com/simera-group/simera-sense/ |
| Sinclair Interplanetary | Star tracker ■ Reaction wheels | - | US | 2001 | - | Active | - | www.sinclairinterplanetary.com |
| Sky and Space Global | - | IoT / M2M. Communication service (voice, data and M2M) | UK | 2015 | - | Active | $4.5 million www.businessinsider.com.au/this-asx-listed-tech-startup-wants-to-disrupt-the-worlds-telcos-with-nano-satellites-2016-3 | www.skyandspace.global |
| SkyFox Labs | GPS ■ Structure ■ Solar panels ■ PCB service ■ Radiation dose sensor ■ Patch antennas | - | Czech | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.skyfoxlabs.com |
| SolAero Technologies | Solar arrays ■ Solar cells | - | US | - | - | Active | - | www.solaerotech.com |
| Solar MEMS Technologies | Sun Sensors | - | Spain | 2009 | - | Active | - | www.solar-mems.com |
| Solenix | Mission Control System (MCS) | - | Switzerland | 2004 | - | Active | - | www.solenix.ch/elveti |
| Soletop | One-stop solution to all CubeSat requirements. At present, we are offer Command and Data Handling System (C&DH), EPS, UHF/VHF Boards, SDR Board, Turnstile UHF/VHF Antenna, S-Band Antenna, Attitude Determination and Control Boards, Reaction Wheels, Fine and Coarse Sun Sensors. | - | Republic of Korea | 1999 | 90 | Active | Soletop is a self-funded organization and has numerous investments within as well as outside Korea. | www.soletop.com |
| Southern Stars | Earth images and tweets service, SkyCube CubeSat | - | US | 1993 | - | Active | $115k from Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/880837561/skycube-the-first-satellite-launched-by-you | www.southernstars.com |
| Space Flight Laboratory (SFL, (UTIAS-SFL, University of Toronto) | CubeSat and nanosatellite bus ■ Launch service ■ Dispenser ■ Ground station | - | Canada | 1998 | - | Active | - | www.utias-sfl.net |
| Space Information Labs | Bus/platform (6U, 12U) | - | US | 2004 | - | Active | - | www.spaceinformationlabs.com |
| Space Inventor | CubeSat bus/platform, EPS, Battery, Solar panels, COM | - | Denmark | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.space-inventor.com |
| Space Shift (ArtSat Kit) | Bus (1U) ■ Educational kit | - | Japan | 2009 | 4 | Active | - | www.artsatkit.com/en |
| SpaceBillboard | Advertisement service by launching the first billboard on CubeSat into space | - | Netherlands | 2014 | - | Active | - | www.spacebillboard.com |
| Spacecialist | Educational services ■ Engineering and management services | - | Israel | 2009 | - | Active | - | www.spacecialist.com |
| Spacefab.US | - | Space telescope constellation | US | 2016 | 3 | Active | $82k (wefunder.com/spacefab) | www.spacefab.us |
| Spaceflight (previously Andrews Space) | Launch service ■ Ground station network service ■ Sentry CubeSat bus (3, 6, 12, 24U) ■ 6U solar panel ■ Dispenser | - | US | 1999 | 25 | Active | $53.5 million. www.spaceflight.com/spaceflight-industries-closes-25-million-financing-round-led-by-mithril/ | www.spaceflight.com |
| Spaceit | Mission control system (MCS) | - | Estonia | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.spaceit.eu |
| Spacemanic | Cubesat BUS/Platform, OBC, PSU, ADCS (high precise magnetometers, and flight proven magnetorquers), Sun sensor, UHF and S-band transceiver with antennas, 1U and 3U structure design and development, Ground Station design and service, RTOS | Slovakia | 2014 | 5 | Active | www.spacemanic.com | ||
| SpacePharma | - | Microgravity service with 3U CubeSats. | Switzerland, Israel | 2013 | 13 | Active | $5+ million from investors www.geektime.com/2015/10/25/want-to-test-stuff-out-in-space-with-swiss-israeli-spacepharma-you-can/ | www.space4p.com |
| SpaceQuest | COM ■ Antennas ■ AIS receiver | - | US | 1994 | - | Active | - | www.spacequest.com |
| SpaceTime Enterprises | - | Real-time video for VR/AR. | UK | 2018 | - | Active | - | www.spacetime.enterprises |
| Spacety | Bus/platform 6U-27U, In-orbit IOD/IOV technology demonstration service with CubeSats | - | China | - | - | Active | $10M? | www.spacety.com |
| SpaceVR | Virtual reality experience from space with 3U CubeSats | - | US | 2015 | - | Active | $1.25 million in seed funding www.prweb.com/releases/2016/04/prweb13368859.htm | www.spacevr.co |
| Special Concepts | Engineering services | - | Bulgaria | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.specialconcepts.net |
| Spire (previously Nanosatisfi) | - | Weather monitoring, AIS, ADS-B | US | 2012 | - | Active | $149.5+ million from investors https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spire | www.spire.com |
| SPUTNIX | Bus/platform (1U-3U), Educational kits | - | Russia | 2011 | - | Active | - | - |
| SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) | Ground station network service (Infinity) | - | Sweden | 1972 | - | Active | - | www.sscspace.com |
| Stellar Exploration | Built LightSail-1 3U CubeSat and LightSail-2 ■ Deployable antennas ■ Solar sails | - | US | 2001 | - | Active | - | www.stellar-exploration.com |
| StenSat Group | COM (beacon) | - | US | 1998 | - | Active | - | www.stensat.org |
| Stras Space | Magnetic torquers, torque rods | - | Canada | 2010 | - | Active | - | www.stras-space.com |
| Surrey Satellite Technologies | GPS ■ CubeSat bus/platform | - | UK | 1985 | - | Active | - | www.sstl.co.uk |
| Swarm Technologies | - | IoT / M2M | US | 2017 | 5 | Active | - | www.swarm-technologies.com |
| Syrlinks | COM (X-band, S-band) | - | France | 1961 | - | Active | - | www.syrlinks.com |
| T4i | Propulsion modules (Helicon thruster) | - | Italy | 2014 | 15 | Active | - | www.t4innovation.com |
| Tekever | - | 16U Constellation for Remote Sensing and Telecommunications | Portugal | - | - | Active | - | www.tekever.com |
| Teledyne e2v | Cameras (1U, 6U) and image sensors | - | UK | 1947 | 1700 | Active | - | www.e2v.com/markets/space/earth-observation-imaging/ |
| Tendeg | Deployable antenna | - | US | 2008 | - | Active | - | www.tendeg.com |
| Tesat Spacecom | Laser comms | - | Germany | 1949 | 1000+ | Active | - | www.tesat.de/en |
| Tesseract | Propulsion | - | US | 2017 | 3 | Active | - | www.tesseract.space |
| Tethers Unlimited | De-orbit module ■ COM (X-band, S-band) ■ Deployable solar panels ■ Propulsion ■ Gimbal ■ Robotic arm | - | US | 1994 | - | Active | - | www.tethers.com |
| Tetonsys | Dispenser (TuPOD, PocketQube, MRFOD) | - | US | 2013 | - | Active | - | www.tetonsys.com |
| Theia Space | EPS ■ Structures ■ Educational kit | - | Spain | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.theiaspace.com |
| Theseus Space | Propulsion (Cannae thruster technology) | - | US | 2016 | - | Active | - | - |
| ThrustMe | Propulsion module | - | France | 2013 | - | Active | $1.9M spacenews.com/french-startup-raises-1-9-million-for-smallsat-electric-propulsion/ | www.thrustme.fr |
| Transcelestial Technologies | Laser communications | Laser network in LEO to transfer data 1000 times faster. Provide high bandwidth connectivity for both space and terrestrial applications. | Singapore | 2016 | - | Active | - | www.transcelestial.com |
| TriSept Corp | Launch service | - | US | 1994 | - | Active | - | www.trisept.com |
| TSTI | Training, educational service (ASCEND) | - | US | - | - | Active | - | www.tsti.net |
| Tyvak / Terran Orbital | Bus/platform (1-3U) ■ Launch service ■ OBC/CDHS ■ Insurance | M2M nanosatellite constellation was being planned. | US, Italy | 2011 | - | Active | $36+ million https://spacenews.com/terran-orbital-series-b/ | www.tyvak.com | www.terranorbital.com |
| UnseenLabs | - | Spectrum monitoring constellation with 6U CubeSats | France | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.unseenlabs.space |
| VACCO Industries | Propulsion module | - | USA | 1954 | - | Active | - | www.cubesat-propulsion.com |
| Ventions | Propulsion | - | US | 2005 | - | Active | - | www.ventions.com |
| Vissidus Technologies | - | On-orbit satellite servicing and Earth science | US | 2014 | - | Active | - | - |
| Vulcan Wireless | COM (SDR) | - | US | 1993 | - | Active | - | www.vulcanwireless.com |
| XCAM | Cameras | - | UK | - | - | Active | - | www.xcam.co.uk |
| Xiphos | OBC | - | Canada | 1996 | 11 | Active | - | www.xiphos.com |
| Xtenti | Dispenser/deployer | - | US | 2015 | - | Active | - | www.xtenti.com |
| ZENNO Astronautics | Propulsion module | - | New Zealand | 2017 | 3 | Active | - | www.zenno.space |
| 3rd Rock Aerospace (previously 3DSat) | 3D printed structure | - | UK | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.thirdrockspace.com |
| 406 Aerospace | Launch service ■ Optical sensors ■ FPGA ■ 1 of 5 NASA Nanosatellite Launch Integrators. | Weather data. Planned LEO satellite constellation to acquire EO / SO weather data for commercial sale. | US | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.406aerospace.com (-) |
| 4Skies (previously NovaNano) | Dispenser ■ CubeSat platform ■ S-band antenna ■ CDHS/OBC with ADCS and EPS | IoT / M2M constellation being planned. | France | 2009 | - | Inactive | - | www.4skies.net (-) |
| adpos | ADCS | - | Lithuania | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.adpos.eu/projects |
| ATSB (Astronautic Technology, CubeSatPro) | 3U CubeSat bus ■ ADCS ■ OBC/CDHS ■ Solar panels ■ Ground station | - | Malaysia | 1995 | - | Inactive | - | www.cubesatpro.com (-) |
| Bitbeam Technologies | COM (software-defined radio, SDR) | - | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.bitbeaminc.com (-) |
| Boeing | CubeSat bus/platform | - | US | 1916 | - | Inactive | - | www.boeing.com |
| Canopus System | Ka-band transmitter ■ Camera/imager ■ Deployable antennas ■ Solar sail ■ Deployable panels ■ Star tracker | - | US | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.canopus-us.com (-) |
| CELESTIA Satellite Test & SImulation (previously SSBV) | Used to have: Sun sensor ■ GPS ■ Torque rod, magnetorquer ■ Magnetometer | - | Netherlands | 1985 | - | Inactive | - | www.ssbv.com |
| Chemring Technology Solutions / Roke Manor Research | Innovative antennas? ESA project to design payload and research launching a large number of nanosatellites to support the prediction of severe weather events. | - | UK | - | - | Inactive | UK Ministry of Defence's research project. And ESA project www.roke.co.uk/press/20150202-esa-cubesat-contract.html. | www.chemringts.com |
| ConsiNet | Ground station network service | - | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | - |
| Cubehub | Ground station network service ■ Very compact novel ground station | - | Estonia | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.cubehub.io |
| Cubersation | Ground station network service | - | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | - (original link does not work) |
| DSS Propulsion | Propulsion module | - | US | 2009 | Inactive | - | www.dsspropulsion.com | |
| Dunvegan Space Systems | CubeSat platform/bus (3U) | IoT / M2M. 24 BitSats to provide communications, data processing, storage and broadcasting. | US | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.dss.co |
| e beam | Ka-Band Klystron Amplifier | - | US | 1985 | - | Inactive | - | www.ebeaminc.com (-) |
| EarthCube | - | Infrared imaging constellation? | France | 2015 | - | Inactive | $4.6M https://www.frenchweb.fr/les-toulousains-dearthcube-levent-3-millions-deuros/305976?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3B2urMwTTNS461egNf7lxpNA%3D%3D | www.earthcube.eu |
| Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation | Lead system contractor for LightSail | - | US | 2011 | - | Inactive | - | www.eclipticenterprises.com (-) |
| GOSPACE | IoT | - | Slovakia | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.gospace.sk |
| GreenScale Technologies | Propulsion ■ Microfluidic thermal management | - | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.greenscaletechnologies.com (-) |
| Ideatech | - | - | Colombia | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.ideatech.com.co (-) |
| Innoflight | OBC/CDHS ■ S-band SDR COM | - | US | 2004 | - | Inactive | - | www.innoflight.com (-) |
| Launchbox Space | Educational kits | - | Australia | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.launchboxspace.com |
| Macro Aerospace | - | Space data storage and satellite email service provider using nanosatellites | Italy | 2012 | - | Inactive | - | www.macroaerospace.it (-) |
| NU Aerospace | Propulsion System | - | Brazil | 2017 | 4 | Inactive | Brazilian Startup currently developing and testing nano and micro satellite propulsion system and join in a Brazilian Startup accelerator project, FIEMG Lab. | www.nuaerospace.com (-) |
| Obelisk Systems | OBC ■ EPS ■ Educational kits | - | Australia | 2015 | Inactive | - | www.obelisksystems.com | |
| Outernet | - | Broadcast service with CubeSat constellation. | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | $700k from crowdfunding campaign www.indiegogo.com/projects/lantern-one-device-free-data-from-space-forever | www.outernet.is |
| Planetary Resources | - | Earth observation with midwave infrared and hyperspectral sensor platform. | US | 30 | Inactive | $21.1 million in Series A funding and $1.5 million in crowdfunding that will be returned. | www.planetaryresources.com | |
| Promethean Labs | - | Special imagers for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, monitoring of water and air quality, forestry and land. | Canada | 2016 | - | Inactive | - | www.prometheanlabs.ca |
| Quazar Space | IOD/IOV service | - | Russia | 2015 | - | Inactive | - | www.qz-space.com (-) |
| QubeRider | Educational kits | - | Australia | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.quberider.com (-) |
| Radius Space | Structure ■ Mechanical manufacturing service | - | Estonia | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.radiusspace.com (-) |
| Red Sky Research | Designed ARAPAIMA 6U CubeSat for US Air Force | - | US | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.redskyresearch.org (-) |
| Route to Space | Developing a series of products and services for enthusiasts, makers, miniature satellite builders and satellite operators | - | UK | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.routetospace.com (-) |
| Satlab | Software? AIS receiver? | - | Denmark | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.satlab.com |
| Sequoia Space | Bus ■ OBC/CDHS ■ COM ■ ADCS ■ EPS ■ Structure ■ Antenna systems | - | Colombia | 2007 | - | Inactive | - | www.sequoiaspace.com (-) |
| SkyCorp (Raptor Space Services ) | Launch service from ISS to higher orbits | - | US | 1998 | - | Inactive | - | www.skycorpinc.com |
| Space Systems Engineering | Platform/bus (24U) | - | Ukraine? | - | - | Inactive | - | www.spacesystemsengineering.com (-) |
| Space Technology and Science Group | Bus ■ Ground station ■ Engineering and management services | - | Finland | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.spacetsg.com |
| Spacebooth | Selfie image service in space with picosatellite | - | Belgium | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.spacebooth.org (-) |
| SpaceXplo | Launch service | - | Japan | 1993 | - | Inactive | - | www.spacexplo.com (-) |
| Test in Space | IOD/IOV service | - | Spain | 2014 | - | Inactive | - | www.testinspace.com (-) |
| The eSat | Educational kits | - | Germany | 2013 | - | Inactive | - | www.educationcubesat.com (-) |
| Up & Above / Space Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) | Structures (1U) ■ Solar panels | - | Lithuania | 2010 | - | Inactive | - | www.upnabove.com |
| Weebill / KoncarX | New energy source according to tweets? ■ Used to be very powerful OBC and data storage service with CubeSats. | - | Australia | 2015 | - | Inactive | - | www.weebill.space (-) |
| Xoterra Aerospace | - | Earth observation with 88 CubeSats. | Netherlands | 2015 | - | Inactive | - | - |
| Mission | Destination | Launch | Summary | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPOD | LEO | 2018 | Docking with 3U nanosatellites. Will demonstrate precision flying around each other and then docking. Will enable to explore asteroids, moons and to inspect other spacecraft. |  |
| INSPIRE | Earth escape | 2018 | Goal of two 3U INSPIRE spacecraft is to open deep space to CubeSats and demonstrate necessary functions like telecommunication and navigation. Will be the first interplanetary and deep space CubeSat. |  |
| RSat (Repair CubeSat) | LEO | 2018 | Two 7 DoF robotic arms fitted with manipulators to enable inspection and servicing. Operates with BRICSat that provides propulsion and attitude control. Magnetic docking system will include power and data pass-through. Part of AMODS (Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System). |  |
| CAPE-MIRCA | LEO | 2018 | Micro return capsule is the first planetary atmosphere entry probe flight prototype to measure density, temperature and composition. GAMASAT also has re-entry capsule and will launch in 2016 with QB50, but not sure if and how capsule will be released. |  |
| Mars Cube One (MarCO) | Mars flyby | 2018 | Two 6U deep space CubeSats were planned to be launched in 2016, but delayed due to InSight Mars lander. They will flyby Mars during the landing of InSight and relay status in real time, which is not possible today. |  |
| NEA Scout | Asteroid flyby | 2020 | First CubeSat to reach an asteroid and map it using an ~80 m2 solar sail for propulsion. One of 13 6U CubeSats that will launch with a new NASA SLS rocket in 2018 which will send Orion capsule on a trip around the Moon. |  |
| Lunar Flashlight | Moon orbit | 2020 | First CubeSat to reach the Moon and the first to use lasers to look for water ice. Near infrared lasers will shine light into the shaded polar regions, while the spectrometer measures surface reflection and composition. One of 13 6U SLS CubeSats. |  |
| OMOTENASHI | Moon orbit, Moon surface |
2020 | Will release a 1 kg lunar lander with inflatable airbags to demonstrate technology for low-cost and very small spacecraft to explore the lunar surface and will measure the radiation environment. One of 13 6U SLS CubeSats. |  |
| SWIMSat | GEO | 2021 | 6U CubeSat to monitor solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and monitor Earth meteor impacts. Might be the first CubeSat to geostationary (GEO) orbit, but too early to know for sure. |  |
| M-ARGO | 50-m asteroid | 2022 | 12U CubeSat from ESA to rendezvous with a small rapidly spinning asteroid and spend around six months surveying with multispectral imager and laser altimeter. |  |
| DARCSIDE | Europa, Jupiter moon | 2025 | 3U CubeSat flying with Europa Clipper spacecraft to study Europa's atmosphere. Experiments are planned to be drag measurement and high energy particle detector. |  |
Website NewSpace Index (www.newspace.im) includes microsatellites and smallsats as well!
| Organization | Launched / Planned size |
First launch |
Form factor | Field | Funding | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | 324 / 150+ | 2013 | 3U | Earth observation | $183 million |  |
| Spire | 85 / 150+ | 2013 | 3U | Weather / AIS / ADS-B | $149.5 million |  |
| Astro Digital | 5 / 10+20 | 2014 | 6U / 16U | Earth observation | $16.7+ million |  |
| Sky and Space Global | 3 / 200 | 2017 | 8U | IoT / M2M / Voice | $11.5 million |  |
| GeoOptics | 5 / ? | 2017 | 6U | Weather | $5.15 million |  |
| Swarm Technologies | 4 / ? | 2018 | 0.25U / 1U | IoT / M2M | ? |  |
| Kepler Communications | 1 / 140 | 2018 | 3U / ? | IoT / M2M | $5 million |  |
| Analytical Space | 1 / ? | 2018 | 6U | Optical relay / IoT / M2M | $4 million |  |
| PlanetiQ | 0 / 18 | 2018 | 6U | Weather | $5+ million |  |
| Hiber (Magnitude Space) | 0 / 48 | 2018 | 6U | IoT / M2M | $6.2 million | |
| Capella Space | 0 / 48 | 2018 | 12U | SAR | $12+ million | |
| Astrocast |
0 / 64 | 2018 | 3U | IoT / M2M | $7.1 million |  |
| Lacuna Space | 0 / 32 | 2018 | 6U | IoT / M2M | Yes | |
| Blink Astro | 0 / ? | 2018 | 3U | IoT / M2M | ? |  |
| Fleet Space | 0 / 100 | 2018 | 12U | IoT / M2M | $3.7 million |  |
| Reaktor Space | 0 / 36 | 2018 | 6U | Earth observation / Hyperspectral | ? |  |
| SatRevolution | 0 / 66 | 2018 | 2U | Earth observation | $0.8 million |  |
| AISTech | 0 / 100 | 2018 | 2U / 6U | IoT / M2M / ADS-B / AIS / IR imaging | $0.31 million |  |
| Helios Wire | 0 / 30 | 2018 | 16U | IoT / M2M | $5 million |  |
| Karten Space | 0 / 14 | 2018 | 6U | Earth observation / AIS | ? |  |
| UnSeenLabs | 0 / ? | 2018 | 6U | RF spectrum monitoring | ? |  |
| NSLComm (SkyFi) | 0 / 60 | 2018 | 6U | Internet | $9.25+ million |  |
| Orbital Micro Systems | 0 / 40 | 2018 | 3U | Weather | $0.65 million |  |
| Aerial & Maritime |
0 / ? | 2019 | 3U? | AIS / ADS-B | $12.2 million | |
| Hera Systems | 0 / 50 | 2019 | 12U | Earth observation | $4.2+ million |  |
| Kleos Space | 0 / ? | 2019 | ? | Geolocation / AIS | ? | |
| SRT Marine | 0 / 6+ | 2019 | 6U | AIS | ? | |
| Rupercorp | 0 / ? | 2019 | 6U | Earth observation | ? | |
| Harris | 0 / 12 | 2019 | 6U | Weather | ? |  |
| Transcelestial | 0 / ? | 2019 | ? | Optical relay / comms | $2 million | |
| Bluefield | 0 / 22 | 2019 | 16U | Methane emissions | Yes |  |
| Myriota | 0 / ? | ? | ? | IoT / M2M | $15+ million | |
| OQ Technology | 0 / ? | ? | ? | IoT / M2M | ||
| Tekever | 0 / 12 | ? | 16U | Earth observation / SAR / AIS / ADS-B / IoT | ? |  |
| Alba Orbital | 0 / ? | ? | PocketQube | Earth observation | ? | |
| Koolock | 0 / ? | ? | ? | IR imaging | ? | |
| Planetary Resources | 2 / 10 | Cancel | 12U | Earth observation | $50+ million |  |
| Earthcube | 0 / 10 | Cancel? | ? | IR imaging | $4.5+ million | |
| Terran Orbital (Tyvak) | 0 / ? | Cancel | ? | IoT / M2M | Yes | |
| ISIS / Innovative Data Services |
0 / 16 | Cancel | 3U | AIS | ? | |
| Promethean Labs | 0 / ? | Cancel | ? | Gas emissions | ? |
Complimentary reading: NASA Small Spacecraft Technology State of the Art (online version) and Achieving Science with CubeSats reports.
Good overview of CubeSat instruments and technology progress by Anthony Freeman from 2016 
Planetary Decadal Science Mapping and Nanosat-Compatible Instrument Availability by Caltech from 2016 
Many future space science mission concepts in Keck Institute Final Report from 2014.
New launchers will be added here when they are very close to commercial missions because there are too many small rockets in development as seen from NewSpace Index.
Best overview of (upcoming) small satellite launchers by Carlos Niederstrasser and Warren Frick of Orbital ATK at IAC 2016. (I will mostly wait for the first launch before adding.)
There are many more providers and special (free) launch opportunities and competitions.
e.g. with SLS to Moon through Cube Quest and with ESA AIM to Didymos asteroid.
Most nanosatellites from Japan, India, China and Russia are launched by their space agencies.
| Organization | Sites active/planned | Status | Bands | Cost | Investments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceflight Networks | 8 / 12+ | Operational | UHF, S, X | $1.95/min for UHF. $19.95/min for S/X band. | |
| KSAT Light | 22 / 22 | Operational | VHF, UHF, S, X, Ka | 250€/pass ? | |
| SSC Infinity | ? / ? | Operational | |||
| SatNOGS | 36+ / ? | Operational | VHF, UHF | Free | |
| ATLAS | 9 / 9 | Operational | UHF, S, X, Ka | ||
| Leaf Space | 4 / 20 | Operational | VHF, UHF, S, X | 5€/MB to receive UHV/VHF. 0.4€/MB to receive S band. 0.1€/Mbyte to receive X band. Better custom plans. | $2.7 million |
| RBC Signals | 62 / 62+ | Operational | UHF, S, X, Ka | $1.5 million | |
| Infostellar | 3 / 22+ | 2018 | $8.3 million | ||
| Cingulan Space | 1 / ? | 2018 | UHF, S, X | ||
| BridgeSat | 0 / 10 | 2018 | Optical / Laser | $6+ million | |
| Heliaq | 0 / 50 | 2019 | $0.7 million | ||
| Audacy | 0 / ? | 2019 | Ku | $6.3 million | |
| Capricorn Space | 0 / ? | 2019 | UHF, S, X | ||
| EnduroSat | 0 / ? | ? | $2.2 million |
From commercial services and products to freeware mission control software
| Mission Control System | Type | Status | Description | Flight heritage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solenix / Elveti | Product | Ready / In development | Complete, cost effective solution for operating and monitoring nano and small satellites. Multi-satellites and multiple ground station capability. Scripts for simplified operations. Leverage key aerospace standards. | Based on SwissCube Satellite Control System. |
| Bright Ascension | Product | Ready / In development | A functional simulator allows operator training and the validation of onboard scripts before uploading. Infrastructure software to connect the ground stations to the mission operations centre. | Used on UKube-1. |
| NASA Open MCT | Freeware | Ready / In development | Mission control framework for visualization of data on desktop and mobile devices. | NASA Ames and JPL |
| Kubos | Product | In development | Full-Stack Flight Software for Satellites. Introducing a space-grade flight system with ongoing support. Cloud based mission operations and data analytics service. Integration with both cloud based ground network providers and on-site hardware. | |
| Spaceit | Product | In development | MCS as a service, cloud based solution. In ESA BIC Estonia. | CTO background from ESTCube-1 MCS and CGI. |
| Saber Astronautics / PIGI | Product | In development | Mission control software for the modern age. A video-game quality interface allows you to reach any point of the spacecraft or environment, while world class data mining gives operational intelligence to the meaning of the data. | Selected by Fleet Space as operations provider. |
| Audacy Space / Quindar | Freeware | In early stage | Aims to create a modern, browser based, real time data visualization platform to monitor and operate complex engineering systems in a spaceflight mission operations setting. Commercially backed by Audacy to maintain it for free. | |
| Interstel / iCOSMOS | Product | In early stage? | Spin-off company of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Primary purpose is to market iCOSMOS™ and adapt it for specific and more proprietary applications. | . |
| Next.it | Product | In early stage? | Based on the European Ground System - Common Core. Simplified deployment and configuration using Docker. Native Multi Mission functionality. |
| Conference | Dates | Location |
|---|---|---|
| International Workshop on Lean Satellite 2018 | January 22 - 24, 2018 | Kitakyuhu, Japan |
| 2018 SmallSat Symposium | February 5 - 8, 2018 | Mountain View, California, USA |
| PocketQube Workshop 2018 | March 22 - 23, 2018 | Delft, Netherlands |
| 15th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop | April 30 - May 2, 2018 | San Luis Obispo, California, USA |
| 7th Annual Lunarcubes Workshop | May 3 - 4, 2018 | San Luis Obispo, California, USA |
| Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference 2018 | May 7-8, 2018 | Pasadena, California, USA |
| 4S Symposium 2018 | May 28 - June 1, 2018 | Sorrento, Italy |
| 7th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop | May 29 - 30, 2018 | Paris, France |
| CubeSat Innovation Workshop 2018 | July 10 - 11, 2018 | Sydney, Australia |
| SmallSat 2018 | August 4 - 9, 2018 | Logan, Utah, USA |
| INSPIRE and Small Sat Workshop | August 27 - 29, 2018 | Paris, France |
| From Quantum to KOSMOS | September 12 - 14, 2018 | Berlin, Germany |
| Open Source CubeSat Workshop 2018 | September 24 - 25, 2018 | Madrid, Spain |
| 69th IAC 2018 | October 1 - 5, 2018 | Bremen, Germany |
| 1st Asian PocketQube Workshop | November 5, 2018 | Singapore |
| 1st China Microsatellite Symposium | November 18 - 20, 2018 | Xi'an, China |
| 10th European CubeSat Symposium | December 5 - 7, 2018 | Toulouse, France |
Database includes and term nanosatellite implies them all:
Better overview about CubeSats and PocketQubes.
Database does not include (usually):
Comments:
I believe the era of nanosatellites is still to come. We are only in the beginning of the big future. Greatly more launches, novel technologies, big constellations and thrilling exploration missions all over the Solar System. Being bound to fit into a box empowers creativity and innovation.
"Just because a spacecraft is small, it doesn’t make it easy. A highly constrained spacecraft can push the engineering, push the ingenuity of the team in a way that, in every way, is comparable to some of these big missions that we’re doing." - Thomas Zuburchen, NASA associate administrator
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