R5-S7 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Name	R5-S7 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Operational? (No news or amateur receptions found, last checked 2025-12-24)
Launched	2025-11-28
NORAD ID	?
Deployer	?
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-15)
Entity name	NASA Johnson Space Center
Institution	Space agency
Entity	Government (Civil / Military)
Nation	US
Operator	In-house?
Launch brokerer	SEOPS
Oneliner	Demonstrate technologies to speed up hosted payload and in-space inspection.
Description	Perform a proximity operations maneuver immediately after being dispensed from the launch vehicle. This will be the first R5 spacecraft in the series to execute such a maneuver, advancing a fundamental capability required for activities like inspection and in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. Like the R5 spacecraft before it, R5-S7 used an incremental development approach to incorporate improvements based on the lessons learned from prior demonstrations. This CubeSat incorporates commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, including some subsystems that are also commercially available. The demonstration of these systems will make traditionally expensive and long-lead time subsystems, like propulsion, available on much shorter timelines and for a small fraction of the cost.
Notes	Size could be wrong.
Sources	[1] [2] [3]
Photo sources	[1]
Keywords	Propulsion
On the same launch	3UCubed 6GStarLab Accenture-1 AE5Ra AE5Rb AE5Rc Black Kite-1 BRO-17 BRO-20 CTC-1A CTC-1B CTC-1C Flock-4h 1 Flock-4h 2 Flock-4h 3 Flock-4h 4 Flock-4h 5 Flock-4h 6 Flock-4h 7 Flock-4h 8 Flock-4h 9 Flock-4h 10 Flock-4h 11 Flock-4h 12 Flock-4h 13 Flock-4h 14 Flock-4h 15 Flock-4h 16 Flock-4h 17 Flock-4h 18 Flock-4h 19 Flock-4h 20 Flock-4h 21 Flock-4h 22 Flock-4h 23 Flock-4h 24 Flock-4h 25 Flock-4h 26 Flock-4h 27 Flock-4h 28 Flock-4h 29 Flock-4h 30 Flock-4h 31 Flock-4h 32 Flock-4h 33 Flock-4h 34 Flock-4h 35 Flock-4h 36 FRG-10D1 GENA-OT HCT-SAT 2 IHI-Sat 2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 GHGSat D Lemur-2 GHGSat E Lilium-2 Lilium-3 LUNA 1 MAUVE MICE-1 Observer-1 B OTTER (MSAE-OTTERS) Phasma A Phasma B PHI-1 PW6U R5-S7 SPEQTRE SPiN-2 T.MicroSat-1 TORO 2 TRYAD 1 TRYAD 2 VEERY-0G WISDOM-A WISDOM-B ANISCSAT NMHH-1 SARI-1 SARI-2 Foresail-1p Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4C Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4D Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4E Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4F FOSSASat (WISeSAT-5) FOSSASat (WISeSAT-6) FOSSASat (WISeSAT-7)

Last modified: 2026-01-04