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CubeSat Commercial Constellations

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Organization	Launched / Planned size	First launch	Form factor	Field	Technical and comments
Orbcomm (OG2)	50 / 52	1991	Microsat, Smallsat, 3U	IoT / M2M, AIS	World's first and only commercial satellite network 100% dedicated to M2M. 2 space-as-a-service CubeSats ordered from Clyde Space for 2020.
AprizeSat	12 / 12	2002	Microsat	IoT / M2M	Low-cost satellite data services for monitoring the fuel level, oil and gas pipelines, and mobile tracking of shipping containers, rail cars and trailers.
Planet (Flock / Dove)	387 / 150	2013	3U	Earth observation	29 MP sensor taking images with 3.7 m ground resolution and swath of 24.6 km × 16.4 km from 475 km altitude.
Spire (Lemur / Minas)	115 / 150	2013	3U	Weather, AIS, ADS-B, Earthquake (ELF), Constellation-As-A-Service, GNSS Reflectometry, GNSS Radio Occultation	Measure change in GPS signal after passing atmosphere to calculate precise profiles for temperature, pressure, humidity (GNSS Radio Occultation). Investigating earthquake (ELF) detection? GNSS Reflectometry demonstrators launched since 2019 December.
GeoOptics (CICERO)	7 / ?	2017	6U	Weather	Using GPS radio occultation for weather data. Satellites outsourced from Tyvak.
NanoAvionics	3 / 72	2017	6U, 12U?	IoT / M2M, Constellation-As-A-Service	Global IoT Constellation-as-a-Service Aimed at IoT/M2M Communications Providers.
Helios Wire	2 / 30	2017	6U, 16U	IoT / M2M	Uses 30 MHz of S-band spectrum to receive tiny data packages from billions of sensors. Bought by EchoStar and first new batch from Tyvak.
Swarm Technologies	9 / 600	2018	0.25U, 1U	IoT / M2M	World's smallest two-way communication satellites. FCC applications for 150 VHF and 450 UHF 0.25U CubeSats.
Kepler Communications	2 / 140	2018	3U, 6U, ?	IoT / M2M, Internet, Store-and-Forward	IoT / M2M data communication network. Monthly fee based on the data amount. Hope to achieve rates of 1-40 Mbps. Clyde Space providing at least the first 3 sats.
Analytical Space	2 / ?	2018	6U	IoT / M2M, Orbital data relay, Optical comms	In-orbit relays receiving radio and downlink to ground with laser communication enabling more data downlink from satellites.
Hiber	2 / 48	2018	6U, 3U	IoT / M2M	Send small packets of data (140 characters, accompanied by time‐stamp, identifier and location).
Fleet Space	4 / 100	2018	3U, 12U, 1.5U, 6U	IoT / M2M	Main constellation potentially with 12U CubeSats. Selected Saber Astronautics as the operations provider.
Astrocast	2 / 80	2018	3U	IoT / M2M	Targeting L-band. Inter-satellite links. NanoSpace propulsion. Further 80 satellites in orbit by 2022.
Aistech (DANU, HYDRA)	2 / 150	2018	2U, 6U	IoT / M2M, ADS-B, AIS, IR imaging	2-way comms, thermal imaging to detect forest fires, aviation tracking (ADS-B). Satellites will be built by GomSpace.
Harris Corporation	1 / 12	2018	6U	Weather	Immediate access to 3D wind data sets from Harris-owned HyperCubes. Utah State University provides the spacecraft.
Reaktor Space	1 / 36	2018	6U, 2U	Earth observation, Hyperspectral	Hyperspectral constellation for smart agriculture with 100's of spectral bands and 20 m resolution (CubeSat Industry Days 2017).
Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse)	6 / 38	2018	6U	IoT / M2M	Reliable and economical satellite IoT services and industry solutions for our customers.
Commsat (Ladybug / Ladybird)	8 / 72	2018	Microsat, 6U, 3U	IoT / M2M, AIS	Ladybug 1 is 100 kg and 3 CubeSats of 6U and 3 of 3U. Plans 4 more in 2019 and complete 72 satellites in 2022.
Myriota	1 / 50	2018	3U	IoT / M2M	Run unique, patented software which provides reliable, direct-to-satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivit.
LaserFleet	2 / 288	2018	CubeSat	Internet, Optical comms	Provide reliable 1 Gbps communication rates to aircraft at altitude. Higher effective data rate at a lower cost than the best-in-class Ku/Ka/V.
SpaceChain	2 / ?	2018	Hosted	Blockchain	Building the world’s first open-source blockchain-based satellite network, allowing users to develop and run decentralized applications in space.
OHB Italia (EAGLET)	1 / 20	2018	3U	Earth observation, AIS	A high resolution optical payload which will acquire panchromatic images and AIS for maritime surveillance. Used to be CGS Space.
ADASPACE	4 / 192	2018	Microsat, CubeSat	Earth observation	Establish a global, minute-level updated Earth image data network consisting of 192 satellites.
Orbital Micro Systems	1 / 40	2019	3U?	Weather	Weather constellation utilizes microwave technology to capture temperature and moisture measurements, refreshed and delivered every 15 minutes.
Lacuna Space	1 / 32	2019	3U, 6U	IoT / M2M	IoT / M2M constellation. Selected Open Cosmos to build 3U demonstrator. First hosted payload on Nanoavionics M6P.
Blink Astro	1 / ?	2019	3U	IoT / M2M	Data network, small ground transmitters and cloud-based data analytics services. Tech demo payload flown on M6P in 2019.
SatRevolution (REC)	1 / 1024	2019	2U, 6U	Earth observation	Imaging the Earth in 50cm resolution through the use of an innovative deployable telescope.
Lynk	1 / 1000	2019	Hosted, CubeSat?	IoT / M2M, Internet, Direct-to-phones, Satellite-to-cell	Leverage nanosatellites in a unique manner to provide connectivity to regular cell phones anywhere on the planet.
NSLComm	1 / 80	2019	6U	Internet, IoT / M2M	Communications network up to 1 Gbps anywhere in the world with a novel inflatable antenna.
UnseenLabs	1 / 50	2019	6U	RF spectrum monitoring	Spectrum monitoring constellation. Satellites outsourced from GomSpace.
ZeroG Lab (Lingque, Magpie)	2 / 132	2019	6U	Earth observation	Optical resolution better than 4 metres and eventually 378 satellites to provide revisits over regions every 10 minutes.
Alba Orbital	2 / ?	2019	PocketQube	Earth observation	First Earth Observation constellation with PocketQubes.
Hera Systems	1 / 50	2019	12U	Earth observation	Capable of 1-meter resolution with 22-kilogram form factor.
Elbit Systems (NANOVA)	1 / ?	2019	3U	IoT / M2M	Part of a constellation for commercial purposes. UHF payload providing a direct satellite link for data, voice and text messaging.
Fossa Systems	1 / ?	2019	PocketQube	IoT / M2M	IoT LoRa network.
Sen (EarthTV)	1 / ?	2019	16U	Earth observation, Video	Stream real-time and timely video of Earth. Demonstrated its 4K video streaming platform in orbit in 2019 hosted aboard a satellite manufactured by RSC Energia.
Stara Space	2 / 120	2019	PocketQube	Orbital data relay, Data storage	Constellation to service other space users with high speed real-time data connection, storage, and computation. First 2 made by Alba Orbital.
Eutelsat (CubeSats)	0 / ?	2020	3U, CubeSat	IoT / M2M	Buying additional small satellites for a planned Internet of Things network.
Kleos Space	0 / 40	2020	CubeSat	AIS, Geolocation, RF spectrum monitoring	RF geolocation and AIS. Radio data collection spacecraft with our patented In-Space Manufacturing technology, a miniature machine that manufactures enormous composite booms used to deploy antenna.
Golbriak Space	0 / ?	2020	6U, ?	Optical comms, ?	Optical communications constellation? First lasercomm modules launching on FSSCat CubeSats on Vega.
Kawa Space	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat	Earth observation, Hyperspectral, SAR	Designs and operates most advanced earth observation satellite constellations. Founder previously created ExseedSpace.
SpeQtral	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat?	QKD, Optical comms	Developing space-based, quantum communication built on technologies developed at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore.
OQ Technology	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat, 1U?	IoT / M2M	World's first universal plug & play IoT device that can provide connectivity leveraging Low-Earth-Orbit satellite infrastructure.
Scanway	0 / ?	2020	6U	Earth observation, IR imaging, Hyperspectral	Optical system based on mirrors will allow to scan the Earth's surface in the range from 400 to 12,000 nm.
Horizon Technologies (Amber)	0 / ?	2020	6U, 12U	RF spectrum monitoring, SIGINT	Planned constellation that will offer SIGINT services to government agencies via space. Locate and track vessels worldwide by picking up electronic emissions.
Transcelestial	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat?	Orbital data relay, Optical comms	Space data network for terrestrial and satellite applications. Using lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than currently available.
Bluefield	0 / 22	2020	16U	Emissions monitoring	20x20 m pixel resolution and 100ppm-m methane level (detecting natural gas storage and pipeline leaks, fracking, industries, mining, permafrost, wastewater, rice paddies, livestock)
Elecnor Deimos (NEPTUNO)	0 / ?	2020	3U	AIS, Maritime	Demonstrator that contributes to a solution that faces the main challenges of maritime surveillance.
Aerial Maritime	0 / ?	2020	3U?	AIS, ADS-B	Monitoring aircraft (ADS-B) and vessels (AIS) from 37°N to 37°S. GomSpace is shareholder and will develop satellites. Cooperation with Flightradar24.
Karten Space	0 / 14	2020	6U	Earth observation, AIS	Earth observation with 3-5 m resolution and AIS data service.
HEO Robotics (ARGUS)	0 / 12	2020	CubeSat	SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Asteroid prospecting	Sit in High Earth Orbit and optically observe and characterize objects in Geosynchronous Orbit. Asteroid prospecting services.
SpaceTime	0 / ?	2020	3U	Earth observation, VR/AR	Real-time video of Earth for VR/AR.
Sateliot	0 / 100	2020	CubeSat	IoT / M2M, Direct-to-phones, Satellite-to-cell	Global continuous IoT connectivity merging satellite and terrestrial networks under 5G protocol. Alen Space is building the SDR payload.
Pixxel	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat	Earth observation	Constellations of cutting-edge satellites to provide unprecedented access to global, frequent, and affordable satellite imagery.
Tekever	0 / 12	2020	16U	Earth observation, AIS, ADS-B, IoT / M2M	Remote sensing and telecommunications constellation will carry the same payloads as Infante, but different payloads on different satellites.
NuSpace	0 / ?	2020	CubeSat	IoT / M2M	Bring IoT connectivity to places deemed economically unfeasible, such as in the middle of the ocean.
Inovor (Skyris / Hyperion)	0 / ?	2021	12U	SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Earth observation	Hyperion is observing MEO and GEO orbital bands. Skyris mission uses on-board machine learning to enhance capability over existing Earth imaging systems and has ~1m resolution.
ConstelIR	0 / ?	2021	CubeSat?	IR imaging, Earth observation	Map precise on-earth temperatures from a constellation of satellites it plans to launch.
OroraTech	0 / 100	2021	3U	Weather, IR imaging	New patent pending CubeSat framework with high-end imaging multispectral sensors to accurately measure both surface temperatures and cloud coverage for forest fire detection & weather forecasting.
Alya Nanosatellites	0 / ?	2021	6U	Earth observation, IoT / M2M	Daily satellite images and data from any part of the Brazilian and coastal regions in high resolution and hyperspectral.
Start Rocket	0 / ?	2021	CubeSat?	Orbital Display (Advertising)	Orbital display on 400-500 km altitude having a viewable area of 50 km2 using the Sun as a light source.
ISISpace (BrightSkies, Spectrolite)	0 / ?	2021	12U	Emissions monitoring	Provide actionable data concerning air quality. Spectrometer , spectral range 0,3 um – 0,5 um. Spectral resolution < 0,5nm. Spatial resolution of 1 x 1 km. Capable to monitor NO2.
KP Labs	0 / ?	2022	6U	Earth observation, Hyperspectral, ?	Constellation? Hyperspectral instrument and advanced data processing on board using deep convolutional neural networks
Avant Space (Constellation)	0 / 20	2022	16U	Orbital Display (Advertising)	Launch own 20x 16U CubeSats with KosmoLab deployers with lasers to create digital billboard in sky.
ISISpace (AMS)	0 / ?	2022	16U	Earth observation, IR imaging	Demonstrate MWIR instrument in a CubeSat. Provide Soil Moisture Data In Real Time. Develop Commercial Scalable service.
Asteroid Mining Corp	0 / ?	?	CubeSat, ?	Asteroid prospecting	Space telescopes for asteroid spectragraphic data?
ArQit	0 / ?	?	CubeSat?	QKD, Optical comms	Quantum Key Distribution shared in laser transmissions from a satellite. Qinetiq is contractor for spacecraft.
Skycraft	0 / 200	?	?	ADS-B, ?	Providing global coverage and the reliability needed for air traffic management.
SpaceAble	0 / ?	?	CubeSat	SSA (Space Situational Awareness)	An on-demand in situ asset inspection solution for your LEO satellites.
Artemis Space (BEACON)	0 / ?	Dormant?	CubeSat	IoT / M2M	IoT / M2M constellation planned.
Koolock	0 / ?	Dormant?	CubeSat	Earth observation, IR imaging, Weather	Infrared Earth observation constellation. The most advanced feature set for weather and environmental monitoring.
SRT Marine	0 / 6	Dormant?	6U	AIS	Scanning technology will enable the detection of vessels without an identification transceiver. Clyde Space will build the spacecraft. Was supposed to be fully operational before 2019.
Sky and Space	3 / 200	Cancelled?	8U, 6U, 3U	IoT / M2M	Communication service (voice, data and M2M). Plans to use inter-satellite links. Satellites outsourced from GomSpace. First 3 Diamonds launched in 2017.
Astro Digital (Landmapper)	5 / 25	Cancelled	6U, 16U	Earth observation	6U has 22 m resolution in RGB and NIR. 16U has 2.5 m resolution in RGB, red edge, and NIR using one 70 MP sensor.
HyperCubes	0 / ?	Cancelled	CubeSat?	Earth observation, Hyperspectral	Track the chemical output of factories and farms and also the movement of machines and equipment.
Dunvegan Space (BitSat)	0 / 24	Cancelled	3U	IoT / M2M, Data storage	Providing communications, data processing, storage and broadcasting capabilities in space. Cancelled when fundraising fell through.
ISISpace (TRITON)	0 / 16	Cancelled	3U	AIS	AIS payload tested on Triton-1 and network planned for a while, but no recent news. ADS-B, M2M and asset tracking also considered.
Outernet	0 / 200	Cancelled	1U, 3U	Internet	Broadcast free data from space. Revenue from ads, premium content and hardware sales. Cancelled in 2017 due to lack of launch funding.
EarthCube	0 / 10	Cancelled	CubeSat	Earth observation, IR imaging	Infrared imaging constellation? Might use Exotrail thrusters.
Ragnarok Industries	0 / ?	Cancelled	CubeSat	Internet, IoT / M2M	Polar broadband service with nanosatellites?
Rupercorp	0 / ?	Cancelled	6U	Earth observation	2U CubeSat to be launched in 2018 will be a precursor for the commercial constellation. No news since press release and company does not seem to have any online presence.
ConsenSys Space	3 / 10	Cancelled	12U	Earth observation, IR imaging, Hyperspectral	Visible-NIR 40 channel hyperspectral imager with 10 m resolution. Midwave infrared imager (MWIR) in 3-5 μm with 15 m resolution. Has been deprioritized for asteroid missions.
Tyvak	0 / ?	Cancelled	CubeSat	IoT / M2M	Building a constellation of best-in-class nanosatellites that will form an unprecedented data infrastructure in space.
GomSpace	0 / 10	Cancelled	6U	IoT / M2M, SSA (Space Situational Awareness)	Situational awareness and communication services with propulsion. Enhanced life-time in orbit 5-7 years. Goal is to have real-time communication between satellites and ground stations.
Promethean Labs	0 / ?	Cancelled	CubeSat	Emissions monitoring	Special imager for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, monitoring of water and air quality, forestry and land.
Dauria Aerospace	2 / 8	Cancelled	6U	Earth observation	Perseus-O multispectral constellation. Many similarities to Astro Digital. MKA-N launched in 2017 could be considered the first CubeSats.
Vissidus Technologies	0 / ?	Cancelled	CubeSat	Space debris removal, On-orbit servicing	On-orbit satellite servicing and Earth science?
Xoterra Aerospace	0 / 88	Cancelled	CubeSat	Earth observation	Earth observation with 88 CubeSats. Was earlier than many others.

Last update: 2020-04-19 | Changelog

Technology	Organization	Summary	Status and additional information
Communications	Planet	200+ Mbit/s to 5 m ground station in X band with patch antenna.	62.5 Mbit/s proof from 2015. Up to 10 GB per pass with new helix antenna. X-band in orbit since spring 2013.
NASA	Mars Cube One (MarCO) reflectarray capable of 8 Kbit/s from Mars in X-band. Three 33.3 cm x 19.9 cm panels achieve >28 dB gain at 8.4 GHz.	Launched in 2018 and successfully completed mission..
NASA	KaPDA parabolic deployable Ka-band antenna with 0.5 m diameter, 1.5U stowed size, 1.2 kg mass and 42.5 dB gain.
NASA	Iris V2 Transponder. Parameters include 0.5U, 1.2 kg and interoperability with Deep Space Network (DSN) at X-band.
Astro Digital (Aquila)	40 Mbit/s in 26.8 GHz Ka-band with patch antenna on Perseus-M 6U CubeSats. Module is about 1U and 1 kg.
Aerospace Corp	1.5U AeroCube-7 (OCSD) will do optical communications with data rates up to 622 Mbps using 80 cm ground station.	Demonstrated on OCSD B and OCSD C (AeroCube-7) in 2018 achieving 200 Mbps.
Syrlinks	EWC27 X Band transmitter. Up to 100 Mbps. Up to 13.3 GB per pass can be downloaded on a 5 m station or 5.8 GB with a 3.4 m station.
NearSpace Launch	Using GlobalStar satellite network for 24/7 communications. Module is only 44 × 88 mm, weighs 25 g and consumes 200 mW with 500 mW peak.	Flown on TSAT, GEARSS 1, GEARRS 2 and planned for many more.
Tendeg	1 m apeture, scalable to 2-4 m. 50 dB gain at 36 GHz, 2.5 kg, 3U.	Exclusive licensee of NASA JPL’s KaPDA Ka-Band CubeSat antenna.
Tethers Unlimited	K-Band Transmitter for up to 500 Mbps. 0.3U and 0.5 kg.	Delivered to the first customer.
Tesat	CubeLCT laser transmitter for CubeSats. 0.3U, 0.35 kg, 8W and 100 Mbps with 1 deg pointing.	Demonstration mission planned for 2019.
Kepler Communications	Fastest CubeSat? Ku-band of 320 Mbps downlink & 100 Mbps uplink.	Demonstrated on KIPP and even faster speeds planned on future missions.
Power	Planet	3+3 3U deployable solar panels
MMA Design	HaWK steerable 3 × 3U solar arrays capable of tracking Sun and 36W peak power. Might use Honeybee SADA drive actuator.
NASA	ISARA has solar cells opposite the reflectarray. 3 × 3U panels achieve 33 dB of gain at 26 GHz and data rates about 100 Mbps.	Launched and deployed in 2018.
Pumpkin	High‐Power Articulated Solar Array for Lunar 6U CubeSats. 126W BOL.
Compact Satellite Bus	Planet	Bus is a wrap-around design of about 0.25U - 0.5U total volume. Includes star camera, GPS, 4 reaction wheels.	Includes also 3 magnetorquers, UHF transceiver, X-band transmitter, S-band receiver, low-power x86 processor and 0.5 TB of storage.
Tyvak	Intrepid platform avionics, power system, communication, and payload interface are all hosted in a 9 × 9 × 3 cm package.	400 MHz ARM processor, 512 MB storage, 64 MB RAM, embedded Linux, integrated power regulation system, sensor suite, low profile UHF radio.
Propulsion	NASA	Solar sail with an area of ~86 m2 that fits into 2U and has 2.5 kg mass.
Busek	BIT-3 propulsion sized 2.5U includes 1.5 kg solid iodine propellant and will provide 6U CubeSat up to 3 km/s of delta-V.
Phase Four	CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT) sized 4U could provide 8 km/s of delta-V for 6 kg dry mass satellite consuming 2.56 kg of water.	$1 million contract from DARPA to deliver TRL 7 engine.
Bradford Space	Comet-1 thrusters are simple, safe, and cost-effective electrothermal propulsion systems that use water as propellant.	undefined
VACCO	Variety of high-performance cold gas, warm gas and green monopropellant thrusters. More than 14 flight MiPS have been produced.	VACCO developed modules flying on MarCO to Mars.
Enpulsion	IFM Nano Thruster uses liquid metal as the propellant, which is at solid state at room temperature.	Flown on Planet's Dove Pioneer spacecraft in 2018.
Accion Systems	TILE ionic liquid electrospray propulsion has very low SWaP requirements and scales for satellites 1U – 150 kg
Booms	Oxford Space Systems	AstroTube retractable boom with up to 3 m length and less than 0.5U size.

Technology	Some applications	Organization or instrument	Description	Status and additional information
Visible and near-IR cameras	Determine asteroid’s shape, rotational properties, spectral class, local dust and debris field, regional morphology and regolith properties.	Planet Scope PS2	29 MP detector capable of taking images with 3.7 m ground resolution and swath of 24.6 km × 16.4 km from 475 km altitude.	4 Band imager with Two-Stripe NIR filter. Can be a single RGB or a split-frame (RGB half and a NIR half).
Hera Systems	1-meter resolution imaging satellite is built on a 12U cubesat, 22-kilogram form factor.	First launch now expected in 2020. Delayed from 2016.
Astro Digital (Aquila)	6U has 22 m resolution in RGB and NIR. 16U has 2.5 m resolution in RGB, red edge, and NIR using 70 MP sensor and butcher block filter.
Malin Space Systems	ECAM C-50 imager uses the Aptina MT9P031 sensor certified for deep space. 5 MP (2592 x 1944) CMOS.
JPL IntelliCam	20 MP, 15 deg FOV. 10 cm/pix at ~800 m. Asteroid (~5-12 m) detection from ~50K km. Science and optical (autonomous) naviation.	Flight on NEA Scout. Based on Mars 2020 rover EECAM and OCO-3.
SATLANTIS iSIM 90	Imager for 12U/16U with up to 1.1 m GSD @ 500 km altitude and 11 km swath width. Dimensions 210 x 250 x 155 mm.
Simera Sense xScape100	2U imager for 3/6U with 94 mm aperture.
Microwave radars	Precipitation profiling	NASA KaPDA Ka-band antenna	KaPDA parabolic deployable Ka-band antenna with 0.5 m diameter, 1.5U stowed size, 1.2 kg mass and 42.5 dB gain.
Radiometers	Greenhouse gases measurement. Atmosphere humidty and temperature profiling.	Boulder (BEST) 150 and 183 GHz Radiometers	150 GHz radiometer has 2 channels between the 118 GHz oxygen absorption line and the 183 GHz water vapor absorption line.	Consumes less than 1 W of power and its weight is about 100 grams.
NASA Laser Heterodyne Radiometer (Mini-LHR)	4U occultation-viewing passive radiometer that measures methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O) in the limb.	Will be flying on Mini-Carb in 2020.
Infrared imagers	Characterize volatiles and minerals. Measure temp and water vapor in atmosphere. Night-imaging, temperature mapping.	NASA BIRCHES	1.5U, 2.5 kg, 5 W. Spectral resolution (5 nm) to characterize volatiles (water etc) and minerals (oxides etc). Micro-crycooler to keep <140 K.	Will fly on Lunar IceCube. Compact version of the volatile-seeking spectrometer on New Horizons.
Thoth Argus 1000	Infrared Range: 1000 nm - 1700 nm. Spectral resolution: 6 nm. 15 mm aperture, 0.15° FoV. Envelope: 45 × 50 × 80 mm. Mass < 230 g.	First flown in space in 2008.
MWIR Grating Spectrometer (CIRAS)	Spatial: 13.5 × 0.32 km. Spectral: 4.8-5.1 μm. 625 Channels. HOT-BIRD detectors comparable to HgCdTe at much reduced cost.	Will fly on 6U CubeSat also called CIRAS in 2020. Cryocooler by Lockheed Martin is smallest available.
Planetary Resources MWIR	Midwave infrared imager (MWIR) in 3-5 μm with 15 m ground resolution.	Arkyd-100 is cancelled. Status unknown.
Hyperspectral imagers / spectrometers	Material detection, crop identification, soil moisture, oil spill concentrations, monitoring pollutatns, hazardous gases.	Harris Fourier Spectrometer (CubeSat-FTS)	4 cm aperture, MWIR band only (5.7-8.3 um). Cooled to ~120K using an AVHRR-based passive cooler. Hundreds of hyperspectral bands.	Flight in 2020. More affordable and efficient 3D wind data sets. Utah State University provides spacecraft.
Planetary Resources VNIR	Visible-NIR 40 channel hyperspectral imager with 10 m resolution.
Planetary Resources CHAP	Visible, NIR, IR and far-UV (90-140 nm) possible, 400 channels. Co-registration of spatial and spectral information.	NASA SBIR Phase II contract.
VTT VISION	Tunable spectral imager operating in the visible and near-infrared spectra (430 – 800 nm) for ozone vertical profile measurement.	Based on VTT Fabry-Perot Interferometer technology and Aalto-1 spectral imager.
ESA Mini-TMA	90 m ground resolution, 565 km swath, 400-800 nm range, 300 channels, 15 nm spectral resolution, 150 g, 60 × 50 × 30 mm.	Miniaturisation of Proba V design. Prototype engineering model was built by Dutch company VDL ETG.
Snow and Water Imaging Spectrometer (SWIS)	4U, 1.9 kg, 350-1700 nm region with 5.7 nm sampling, 10 deg FoV, 160 m resolution from 500 km.
cosine HyperScout	1U, 1.1 kg, 11W, 400-1000 nm in 45 bands, 40 m resolution and 164 km swatch from 300 km.	Flown on GomX-4B CubeSat in 2018.
Neutron spectrometers	Map hydrogen (and water) abundances	NASA Mini-NS (Neutron Spectrometer)	2.5U detector using Cs2YLiCl6:Ce (CLYC) scintillator material to detect epithermal neutrons at spatial scales below 10 km.	Flight on LunaH-Map to understand the relationship between hydrogen and permanently shadowed regions.
X-ray	Chemical composition, pulsar navigation	Amptek X-123SDD	7 × 10 × 2.5 cm, 180 g, 2.5 Watts, solar SXR spectral measurements in the 0.5-30 keV range (0.04-2.5 nm) with 0.15 keV energy resolution.	Flew on MinXSS 3U CubeSat. Planned for 6U CubIXSS plus X123-CdTe. XR-100SDD flies on OSIRIS-REx.
REDLEN M1770	Precise measurement of the cosmic (diffuse) X-ray background in the 20 – 50 KeV range.	Launched on CXBN-2.
Lobster Eye X‐ray telescope	Wide‐field optical system for X‐ray monitoring in range 3 ‐ 40 keV, based on Lobster Eye optics and Timepix detector	Launched on 2U VZLUSAT-1 with QB50.
Mass spectrometer	Elemental composition	Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (QIT-MS)	2.5 kg, 2U, isotopic accuracy <1%.	Leverages foldable edge-connected electronics.
Gamma ray spectrometer	Sub-surface composition	Miniaturized SrI2 Gamma Ray Spectrometer	1U, 0.5 kg, 3 W. Europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2) crystal is 15 × 15 × 10 mm.

Field	Technology or concept	Summary
Communications	Structureless antenna	Under funding from DARPA, Tethers Unlimited is developing technology that will enable new capabilities for small, low-power nanosatellites such as transmission of real-time video from GEO.
Inflatable antennas	NASA JPL is leading the development of inflatable X-band antenna with 34 dBi gain, 0.5U stowage volume that uses sublimating powder and is highly scalable. Arizona State University is also involved.
Optics	6U Collapsible Telescope	NASA Ames 6U Collapsible Telescope primary mirror diameter is 152.6 mm (6 inches). Fits into 13.8 cm × 20.3 cm × 7 cm.
3U Folded Telescope	UK Astronomy Technology Centre solution estimated resolution from 300 km altitude is about 0.5 m per pixel with a 3U CubeSat. Volume of the folded system is 1.5U.
3U Deployable Telescope	Utah State University solution ground sampling distance is 1.3 m. The rectangular full field of view is 0.7° by 0.5° giving a ground coverage of 6.1 km by 4.6 km from a 500 km altitude with a 3U CubeSat. Fits within a 2.5U volume, but length can be reduced to 175 mm.
Carbon-nanotube mirrors with integrated actuators	Made of carbon nanotubes embedded in an epoxy resin. Lightweight, highly stable, easily reproducible and do not require polishing. Just pour the mixture of epoxy and carbon nanotubes into a mandrel or mold and let it cure and harden.
SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)	12U Ka-Band CubesatSAR	6U spacecraft, 12U total volume. Capable of 10 m resolution from 400 km. 3 min on-time per orbit. Tx power is 120 W and DC power in burst mode is 80W. Antenna size 1.7 × 3 m. Data rate is 104 Mbps and downlink rate is 40 Mbps
6U SRI CubeSat Imaging Radar	SRI-CIRES is designed for 500 km altitude, 2.9 GHz S-band, 25 m spatial resolution, 3.2 × 1.6 m. Module volume less 1U and < 1 kg. Interferometric SAR (InSAR) for Earth science.
NanoSAR	Antenna is 1.14 × 0.18 m, 5.8 GHz frequency. Swath width of 60 km and pixel size of 10 × 3 m from 350 km altitude. Study by Delft from 2012.
Multi-Purpose CubeSat at ISS	ESA study lead by Tyvak will include refueling from ISS and autonomous inspection of ISS. Seeker mission by NASA in 2019 is taking steps to achieve similar capabilities.
Power	Thin film solar cells	Enable much larger solar panels (blanket arrays) in the same volume and mass that can be folded or rolled. Alta Devices 2U concept can produce 29W with much room to grow using their record efficient and bendable cells.
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)	PocketRTG is a study by University of Bristol for a CubeSat-scale RTG using COTS fuel. Measures 0.5U and mass is 0.5 kg, but output is currently only 50 mW. Also studied by NASA Glenn for Lunar missions in permanently shadowed regions.
Missions	Mars Micro Orbiter	6U Cubesat to measure the Martian atmosphere in visible and infrared wavelengths from Mars orbit. Can also act as orbital communication relay for surface-based missions.
DAVID	6U CubeSat will flyby an asteroid much smaller than any investigated by now. Instruments are wide-field camera, a narrow-field camera and a point VNIR spectrometer.
L5 Space Weather Sentinels (L5SWS)	One Keck Institude study proposes fractionated space weather monitoring from the Sun-Earth L5 point with 5 × 6U CubeSats. One is telecom and others would carry specific instruments. 98 m2 solar sails are used to enter orbit and perform station keeping.
Propulsion	Antimatter propulsion by Positron Dynamics	Core innovation is the ability to generate intense beams of cold positrons using proprietary array moderators combined with compact radioisotope sources of positrons. First 6U CubeSat test was planned for 2016, will have delta-V between 1 to 10 km/s.

CubeSat Launch Providers / Brokerers, Programs and Prices

Last update: 2020-04-19 | Changelog

Provider	CubeSats launched	First launch	Launch cost	Additional information
Tyvak	121+	2003		CubeSat integrator for many US Gov. missions. Launches include organized by Cal Poly.
Space Flight Laboratory	10+	2003		Arranged the launch of first CubeSats.
ISISpace	314+	2009	$210,000 - 270,000 for 3U LEO
ISISpace	314+	2009	$210,000 - 270,000 for 3U LEO
ISISpace	314+	2009	$210,000 - 270,000 for 3U LEO
NASA CSLI and ELaNa	100+	2011	Free	For US educational, NASA and non-profit CubeSats. Different rockets used.
ESA Fly your Satellite!	10	2012	Free	European educational CubeSats. Used to be with Vega. ISS orbit from now on.
NanoRacks	250+	2012	$85,000 for 1U since 2017.	Previously only deployed from ISS and now 1 polar orbit mission brokered.. Now up to 12U.
JAMSS / JAXA	10+	2012
Spaceflight	200+	2013	$295,000 for 3U LEO, $545,000 for 6U LEO, $995,000 for 12U LEO since 2015. GTO and Lunar also listed.
GAUSS	12+	2013
Exolaunch	30+	2017		Have their own 12U and 16U deployers.
GK Launch Services	50+	2017
Rocket Lab	20+	2018	$70,000 - 80,000 for 1U LEO, $200,000 - 250,000 for 3U LEO, was public on the website in 2016.	Dedicated and rideshare launches.
KiboCUBE	3+	2018	Free	Provide ISS launches for educational or research institutions from developing countries.
TriSept Corp	11+	2018		One of the NASA ELaNa launch integrators. Played a role in the launch of more than 200 satellites on 70 different missions and 20 different launch vehicles from 13 launch.
SEOPS	4	2019		Deployer attached to Cygnus hatch.
Space BD	1	2019		Selected by JAXA for Kibo.
Alba Orbital	6	2019	PocketQube 1p $30,000, PocketQube 2p $47,000, PocketQube 3p $70,000	Only provider for regular PocketQube launches.
D-Orbit	0	2020		First launch on Vega in the first half of 2020.
Virgin Orbit	0	2019	Assuming $10 million and 40 CubeSats gives $250,000 per 3U.	Sky and Space has contract for 4 launches.
SpaceX	N/A	2020	$1M per up to 200 kg.	No single CubeSat slots, but possible to attach CubeSat deployers to ESPA ports.
Momentus	0	2020
Precious Payload	0	2020		Global launch reservation system for small satellites.
SAB Launch Services	0	2020
Astrobotic	0	2021	$1.2M per kg to Lunar orbit or surface
PT Scientists	0	2021	$0.9M per kg to Lunar orbit was public on the website in 2018.
Responsive Access	0	2021		End-to-end, 'one stop shop' launch service, enabled by our proprietary tools and industry partnerships.
NOAA	0	2022		Rideshare to GEO.
ULA (United Launch Alliance)	0	?	Free	6 units planned for now. Only for U.S. colleges and universities.
Aevum	0	?
LaMont Aerospace	0	?		offering launch manifest and deployment services via the ISS.
Mitsui	0	?		Selected by JAXA for Kibo.
SSL	0	?		Rideshare to GEO.
Goonhilly Earth Station	0	?	$1.3 M per kg	Lunar orbit in future.
Circle Aerospace	0	?		Agreement for ten dedicated launches aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket.

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.

Mission	Destination	Launch	Summary
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 flew by Mars during the landing of InSight and relayed status in real time. First interplanetary CubeSats.
CPOD	LEO	2020	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.
RSat (Repair CubeSat)	LEO	2020	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).
NEA Scout	Asteroid flyby	2021	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, which will send Orion capsule on a trip around the Moon.
Lunar Flashlight	Moon orbit	2021	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	2021	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.

Ground Station Networks for Small Satellites

Organization	Sites active / planned	Status	Bands	Additional information	Price
Spaceflight (Networks)	8 / 12+	Internal,Dormant?	UHF,S,X	Has been removed from the website? Provides a list of satellite radios that are compatible.	$1.95/min for UHF. $19.95/min for S/X band.
KSAT (LITE)	22 / 22	Operational	VHF,UHF,S,X,Ka	Two levels, high availability or less stringent. Hiber will be custoemr.	€250/pass ?
Swedish Space Corporation (Infinity)	19 / ?	Operational	S,X,Ku	Makes use of pre-qualified radios.
Libre Space (SatNOGS)	300+ / ?	Operational	VHF,UHF	Open-sourced and public, but mostly only beacon downlink.	Free
ATLAS Space Operations (Freedom)	13 / 21	Operational	VHF,UHF,S,X,Ka	Selected by BlackSky to support Earth Imaging Constellation.
Leaf Space	4 / 20	Operational	VHF,UHF,S,X	Per megabyte payment. Will build dedicated network for Astrocast.	5€/MB to receive UHV/VHF. 0.4€/MB to receive S band. 0.1€/Mbyte to receive X band. Better custom plans.
RBC Signals	50 / 50+	Operational	UHF,S,X,Ka,Optical (Laser)	Combines unused capacity of existing ground stations. Deal with Antrix.	$19.95 per pass for the X-band downlink service with a monthly minimum of $595.
Infostellar	3 / 22+	Operational	UHF	StellarStation satellite antenna sharing platform.	$2.70/min or $3000 per month for 40 min daily
Cingulan Space	1 / ?	Operational	UHF,S,X	Intelligent Ground Segment As-a-Service Provider.
Amazon	2 / 12	Operational	S,X	Easily control satellites and ingest data with fully managed Ground Station as a Service.	$3/min narrowband reserve, $10/min, $22/min wideband on-demand
Lockheed Martin (Verge)	? / ?	Operational	S	Each Verge antenna costs under $20,000 and uses common, readily-available parts (COTS hardware).
Goonhilly Earth Station	1 / 1	Operational	S,X	We host 2 fully agile, remotely controllable X/S Band LEO/MEO antennas at Goonhilly.
CONTEC	1 / ?	Operational	VHF,UHF,S,X	Easy access through web-based operation system and one click ready to AOS.
Capricorn Space	1 / 2+	Operational	UHF,S,X	Licenses secured and commercial launch in early 2019.
CM Technology (CMT)	23 / ?	Operational		Variety of sizes 1.5 – 7 meters with capital outlay expenses up to 90% less compared to other’s technology.
Heliaq	0 / 50	2020		Ultra-low-cost zero-maintenance mechanical design.
BridgeComm	0 / 10	In development	Optical (Laser)	Optical comm network on a price per delivered bit basis.
Arctic Space Technologies	0 / ?	In development		Cloud based ground station services.
OrbitLinx	0 / ?	In development		A Global Decentralised Space Communications Network by Spacebit and Goonhilly.
Analytical Space	1 / ?	In development	S,X	Space-based RF data relay.
EnduroSat (Space Data Gateway / InnoSpaceComm / Digital Ground Station)	0 / ?	In development		EU grants for InnoSpaceComm project and Space Data Gateway projects.
Astrogate Labs	0 / ?	In development	Optical (Laser)	Intend to build entire chain of optical communication system.
Space Union	0 / ?	In development	Ka,S,Optical (Laser)	Creating a secure, responsive and scalable data relay network for a new age of satellite communications.
COMRAY	0 / ?	Dormant?		Deep space communications array with distributed smaller antennas.
GENSO	0 / ?	Dormant?	UHF,VHF	Educational network of ground stations.
ConsiNet	0 / ?	Cancelled		Won place in SpaceTango accelerator in 2014.
Audacy	0 / 3	Cancelled	Ku	Space-based system for continuous connectivity.
Cubehub	0 / ?	Cancelled	UHF	Compact automated ground stations to receive UHF.
Cubersation	0 / 6	Cancelled		Dedicated ground services to nano/micro satellite operators, with its global network.

Last update: 2020-04-19 | Changelog

Mission Control Systems (MCS) for Nanosatellites

From commercial services and products to freeware mission control software

Mission Control System	Type	Status	Description	Flight heritage
Solenix (Elveti )	Product	In use, 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 (MCS)	Product	In use, 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 and many more.
NASA Open MCT	Freeware	In use, In development	Mission control framework for visualization of data on desktop and mobile devices.	NASA Ames and JPL
Ball Aerospace (COSMOS)	Freeware	In use, In development	The User Interface for Command and Control of Embedded Systems	NASA, Blue Canyon Technologies, STF-1
Spaceteq (MCS)	Product	In use, In development	Complete management solution for small satellite missions.	ZACube-1, ZA-AeroSat, nSight-1
Libre Space (Dashboard)	Freeware	In use, In development	Dashboard and Data Warehouse for decoded telemetry.
Kubos (Major Tom)	Product	In use, 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.
Space Applications Services (Yamcs)	Freeware	In use, In development	Heritage on ISS and now adding features to communicate spacecraft using CCSDS protocols.	Payload operations for the ISS.
Spaceit (MCS)	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.
D-Orbit (Aurora)	Product	In development	Cloud-based mission control platform.
Interstel (COSMOS )	Product	In development	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.	NEUTRON-1
Audacy (Quindar )	Freeware	In development	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.
NEXT (NCS-1)	Product	In development	Based on the European Ground System - Common Core. Simplified deployment and configuration using Docker. Native Multi Mission functionality.
Mission Control Space Services	Product	In development	Focus on (lunar) mission operations, onboard autonomy, and artificial intelligence.
EnduroSat (Digital Mission Control)	Product	In development	Our satellites come with a unique OS, accessible through our AWS-based service. Access and control your satellite on-demand.	EnduroSat-1
Cognitive Space (CNTIENT)	Product	In early stage?	A software framework that can be maintained, improved, diagnosed and reconfigured easily to allow for autonomous satellite operations.
AIKO (MiRAGE)	Product	In early stage?	Enabling autonomous operations through state of the art Artificial Intelligence.
EMSISTI	Product	In early stage?	Web platform for Data Center and Mission of a space project with use of SQL database features and accessibility for mobile devices.	NANOSATC-BR1
CubeSat Data (CubeSat Data)	Product	In early stage?	CubeSat Data can manage the entire data pipeline of your cube or small satellite mission.
Telespazio Vega Germany (Enable Space)	Product	In early stage?	Creating a complete new platform for the operations of space missions. We are inventing the next generation of ground software.

Last update: 2020-04-19 | Changelog

Nanosatellite Crowdfunding Campaigns

Project name	Organization	Raised	Goal	Year	Description	Platform
KickSat	Cornell University	$74,586	$30,000	2011	Very tiny spacecraft called Sprite for just a few hundred dollars each!	Kickstarter
Sampling Space	-	$880	$20,000	2011	TubeSat from Interorbital Systems.	Kickstarter
ArduSat	Nanosatisfy (Spire)	$106,330	$35,000	2012	Platform for public to run their space-based applications, experiments and steer cameras.	Kickstarter
SkyCube	Southern Stars	$116,890	$82,500	2012	Lets you take Earth images and "tweet" from space, then inflates a balloon for de-orbiting.	Kickstarter
LunarSail	-	$15,817	$11,000	2013	Building and launching a CubeSat amateur satellite to orbit the Moon with a Solar Sail.	Kickstarter
CAT Thruster	University of Michigan	$67,865	$200,000	2013	Test CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT), a new plasma propulsion system.	Kickstarter
ARKYD	Planetary Resources	$1,505,366	$1,000,000	2013	Advanced space telescope that will be controlled by the crowd. Take selfies from space.	Kickstarter
PocketQube	PocketQube Shop	$3,900	$3,700	2013	This Kickstarter is focused upon structures, the building blocks of any satellite.	Kickstarter
Fox-1C	AMSAT	$26,661	$25,000	2014	Carrying ham radio systems and science experiments for use around the world.	Fundrazr
Ex-Alta 1	University of Alberta	$36,681	$30,000	2014	Part of QB50 and platform for testing new magnetometer from University of Alberta.	Useed
UW Race to Moon	University of Washington	$16,541	$50,000	2015	CubeSat program aiming to compete in the NASA Cube Quest Challenge.	Useed@UW
Caelus	-	$4	$3,800	2015	Cubesat with a Bitcoin node to Space. this funding is for the Cubesat Structure.	Kickstarter
OzQube-1	-	$2,330	$50,000	2015	First PocketQube of Australia by a single person.	GoFundMe
BroncoSat 1	-	$0	$100,000	2015	Take photos of the Earth and have an active attitude control system.	C3Funding
LightSail	The Planetary Society	$1,241,615	$200,000	2015	CubeSat with a solar sail.	Kickstarter
Mayak	Moscow State University	$3,157	$45,000	2015	Become the brightest star in the night sky.	Kickstarter
CubeSat	Spaceport Indiana	$63	$60,000	2015	Sending CubeSat to space with your name on board and you can talk to it!	Kickstarter
CubeSat 4 Disclosure	-	$13,280	$12,000	2015	Search for UFOs in Low Earth Orbit by measuring radiation and taking images.	Indiegogo
CubeSat 4 Disclosure	-	$10,770	$10,000	2016	Search for UFOs in Low Earth Orbit by measuring radiation and taking images.	Kickstarter
CubeSat 4 Disclosure	-	$392	$5,000	2016	Search for UFOs in Low Earth Orbit by measuring radiation and taking images.	Kickstarter
KitCube Lunar Orbiter	MIT	$124,125	$100,000	2016	6U CubeSat entry into the NASA CubeQuest Challenge.	Crowdfund MIT
Irazú	ACAE	$81,369	$75,000	2016	Irazú is the first Central American satellite, made in Costa Rica.	Kickstarter
Cu-REO	UPES	$165	$40,000	2016	Nanosatellite to aid in prediction of the earthquakes prior to their occurrence.	Indiegogo
HyperQube	Weebill Space Systems	$1,712	$230,000	2016	Most powerful CubeSat - inexpensive, highly secure and capable of nearly any mission.	Kickstarter
Cislunar Explorers	Cornell University	$3,048	$50,000	2016	Open-source spacecraft propelled solely by water.	Kickstarter
SPOC Sat	University of Georgia	$5,377	$25,000	2016	Build a research laboratory that is capable of designing and building two CubeSats.	GeorgiaFunder
Project DaVinci	North Idaho STEM Charter Academy	$9,725	$250,000	2016	High school CubeSat.	Kickstarter
Modular CubeSat	University of California	$1,214	$13,000	2017	A Smartphone Powered Satellite System for Researchers and Consumers.	Indiegogo
Triteia	SEDS UCSD	$23,230	$110,000	2017	Cube Satellite to Orbit the Moon!.	Indiegogo
MoonWatcher	MoonWatcher	$17,155	$150,000	2017	24/7 Live Video of the Moon for Everyone.	Kickstarter
Surya Satellite 1 (SS-1)	Surya University	$980	$220,000	2017	Develop 1st Indonesian University Scale Nanosatellite.	Kitabisa
ESTCube-2	ESTCube	€38,743	€30,000	2017	Test the electric solar wind sail (E-sail).	Hooandja
D-SAT	D-Orbit	€12,328	€25,000	2017	Small satellite equipped with a dedicated propulsive device to remove it from orbit.	Kickstarter
MOCI	University of Georgia	$29,243	$40,000	2017	MOCI (Mapping and Ocean Color Imager) will generate 3D model of the Earth’s surface.	GeorgiaFunder
Positron Dynamics	Positron Dynamics	$1,303,000	$1,500,000	2017	Antimatter based propulsion modules.	Propelx
OTCNS	Otcns Team	$28	$300,000	2017	Orbital Time Capsule Nano Satellite.	Indiegogo
CU-E3	University of Colorado Boulder	$3,095	$100,000	2018	CU Earth Escape Explorer	Boulder
ASP1	Asteroid Mining Corporation	$8,541	$300,000	2018	Development of the Asteroid Prospecting Satellite One (APS1).	Crowdcube
CubeSat Structures	Chronos Aerospace	$2008	$3,846	2018	Produce CubeSat structures with better design and price.	Kickstarter
Brown CubeSat	Brown CubeSat	$7,230	$10,000	2018	Second Annual Fundraising Campaign.	Homepage
DaVinci Satellite	DaVinci CubeSat	$1,200	$10,000	2019	North Idaho students launching a satellite to light up minds around the world!	Kickstarter
AmbaSat-1	AmbaSat	$55,219	$32,861	2019	Build and launch your own kicksats.	Kickstarter
LigerSat	Liger Leadership Academy	$1,553	$70,000	2019	First satellite of Cambodia.	Kickstarter
blair3sat	Montgomery Blair High School	$200	$1,000	2019	Entirely student-run team.	Kickstarter
3D Metal Printed Satellites	Space Resources Lab	$0	$355,000	2019	Utilising the advancements in Metal 3D Printing to provide cost-effective satellites at minimal lead times.	Crowdfunder
ASTRAEUS	GU Orbit at University of Glasgow	$103	$6,500	2019	First student-led group in Scotland aiming to launch a CubeSat in 2020.	GoFundMe

Last update: 2020-01-03 | Changelog

Conference	Dates	Location
5th IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and CubeSat Workshop	January 28 - 31, 2020	Rome, Italy
11th European CubeSat Symposium	November 25 - 27, 2020	Palaiseau, France
4S Symposium 2020	September 14 - 18, 2020	Vilamoura, Portugal
Finnish Satellite Workshop 2020	January 22 - 24, 2020	Helsinki, Finland
2020 SmallSat Symposium	February 3 - 6, 2019	Mountain View, California, USA
Spanish Small Satellite International Forum 2020	February 25 - 27, 2020	Malaga, Spain
2020 CubeSat Developers Workshop	May 4 - 6, 2020	San Luis Obispo, California, USA
9th Annual Lunarcubes Workshop	May 7 - 8, 2020	San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference 2020	May 11 - 12, 2020	Pasadena, California
9th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop	May 26 - 27, 2020	Beijing, China
SmallSat 2020	August 1 - 6, 2020	Logan, Utah, USA
71th IAC 2020	October 12 - 16, 2020	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
NewSpace Europe	November 11 - 12, 2020	Luxembourg

Nanosatellite	Launched	U or mass	Source
XI-V	2005-10-27	1U
AeroCube-2	2007-04-17	1U	Link
CUTE-1.7+APD-2	2008-04-28	3 kg	Link
AeroCube-3	2009-05-19	1U	Link
PSSC-2	2011-07-20	3.7 kg	Link
MaSat-1	2012-02-13	1U	Link
AeroCube-4	2012-09-13	1U	Link
Dove-2	2013-04-19	3U	Link
Dove-1	2013-04-21	3U	Link
PhoneSat 1.0	2013-04-21	1U	Link
ESTCube-1	2013-05-07	1U	Link
Vermont Lunar Cubesat	2013-11-20	1U	Link
IPEX	2013-12-06	1U	Link Link
LituanicaSAT-1	2014-01-09	1U	Link
LightSail	2015-05-20	3U	Link
Athenoxat-1	2015-12-16	3U	Link
BEESAT 4	2016-06-22	1U	Link
AlSat Nano	2016-09-26	3U	Link Link Link
nSIGHT	2017-04-18	2U	Link
Aalto-1	2017-06-23	3U	Link
CICERO	2017-06-23	6U	Link
Ursa Maior	2017-06-23	3U	Link
NanoACE	2017-07-14	3U	Link
ASTERIA	2017-08-14	6U	Link
ISARA	2017-11-12	3U	Link Link
Buccaneer	2017-11-18	3U	Link
Arkyd 6	2018-01-12	6U	Link
CICERO	2018-01-12	6U	Link
Tyvak-61c (GEOStare)	2018-01-12	3U	Link
Juvenile	2018-02-02	3U	Link
TRICOM 1R Tasuki	2018-02-03	3U	Link
MarCO	2018-05-05	6U	Link
RainCube	2018-05-21	6U	Link
CP7 (Dave)	2018-09-15	1U	Link
CICERO	2018-11-11	6U	Link
IRVINE01	2018-11-11	1U	Link
MYSAT-1	2018-11-17	1U	Link
CICERO	2018-11-29	6U	Link
Reaktor Hello World	2018-11-29	2U	Link
Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC)	2018-12-03	6U	Link
PW-Sat2	2018-12-03	2U	Link
SeaHawk	2018-12-03	3U	Link
Delphini-1	2018-12-05	1U	Link
STF-1	2018-12-16	3U	Link
ZACUBE-2-5	2018-12-27	3U	Link
Astrocast	2019-04-01	3U	Link
NepaliSat-1	2019-04-17	1U	Link
Raavana-1	2019-04-17	1U	Link
Seeker	2019-04-17	3U	Link Link
Światowid	2019-04-17	2U	Link
Uguisu	2019-04-17	1U	Link
Xiaoxiang-1 04	2019-06-05	6U	Link
CP9	2019-06-25	2U	Link Link
LightSail	2019-06-25	3U	Link
BEESAT 9	2019-07-05	1U	Link
Lucky-7	2019-07-05	1U	Link
BRO-1	2019-08-18	6U	Link
Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1)	2019-09-12	10 kg	Link
HuskySat-1	2019-11-02	3U	Link
Xiaoxiang-1 08	2019-11-03	6U	Link
CICERO	2020-05-30	6U	Link
MYSAT-2	2020-12-30	1U	Link

CubeSat Costs

Often complete project and whole mission costs with big consortiums.
Please read the description carefully to estimate single CubeSat costs.

Project	Size	Organization	Manufactured (AIVT) by	Costs	Source	Funded primarily by
AISTECHSAT (DANU) 2U	2U	Aistech	GomSpace	$230,000 for the single CubeSat platform	Link
Buccaneer	6U	Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation	Inovor	$2.5M	Link	Australian Defence Force
CAPSTONE	12U	Advanced Space	Tyvak	$13.7 million	Link	NASA
CatSat	6U	University of Arizona	In-house	$450000 for the GomSpace 6U platform.	Link
Clyde Orbcomm	3U	AAC Clyde Space	AAC Clyde Space	$5,900,000 for the manufacturing, launch and long-term operations of two CubeSats	Link
DAILI	6U (1x6U)	The Aerospace Corporation	In-house	$28.5 million for complete project.	Link	NASA
AISTECHSAT (DANU) 2U	2U	Aistech	GomSpace	$1,570,000 for additional 6 DANU platforms and for AIVT of 10 DANU CubeSats	Link
Deorbitsail	3U	EU FP7 consortium	SSTL	$3,200,000 for the whole project and consortium including platform and launch	Link	EU / European Commission
Diamond 6U (Sky and Space Global)	6U	Sky and Space Global	GomSpace	$5,950,000 is the order value for the first batch of 8 CubeSats	Link
DUPLEX	6U	CU Aerospace	NearSpace Launch	$1.7 million	Link	NASA
GEMS (Orbital Micro Systems)	6U	Orbital Micro Systems	AAC Clyde Space	$785,000	Link	UK Space Launch Programme
GOMX-5	12U	GomSpace	GomSpace	$337,000 for the design and specification work of two CubeSats	Link
HERMES-SP	3U	INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics)	In-house	$3,950,000 for the whole consortium including 6 spacecraft (HERMES-SP, HERMES-TP) with launches and operations	Link	EU / European Commission
Hyperion 1	12U	Inovor	Inovor	$3.85 million	Link	Australian Defence Force
Infante	16U	Tekever	In-house	$10 million for total costs of the consortium.	Link	EU / European Commission
Intuition-1	6U	KP Labs	AAC Clyde Space	$1,200,000 for design, manufacturing, launch and early operations. $650,000 is for the platform.	Link
GEMS (Orbital Micro Systems)	3U	Orbital Micro Systems	AAC Clyde Space	$1,880,000 for four 3U IOD Mission platforms	Link	UK Satellite Applications Catapult
IOD Mission 3	6U	Horizon Technologies	AAC Clyde Space	$1,880,000 for four 3U IOD Mission platforms and $265,000 to upgrade this into 6U	Link	UK Satellite Applications Catapult
TARS (Kepler)	6U	Kepler Communications	AAC Clyde Space	$880,000 grant for the mission (actual CubeSat costs unknown)	Link	UK Satellite Applications Catapult
Kleos Scouting Mission	6U	Kleos Space	GomSpace	$2.83 million for 4 satellites	Link
Link-16 CubeSat (XVI)	12U	ViaSat	Blue Canyon	$10 million for the whole project.	Link
LLITED	1.5U	The Aerospace Corporation	In-house	$2,520,000 for two spacecraft and mission including launch and operations	Link	NASA
M-ARGO	12U	ESA	GomSpace	$450,000 for Phase-A	Link	ESA (European Space Agency)
MarCO	6U	NASA	In-house	$18,500,000 for two spacecraft and all project costs	Link	NASA
MIR-SAT1	1U	Mauritius Research Council	AAC Clyde Space	$405,00 for platform, operations, ground stations and training.	Link	Mauritius Research Council
NARSSCube-2	1U	National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS)	In-house	$60000	Link
NEPTUNO	3U	Elecnor Deimos	In-house	$2.8M is the total budget.	Link	ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)Self-funded
NSLSat	6U	NSLComm	AAC Clyde Space	$1.5 million for the &U satellite, launch and operations plus a ground segment software solution.	Link
OPS-SAT	3U	ESA (European Space Agency)	Graz University of Technology	$2.66 million	Link
Outernet 1U	1U	Outernet	AAC Clyde Space	$1,250,000 for three Outernet CubeSat platforms	Link	UK Space Agency
PEARLS (Sky and Space Global)	8U (4Ux2U)	Sky and Space Global	GomSpace	$5,950,000 is the order value for the first batch of 8 CubeSats	Link
OSIRIS4CubeSat	3U	DLR (German Aerospace Center)	GomSpace	$560,000 for the single CubeSat platform	Link	DLR (German Aerospace Center)
RACE (ESA)	6U	ESA	GomSpace	$450,000 for the first phase A of two CubeSats for the larger consortium	Link	ESA (European Space Agency)
IOD Mission 6	6U	Craft Prospect	Open Cosmos	$1,880,000 for four 3U IOD Mission platforms	Link	UK Satellite Applications Catapult
SeaHawk	3U	University of North Carolina Wilmington	AAC Clyde Space	$1,680,000 for two CubeSat platforms	Link	Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
SEAM	3U	Royal Institute of Technology	GomSpace	$3,000,000 for the whole project and consortium including platform and launch	Link	EU / European Commission
SULIS	12U	Northumbria University	?	$105 million for the whole consortium	Link	UK Space Agency
SunRISE	6U	NASA JPL	In-house	$62.6 million to design, build, and launch the SunRISE mission.	Link
TEMPEST-D	6U	Colorado State University	Blue Canyon	$8.2 million	Link
UKube-1	3U	UK Space Agency	AAC Clyde Space	$1,000,000 for CubeSat platform and ground segment	Link	UK Space Agency
Unknown DARPA CubeSat	6U	DARPA	In-house	$4.5 million for the program	Link	US Air Force
VPM	6U	Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)	In-house	$4.5 million for the program	Link	US Air Force

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