CubeSat Commercial Constellations

NewSpace Index (www.newspace.im) includes microsatellite and smallsat constellations (megaconstellations) as well!

Organization Launched /
Planned size
Field
AprizeSat 12 / 12 IoT / M2M, AIS
Orbcomm (OG2) 51 / 52 IoT / M2M, AIS
Planet Labs (Flock, Dove, SuperDove) 592 / 150 Earth Observation, Optical
Spire (Lemur) 182 / 150 Weather, AIS, ADS-B, Constellation-As-A-Service, GNSS Reflectometry, GNSS Radio Occultation, GNSS-RO, GNSS-R, Hosted Payloads, Microwave Sounder, Earthquake Monitoring
AAC Clyde Space (xSPANCION, Kelpie) 2 / 10 Constellation-As-A-Service, AIS
GeoOptics (CICERO) 9 / 50 Weather, GNSS-RO, GNSS Radio Occultation
Helios Wire 5 / 30 IoT / M2M
SpacePharma 2 / ? Hosted Payloads, Microgravity Experiments
ADASPACE (Xingshidai) 15 / 192 Earth Observation, Optical
Aistech (Guardian, DANU, HYDRA) 4 / 20 Infrared, IoT / M2M, ADS-B, AIS
Astrocast 20 / 80 IoT / M2M
Aurora Insight 3 / 12 RF Spectrum Monitoring, RF Geolocation
Fleet Space (Alpha) 7 / 140 IoT / M2M
Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) 17 / 38 IoT / M2M
Hedron (Fast Pixel) 2 / 36 Orbital Data Relay, Laser Communications
Kepler Communications (GEN1) 19 / 140 Store-and-Forward, IoT / M2M, Orbital Data Relay
Kuva Space 3 / 100 Earth Observation, Hyperspectral
Myriota 3 / 50 IoT / M2M
OHB Italia (EAGLET) 1 / 20 Earth Observation, AIS, Optical
SpaceChain 6 / ? Blockchain, Internet
Sputnix 2 / ? AIS
Swarm Technologies 189 / 150 IoT / M2M
Alba Orbital 15 / ? Earth Observation, Optical, Night Lights
NSLComm 2 / 264 Internet, IoT / M2M
Elbit Systems (NANOVA) 1 / ? IoT / M2M
Fossa Systems 21 / 80 IoT / M2M
Hera Systems 1 / 50 Earth Observation, Optical
Lacuna Space 6 / 240 IoT / M2M
Orbital Micro Systems 1 / 40 Weather
SatRev (STORK / REC) 9 / 1024 Earth Observation, Optical, Moon
Sen (EarthTV) 1 / ? Earth Observation, Optical, Video
Stara Space 2 / 120 Orbital Data Relay, Data Storage
Unseenlabs 11 / 25 RF Spectrum Monitoring, RF Geolocation
ZeroG Lab (Lingque, Magpie, Golden Bauhinia) 7 / 132 Earth Observation, Optical
Kleos Space 16 / 40 AIS, RF Geolocation, RF Spectrum Monitoring, SIGINT
Apogeo Space (PiCo (FEES Cluster)) 11 / ? IoT / M2M
Care Weather 2 / 50 Weather
Elecnor Deimos (NEPTUNO) 1 / ? AIS, Maritime
OQ Technology 7 / 60 IoT / M2M
Sateliot (GroundBreaker) 5 / 250 IoT / M2M, Satellite-to-Cellphone, Direct-to-Cell
Telnet 1 / ? IoT / M2M
WARPSPACE (WarpHub InterSat) 2 / ? Orbital Data Relay, Laser Communications
ARCA Dynamics 2 / ? SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Earth Observation
ConstelIR (HIVE) 1 / 30 Infrared, Earth Observation
Cryptosat 2 / ? In-Orbit Computing
Hancom 1 / 50 Earth Observation
Innova Space (Libertadores de América) 6 / 100 IoT / M2M
Lunasonde (Gossamer) 2 / ? Minerals Prospecting, Subsurface Imaging
Omnispace 2 / 200 IoT / M2M, 5G
VariSat (Omniteq) (VariSat) 3 / ? VHF Radio Communications
Orbital Astronautics (Guardian) 6 / ? Orbital Data Relay, 3D Imaging, SAR
OroraTech (FOREST, Walker-Star) 2 / 100 Weather, Infrared
Plan-S 5 / ? IoT / M2M
WISeSat Space 2 / ? IoT / M2M
Grasp (GAPMAP) 1 / 10 Emissions Monitoring
Gravity Space 1 / ? IoT / M2M, Hosted Payloads
Horizon Technologies (Amber) 1 / 20 RF Spectrum Monitoring, SIGINT
Nara Space 1 / 100 Earth Observation
NuSpace 1 / ? IoT / M2M
Open Cosmos (OpenConstellation) 1 / 25 Earth Observation, Hyperspectral, Constellation-As-A-Service
Quantum Generative Materials (GenMat) 1 / 600 Earth Observation, Hyperspectral
Saab 1 / 100 VDES (AIS 2.0)
Sternula (MARIOT) 1 / 50 VDES (AIS 2.0), IoT / M2M
Transcelestial 1 / ? Orbital Data Relay, Laser Communications
Wyvern 3 / 36 Earth Observation, Hyperspectral
SpeQtral 0 / ? QKD (Quantum Key Distribution), Laser Communications
Absolut Sensing (GESat) 0 / 24 Emissions Monitoring, Hyperspectral
ArkEdge Space 0 / 7 Constellation-As-A-Service, Hosted Payloads, Orbital Data Relay
Astrogate Labs 0 / ? Orbital Data Relay, Laser Communications
Avant Space (Constellation) 0 / 20 Orbital Display (Advertising)
Inovor (Skyris / Hyperion) 0 / ? SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Earth Observation
Kawa Space 0 / ? Earth Observation, Hyperspectral
Mission Space 0 / 24 Space Weather
NorthStar (Skylark) 0 / 24 SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Earth Observation, Infrared, Hyperspectral
Startical 0 / ? ADS-B, VHF Radio Communications
Tropical Weather Analytics (Hurricane Hunter) 0 / ? Weather
Asteroid Mining Corp 0 / ? Asteroid Prospecting
Tekever 0 / 12 Earth Observation, AIS, ADS-B, IoT / M2M, Optical
Artemis Space (BEACON) 0 / ? IoT / M2M
Blink Astro 1 / ? IoT / M2M
Bluefield 0 / 22 Emissions Monitoring
Karten Space 0 / 14 Earth Observation, Optical, AIS
Koolock 0 / ? Earth Observation, Infrared
Space JLTZ (Gemini) 1 / 200 Earth Observation, IoT / M2M, Optical
StartRocket (Orbital Display) 0 / ? Space Debris Removal, Orbital Display (Advertising), Active Debris Removal
Aerial & Maritime 0 / 100 AIS, ADS-B
Arqit 0 / ? QKD (Quantum Key Distribution), Laser Communications
Astro Digital (Landmapper) 8 / 25 Earth Observation, Optical
Commsat (Ladybug / Ladybird) 8 / 72 Internet, IoT / M2M, AIS
Dauria Aerospace 2 / 8 Earth Observation, Optical
Dunvegan Space (BitSat) 0 / 24 IoT / M2M, Data Storage
Eutelsat (CubeSats) 2 / ? IoT / M2M
GomSpace 0 / 10 IoT / M2M
HEO Robotics (ARGUS) 0 / 12 SSA (Space Situational Awareness), In-Orbit Inspection
Hiber 4 / 48 IoT / M2M
HyperCubes 0 / ? Earth Observation, Hyperspectral
ISISpace (TRITON) 0 / 16 AIS
ISISpace (Spectrolite BrightSkies) 0 / ? Emissions Monitoring
L3Harris 1 / 12 Weather
ISISpace (AMS) 0 / ? Earth Observation, Infrared
LaserFleet 2 / 288 Internet, Laser Communications
Outernet 0 / 200 Internet
Planetary Resources 3 / 10 Earth Observation, Infrared, Hyperspectral, Optical
Privateer 1 / ? SSA (Space Situational Awareness), In-Orbit Computing, ?
Promethean Labs 0 / ? Emissions Monitoring
Ragnarok Industries 0 / ? Internet, IoT / M2M
SEOPS (OmniTeq) (Chameleon) 0 / 36 In-Orbit Inspection, In-Orbit Computing, Earth Observation
Rupercorp 0 / ? Earth Observation, Optical
Sky and Space 3 / 400 IoT / M2M
SpaceTime 0 / ? Earth Observation, Optical, Video, VR/AR
SRT Marine 0 / 6 AIS
Terran Orbital 0 / ? IoT / M2M
Tyvak 0 / ? SSA (Space Situational Awareness), Astrophotography
Vissidus Technologies 0 / ? Space Debris Removal, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal
Xoterra Aerospace 0 / 88 Earth Observation, Optical

Last update: 2023-12-31 | Changelog

State-of-the-art CubeSat Technologies

Technology Organization Summary
Communications Planet 200+ Mbit/s to 5 m ground station in X band with patch antenna.
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.
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.
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.
Tendeg 1 m apeture, scalable to 2-4 m. 50 dB gain at 36 GHz, 2.5 kg, 3U.
Tethers Unlimited K-Band Transmitter for up to 500 Mbps. 0.3U and 0.5 kg.
Tesat CubeLCT laser transmitter for CubeSats. 0.3U, 0.35 kg, 8W and 100 Mbps with 1 deg pointing.
Kepler Communications Fastest CubeSat? Ku-band of 320 Mbps downlink & 100 Mbps uplink.
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.
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.
Tyvak Intrepid platform avionics, power system, communication, and payload interface are all hosted in a 9 × 9 × 3 cm package.
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.
Bradford Space Comet-1 thrusters are simple, safe, and cost-effective electrothermal propulsion systems that use water as propellant.
VACCO Variety of high-performance cold gas, warm gas and green monopropellant thrusters. More than 14 flight MiPS have been produced.
Enpulsion IFM Nano Thruster uses liquid metal as the propellant, which is at solid state at room temperature.
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.

Last update: 2019-10-30 | Changelog

CubeSat Instruments

Technology Organization or instrument Description
Visible and near-IR cameras 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.
Hera Systems 1-meter resolution imaging satellite is built on a 12U cubesat, 22-kilogram form factor.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Infrared imagers 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.
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.
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.
Planetary Resources MWIR Midwave infrared imager (MWIR) in 3-5 μm with 15 m ground resolution.
Hyperspectral imagers / spectrometers 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.
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.
VTT VISION Tunable spectral imager operating in the visible and near-infrared spectra (430 – 800 nm) for ozone vertical profile measurement.
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.
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.
Neutron spectrometers NASA Mini-NS (Neutron Spectrometer) 2.5U detector using Cs2YLiCl6:Ce (CLYC) scintillator material to detect epithermal neutrons at spatial scales below 10 km.
X-ray 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.
REDLEN M1770 Precise measurement of the cosmic (diffuse) X-ray background in the 20 – 50 KeV range.
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
Mass spectrometer Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (QIT-MS) 2.5 kg, 2U, isotopic accuracy <1%.
Gamma ray spectrometer Miniaturized SrI2 Gamma Ray Spectrometer 1U, 0.5 kg, 3 W. Europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2) crystal is 15 × 15 × 10 mm.

Last update: 2019-10-30 | Changelog

CubeSat Launch Providers / Brokerers / Mission Integrators

Provider CubeSats launched First launch Launch cost
Space Flight Laboratory 10+ 2003
Terran Orbital 121+ 2003
ISISpace 600+ 2009 $210,000 - 270,000 for 3U LEO
NASA CSLI and ELaNa 100+ 2011 Free
ESA Fly your Satellite! 10 2012 Free
JAMSS / JAXA 10+ 2012
Nanoracks 250+ 2012 $85,000 for 1U since 2017.
GAUSS 12+ 2013
Spaceflight Industries 200+ 2013 $145,000 for 3U LEO, $295,000 for 6U LEO, $595,000 for 12U LEO. GTO and Lunar also listed.
CST 49+ 2014
Exolaunch 80+ 2017 undefined
GK Launch Services 50+ 2017
KiboCUBE 3+ 2018 Free
Rocket Lab 90+ 2018 $70,000 - 80,000 for 1U LEO, $200,000 - 250,000 for 3U LEO, was public on the website in 2016.
TriSept 11+ 2018
SEOPS 4+ 2019
Alba Orbital 20+ 2019 PocketQube 1p $30,000, PocketQube 2p $47,000, PocketQube 3p $70,000
OHB Cosmos ? 2019
Parsons 8+ 2019
SEOPS (OmniTeq) 4+ 2019
Space BD 2+ 2019
Adaptive Launch Solutions 7 2020
Arianespace 10+ 2020
D-Orbit 20+ 2020
SAB Launch Services 30+ 2020
Firefly 0 2021
HelioX Cosmos 1 2021
impulso.space 4+ 2021
Maverick Space Systems 4+ 2021
SpaceX 50+ 2021 $1M per up to 200 kg. $275K for 50 kg.
Astra 30+ 2022
Dhruva Space 2 2022
Fossa Systems 13+ 2022 Starting at 18,000€ per 1P.
Momentus 2+ 2022 $120,000 - $260,000 for 3U, $230,000 - $500,000 for 6U, $430,000 - $960,000 for 12U depending on inclination
NASA Rideshares 10+ 2022
Precious Payload ? 2022
Exotrail ? 2023 3U: 75k€, 6U, 6UXL: 120k€, 8U: 175k€
LAUNCHER 6+ 2023 Starting from $20,000 per U.
Astrobotic 0 2024 $1.2M per kg to Lunar orbit or surface
GeoJump 0 2024
Geometric Energy Corporation 0 2024
Intuitive Machines 0 2024 undefined
Responsive Access 0 2024
RIDE 0 2024
UARX Space 0 2024
Astreos 0 ?
CGWIC ? ?
NOAA 0 ?
Sidus Space 0 ?
Space Machines Company 0 ?
Mitsui-Spaceflight ? ?
ULA (United Launch Alliance) 0 ? Free
Circle Aerospace 0 Cancelled
PT Scientists 0 Cancelled $0.9M per kg to Lunar orbit was public on the website in 2018.
Pandion Orbital 0 Cancelled $15,000 / U
Virgin Orbit 0 Cancelled Assuming $10 million and 40 CubeSats gives $250,000 per 3U.

Last update: 2023-12-31 | Changelog

Ground Station Networks for Small Satellites

Organization Sites active / planned Status
Amazon (AWS Ground Station) 2+ / 12 Operational
Astralintu 1 / ? Operational
ATLAS Space Operations (Freedom) 13 / 24 Operational
Azure Orbital (Microsoft) (Azure Orbital) ? / ? Operational
Capricorn Space 1 / 2+ Operational
Cingulan Space 1 / ? Operational
CM Technology (CMT) 23+ / ? Operational
CONTEC 1 / ? Operational
Dhruva Space 13 / ? Operational
Emposat 24+ / ? Operational
Goonhilly Earth Station 1 / 1 Operational
Infostellar 3+ / 22+ Operational
KSAT (LITE) 23 / 64 Operational
Leaf Space 11 / 15+ Operational
Libre Space Foundation (SatNOGS) 500+ / ? Operational
RBC Signals 50 / 50+ Operational
Spacecomm 1 / ? Operational
Swedish Space Corporation (Infinity) 19+ / ? Operational
TinyGS 1300+ / ? Operational
Addvalue Technologies ? / ? Operational
Globalstar 24 / 24 Operational
Iridium 77 / 77 Operational
Arctic Space Technologies 1 / ? Development
BridgeComm 0 / 10 Development
GroundCom 0 / ? Development
Kratos (OpenSpace) 0 / ? Development
Quasar 0 / ? Development
Sfera Technologies 0 / ? Development
Skygate Technologies ? / ? Development
Astrogate Labs 0 / ? Development
Aquarian Space 0 / ? Development
ArkEdge Space 0 / ? Development
Hedron (Fast Pixel) 1 / ? Development
Kepler Communications 0 / ? Development
Skyloom 0 / ? Development
Space Union 0 / ? Development
Stara Space 0 / ? Development
WARPSPACE 0 / ? Development
Orbital Astronautics 0 / ? Development
Argotec 0 / ? Concept
EnduroSat (Space Data Gateway / InnoSpaceComm / Digital Ground Station) 0 / ? Concept
Lockheed Martin (Verge) ? / ? Dormant?
Spaceflight Industries (Networks) 8 / 12+ Dormant?, Internal
COMRAY 0 / ? Cancelled
ConsiNet 0 / ? Cancelled
Cubehub 0 / ? Cancelled
Cubersation 0 / 6 Cancelled
GENSO 0 / ? Cancelled
Heliaq 0 / 50 Cancelled
OrbitLinx 0 / ? Cancelled
Audacy 0 / 3 Cancelled
EOS SpaceLink 0 / 3 Cancelled

Last update: 2023-10-31 | Changelog

Mission Control Systems (MCS) for Nanosatellites

From commercial services and products to freeware mission control software.

Mission Control System Status
Ball Aerospace (COSMOS) Operational
Bright Ascension (MCS, HELIX) Operational
D-Orbit (Aurora) Operational
Emposat Operational
Epsilon3 Operational
GMV (Hifly) Operational
GomSpace (HOOP) Operational
Kubos (Major Tom) Operational
Libre Space Foundation (Dashboard) Operational
NASA AMMOS (Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System) Operational
NASA Open MCT Operational
OpenC3 Operational
Qwaltec Operational
Solenix (Elveti ) Operational
Space Applications Services (Yamcs) Operational
Spaceit (MCS) Operational
Spaceteq (MCS) Operational
Spire (Constellation Management Platform) Operational
Nominal Systems Development
TERMA (CCS5) Operational
TinyGS Operational
Aerospace Corporation (Prairie) Development
AIKO (gifted_GENE) Development
Antaris Development
Cognitive Space (CNTIENT) Development
Emergent Space Technologies (Autopilot, Commander) Development
EMSISTI Development
EnduroSat (Digital Mission Control) Development
Exotrail (spacetower) Development
Interstel (COSMOS ) Development
KSAT Development
Kythera (Kythera Operating System (KOS)) Development
Leanspace Development
Mission Control Space Services Development
NEXT (NCS-1) Development
Quindar Development
S.A.T.E. (CASTeC) Development
Saber Astronautics (PIGI ) Development
sat:io Development
Smallspark (S4 MMS (Mission Management Suite)) Development
Telespazio Germany (Ease (Enable Space)) Development
True Anomaly (Mosaic) Development
Audacy (Quindar ) Cancelled
CubeSat Data (CubeSat Data) Cancelled

Last update: 2023-12-31 | Changelog

CubeSat Costs

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

Project Costs Source
AeroCube-14 $4.1 million for the whole program. Link
AISTECHSAT (DANU) 2U $230,000 for the single CubeSat platform Link
Amber £4.6 million for a full turn-key solution including two satellites, launches, operations and data delivery. Link
IOD Mission 3 $1,880,000 for four 3U IOD Mission platforms and $265,000 to upgrade this into 6U Link
BlackCAT $5.8M Link
BRO 43 MSEK or $4.2M for 6 satellites. Link
Buccaneer $2.5M Link
CatSat $450000 for the GomSpace 6U platform. Link
Exoterra CubeSat $2 million from NASA Tipping Point. Link
CUTE The budget for developing, assembling and operating CUTE through the summer of 2024 is about $5.5 million. Link
DAILI $28.5 million for complete project. Link
AISTECHSAT (DANU) 2U $1,570,000 for additional 6 DANU platforms and for AIVT of 10 DANU CubeSats Link
Deorbitsail $3,200,000 for the whole project and consortium including platform and launch Link
Diamond 6U (Sky and Space Global) $5,950,000 is the order value for the first batch of 8 CubeSats Link
DOVER RHEA Group’s Dover satellite, the company’s first, was co-funded by the UK Space Agency’s investment in the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP).
DUPLEX $1.7 million Link
E.T.PACK DMM & EEM €5.5M Link
Edison $0.96M million for spacecraft, launch and operation. Link
EIRSAT-1 €1.5 million Link
EPICHyper $12.1 million from the UK Space Agency together for the first and second phases. Link
ET-SMART-RSS $1.5 million in total funded jointly by the Belt & Road Initiative and Sunny Group.
FACSAT $770,000 Link
Faraday-1 £4.9 million for this and future validation missions. Link
GEMS (Orbital Micro Systems) $785,000 Link
GOMX-5 Over $2 million in total as of 2020. Link
Hellenic Space Dawn €4 million Link
HERMES-SP $3,950,000 for the whole consortium including 6 spacecraft (HERMES-SP, HERMES-TP) with launches and operations Link
Hyperion 1 $3.85 million Link
Infante $10 million for total costs of the consortium. Link
Intuition-1 $1,200,000 for design, manufacturing, launch and early operations. $650,000 is for the platform. Link
Io-1 $2.5 million for end-to-end 3-year mission. Link
GEMS (Orbital Micro Systems) $1,880,000 for four 3U IOD Mission platforms
IOD-6 Hammer £3 million to support the build of the new satellite Link
Juventas $13 million to deliver spacecraft and payloads. Link
Kelpie $5,900,000 for the manufacturing, launch and long-term operations of two CubeSats Link
TARS (Kepler) $880,000 grant for the mission (actual CubeSat costs unknown)
Kleos Space - Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) $2.5 million for the 4 satellite contract Link
Kleos Scouting Mission (KSM1) $2.83 million for 4 satellites Link
KSS-BOBCAT $1.6M Link
KuwaitSat-1 $970,000 Link
LLITED $2,520,000 for two spacecraft and mission including launch and operations Link
M-ARGO $450,000 for Phase-A Link
MACSAT $2.4 million Link
MANTIS (US) $8.5M Link
MarCO $18,500,000 for two spacecraft and all project costs Link
MIR-SAT1 $405,00 for platform, operations, ground stations and training. Link
NARSSCube-2 $60000 Link
NEPTUNO $2.8M is the total budget. Link
NSLSat $1.5 million for the &U satellite, launch and operations plus a ground segment software solution. Link
OPS-SAT $2.66 million Link
Unknown DARPA CubeSat $4.5 million for the program Link
Outernet 1U $1,250,000 for three Outernet CubeSat platforms Link
PEARLS (Sky and Space Global) $5,950,000 is the order value for the first batch of 8 CubeSats Link
Phasma €2 million Link
PISAT $18 million, of which about 40 percent will be allocated to Creotech Instruments to finance its share of the work. Link
PIXL-1 $560,000 for the single CubeSat platform Link
PolSIR Up to $37 million, not including launch costs. Link
PREFIRE $33 million Link
RACE (ESA) $450,000 for the first phase A of two CubeSats for the larger consortium Link
SCOUT-1 (EPS-MACCS) Contract value is EUR 24,000,000. GomSpace revenue impact is EUR 10,000,000, whereof direct GomSpace revenue share will be EUR 7,000,000. Link
SeaHawk $1,680,000 for two CubeSat platforms Link
SEAM $3,000,000 for the whole project and consortium including platform and launch Link
SOAR €5.7 million Link
SpIRIT AU$7 million. Link
SPRITE $4 million Link
SROC $4.7 million Link
Startical €14.5 million for the whole project including 3 spacecraft. Link
SULIS $105 million for the whole consortium Link
SunRISE $62.6 million to design, build, and launch the SunRISE mission. Link
SWARM-EX $4 million Link
TEMPEST-D $8.2 million Link
Tiger-2 $2.4 million Link
Tiger-4 $2.4 million Link
Tiger-7 $2.4 million Link
Tiger-8 $2.4 million Link
UKube-1 $1,000,000 for CubeSat platform and ground segment Link
VPM $4.5 million for the program Link
WindCube $6.5 million Link
xSPANCION $12.1 million from the UK Space Agency together for the first and second phases. Link
XVI $10 million for the whole project. Link
Ymir $1.94 million Link

Last update: 2023-12-31

CubeSat Photos From Space

Images of Earth and space taken with CubeSats and other nanosatellites.

Nanosatellite Photos from space Source
XI-V XI-V
MEPSI 2 MEPSI 2MEPSI 2MEPSI 2MEPSI 2 Link
AeroCube-2 AeroCube-2 Link
CSTB-1 CSTB-1 Link
CUTE-1.7+APD-2 CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2CUTE-1.7+APD-2 Link
AeroCube-3 AeroCube-3AeroCube-3AeroCube-3AeroCube-3AeroCube-3 Link
SwissCube SwissCube Link
ZDPS 1A ZDPS 1A Link
PSSC-2 PSSC-2PSSC-2PSSC-2 Link
MaSat-1 MaSat-1MaSat-1MaSat-1MaSat-1 Link
AeroCube-4 AeroCube-4AeroCube-4AeroCube-4AeroCube-4AeroCube-4 Link
BEESAT 2 BEESAT 2BEESAT 2 Link
Link
Link
Dove-2 Dove-2Dove-2 Link
Dove-1 Dove-1Dove-1Dove-1 Link
PhoneSat 1.0 PhoneSat 1.0 Link
NEE-01 Pegaso NEE-01 Pegaso
ESTCube-1 ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1ESTCube-1 Link
Vermont Lunar Cubesat Vermont Lunar CubesatVermont Lunar CubesatVermont Lunar CubesatVermont Lunar Cubesat Link
NEE-02 Krysaor NEE-02 Krysaor
OPTOS OPTOSOPTOSOPTOSOPTOS Link
ZACUBE-1 ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1ZACUBE-1 Link
IPEX IPEXIPEXIPEXIPEXIPEX Link
Link
LituanicaSAT-1 LituanicaSAT-1LituanicaSAT-1LituanicaSAT-1
LightSail LightSail Link
LilacSat-2 LilacSat-2 Link
TW-1A TW-1ATW-1ATW-1A Link
Athenoxat-1 Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1Athenoxat-1 Link
BEESAT 4 BEESAT 4 Link
AlSat Nano AlSat NanoAlSat NanoAlSat NanoAlSat NanoAlSat NanoAlSat Nano Link
Link
Link
BGUSat BGUSatBGUSat Link
Link
Link
nSIGHT nSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHTnSIGHT Link
Aalto-1 Aalto-1 Link
CICERO CICERO Link
Ursa Maior Ursa MaiorUrsa MaiorUrsa MaiorUrsa Maior Link
ASTERIA ASTERIAASTERIA Link
Link
Link
ISARA ISARAISARAISARAISARA Link
Link
Link
Link
Buccaneer Buccaneer Buccaneer Link
Arkyd 6 Arkyd 6 Link
CICERO CICERO Link
Tyvak-61c (GEOStare) Tyvak-61c (GEOStare) Link
GOMX-4B GOMX-4B Link
Juvenile Juvenile Link
TRICOM 1R Tasuki TRICOM 1R TasukiTRICOM 1R Tasuki Link
MarCO MarCOMarCO Link
CP7 (Dave) CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave)CP7 (Dave) Link
CubeBel-1 CubeBel-1 Link
CICERO CICERO Link
IRVINE01 IRVINE01 Link
MYSAT-1 MYSAT-1MYSAT-1MYSAT-1 Link
CICERO CICERO Link
Reaktor Hello World Reaktor Hello WorldReaktor Hello WorldReaktor Hello WorldReaktor Hello WorldReaktor Hello World Link
Link
Link
Link
Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC) Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC)Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC)Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC) Link
PW-Sat2 PW-Sat2PW-Sat2PW-Sat2PW-Sat2PW-Sat2PW-Sat2PW-Sat2
SeaHawk SeaHawk Link
Link
Link
Suomi 100 Suomi 100Suomi 100 Link
Delphini-1 Delphini-1Delphini-1Delphini-1 Link
AeroCube-11 (TOMSat, R3) AeroCube-11 (TOMSat, R3) Link
STF-1 STF-1STF-1 Link
ZACUBE-2-5 ZACUBE-2-5ZACUBE-2-5 Link
Astrocast 0 Astrocast 0 Link
AeroCube-10 AeroCube-10AeroCube-10AeroCube-10 Link
Link
Link
NepaliSat-1 NepaliSat-1 Link
Raavana-1 Raavana-1Raavana-1Raavana-1 Link
Seeker SeekerSeekerSeekerSeeker Link
Link
Światowid ŚwiatowidŚwiatowid Link
Uguisu UguisuUguisu Link
Xiaoxiang-1 04 Xiaoxiang-1 04Xiaoxiang-1 04Xiaoxiang-1 04Xiaoxiang-1 04 Link
CP9 CP9CP9CP9CP9CP9CP9 Link
Link
LightSail LightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSailLightSail Link
Painani-1 Painani-1Painani-1Painani-1Painani-1 Link
BEESAT 9 BEESAT 9 Link
Lucky-7 Lucky-7Lucky-7Lucky-7 Link
BRO BRO Link
Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1)Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1)Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) Link
NARSSCube-1 NARSSCube-1 Link
AeroCube-14 AeroCube-14AeroCube-14 Link
HARP HARP Link
HuskySat-1 HuskySat-1HuskySat-1 Link
Xiaoxiang-1 08 Xiaoxiang-1 08 Link
OPS-SAT OPS-SATOPS-SATOPS-SATOPS-SATOPS-SAT Link
Link
Link
Link
TechEdSat-10 TechEdSat-10 Link
Quetzal-1 Quetzal-1 Link
RAAF M2 RAAF M2 Link
FSSCat FSSCat Link
NAPA-1 NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1NAPA-1 Link
CICERO CICERO Link
NetSat NetSatNetSatNetSat Link
Link
Link
Yarilo Yarilo Link
ET-SMART-RSS ET-SMART-RSS Link
RSP-01 RSP-01RSP-01 Link
Tsuru TsuruTsuruTsuruTsuru Link
CubeSX-HSE CubeSX-HSECubeSX-HSE Link
Link
Link
CubeSX-Sirius-HSE CubeSX-Sirius-HSECubeSX-Sirius-HSECubeSX-Sirius-HSE Link
OrbiCraft - Zorkiy OrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - ZorkiyOrbiCraft - Zorkiy Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
RAAF M2 RAAF M2RAAF M2 Link
Link
Link
WildTrackCube WildTrackCubeWildTrackCube Link
Tyvak-0130 Tyvak-0130Tyvak-0130Tyvak-0130Tyvak-0130Tyvak-0130 Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
RamSat RamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSatRamSat Link
NAPA-2 NAPA-2NAPA-2NAPA-2NAPA-2NAPA-2 Link
LICIACube LICIACubeLICIACubeLICIACubeLICIACubeLICIACube Link
Link
Link
Link
GASPACS GASPACSGASPACSGASPACS Link
Link
Link
Link
EarthTV (Sen) EarthTV (Sen)EarthTV (Sen)EarthTV (Sen)EarthTV (Sen) Link
Link
Link
HYPSO HYPSOHYPSOHYPSO Link
Link
Link
Lemur-2 Rohovitsa Lemur-2 Rohovitsa Link
STORK STORK Link
VZLUSAT-2 VZLUSAT-2 Link
Link
Link
SUCHAI 3 SUCHAI 3 Link
MyRadar-1 MyRadar-1 Link
Zhixing-3 A Zhixing-3 AZhixing-3 AZhixing-3 A Link
AMS (Agile MicroSatellite) AMS (Agile MicroSatellite)AMS (Agile MicroSatellite) Link
CICERO-2 CICERO-2 Link
Connecta T1 Connecta T1 Link
Platform-1 Platform-1Platform-1Platform-1Platform-1 Link
SelfieSat SelfieSatSelfieSat Link
Link
Link
NACHOS NACHOSNACHOS Link
TRISAT-R TRISAT-R Link
Geoscan-Edelveis Geoscan-EdelveisGeoscan-EdelveisGeoscan-EdelveisGeoscan-Edelveis Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
SXC3-217 SIREN SXC3-217 SIREN Link
SXC3-2111 RESHUCUBE SXC3-2111 RESHUCUBE Link
LINUSS LINUSSLINUSS Link
ArgoMoon ArgoMoonArgoMoonArgoMoonArgoMoonArgoMoonArgoMoonArgoMoon Link
EQUULEUS EQUULEUSEQUULEUSEQUULEUS Link
Link
Link
Link
LunaH-Map LunaH-Map Link
OPTIMAL-1 OPTIMAL-1 Link
Lunar Flashlight Lunar Flashlight Link
Connecta T1 Connecta T1Connecta T1 Link
Link
Link
KuwaitSat-1 KuwaitSat-1 Link
Menut Menut Link
NSLSat NSLSat Link
Star Sphere Star Sphere Link
ScanSAT ScanSATScanSATScanSATScanSATScanSATScanSAT Link
Link
Link
Link
Jinta Jinta Link
FACSAT FACSAT Link
RoseyCubesat-1 RoseyCubesat-1RoseyCubesat-1RoseyCubesat-1RoseyCubesat-1RoseyCubesat-1 Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
KSAT3U KSAT3UKSAT3UKSAT3U Link
Link
Link
MRC-100 MRC-100MRC-100MRC-100 Link
KuzGTU-1 KuzGTU-1 Link
StratoSat-TK1 StratoSat-TK1StratoSat-TK1StratoSat-TK1StratoSat-TK1 Link
Link
Link
UMKA-1 UMKA-1 UMKA-1 Link
Link
Link
Galassia-2 Galassia-2 Link
Dove (Flock) Dove (Flock)Dove (Flock)Dove (Flock) Link

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