Mission index
143 missions: the 77-unit 2013–2023 Gunter's Space Page PocketQube census (SQ-R-001 Appendix A) plus selected PocketQube clusters through SpaceX Transporter-15 (November 2025, 77 PocketQubes indexed; CelesTrak SATCAT also lists FossaSat-2E14–2E17 on Transporter-8 and commercial 2E18–2E27 / Veery / 2026 batches pending form-factor verification), alongside reference CubeSats. Every status has a source.
- Missions in the index
- 143
- PocketQubes indexed ( through T-15 )
- 77
- Census units lost before operations
- 13 (17%)
- Marked active
- 14
- 1P
- 1.5P
- 2P
- 3P
- 2.5P and 6P
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| Category | 1P | 1.5P | 2P | 3P | 2.5P and 6P | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 38 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- From a host satellite
- From the launch vehicle
- From an orbital transfer vehicle
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| Category | From a host satellite | From the launch vehicle | From an orbital transfer vehicle | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 38 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Active
- In orbit, inactive
- Completed
- Re-entered
- Lost
- Not verified
143 of 143 missions
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| SIDLOC-PQ-06Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Fourth 1P unit (0.125 kg) of Libre Space Foundation’s Transporter-18 SIDLOC-PQ cluster, completing the six-satellite SIDLOC-PQ technology-validation series with SatNOGS ground-station Doppler localization. Co-deployed in the four-unit SIDLOC-PQ cluster on Transporter-18; individual object association pending confirmation.
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| SIDLOC-PQ-05Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Third 1P unit (0.125 kg) of Libre Space Foundation’s Transporter-18 SIDLOC-PQ cluster, broadcasting autonomous spread-spectrum UHF identification frames from a solar-powered picosatellite bus. Co-deployed in the four-unit SIDLOC-PQ cluster on Transporter-18; individual object association pending confirmation.
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| SIDLOC-PQ-04Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Second 1P unit (0.125 kg) of Libre Space Foundation’s four-spacecraft Transporter-18 SIDLOC-PQ batch testing multi-object orbital identification during early deployment dispersion. Co-deployed in the four-unit SIDLOC-PQ cluster on Transporter-18; individual object association pending confirmation.
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| SIDLOC-PQ-03Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Greek 1P PocketQube (0.125 kg) built by Libre Space Foundation to flight-qualify the open-source Spacecraft Identification and Localization (SIDLOC) spread-spectrum UHF beacon protocol on Transporter-18. Deployed via UARX OSSIE-D / PICOBUS v2 on Transporter-18 (COSPAR 2026-227CE); individual beacon operational status pending verification.
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| NIS-PQ (Qubik-5)Libre Space Foundation & Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, Kazakhstan | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Kazakhstan’s first PocketQube (1P), co-developed by Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools students and Libre Space Foundation on the open-source Qubik-5 bus and deployed via PICOBUS v2 on SpaceX Transporter-18. Deployed from UARX OSSIE-D via PICOBUS v2 on Transporter-18; specific NORAD object correlation and continuous UHF telemetry status pending verification.
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| ERMINAZ-2XAMSAT-DL, Germany | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | VHF | Not verified | |
Third 1P PocketQube (0.12 kg) of AMSAT-DL’s second-generation open-source ERMINAZ trio launched on SpaceX Transporter-18 to evaluate experimental attitude determination and VHF telemetry modes. Co-deployed with AO-129 and AO-130 via UARX OSSIE-D / PICOBUS v2 on Transporter-18; independent OSCAR designation and post-deployment telemetry state pending confirmation.
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| ERMINAZ-2V (AO-130)AMSAT-DL, Germany | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | VHF | Active | |
VHF 2-meter companion 1P PocketQube (0.12 kg) built by AMSAT-DL, co-deployed via UARX OSSIE-D and PICOBUS v2 on SpaceX Transporter-18 and designated AMSAT-OSCAR 130 (AO-130).
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| ERMINAZ-2U (AO-129)AMSAT-DL, Germany | 1P | 1 Oct 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-18) | — | UHF | Active | |
German 1P amateur radio PocketQube (0.12 kg) built by AMSAT-DL on the Libre Space Qubik bus, deployed from UARX Space’s OSSIE-D transfer vehicle via PICOBUS v2 on Transporter-18 and designated AMSAT-OSCAR 129 (AO-129) for 70 cm FSK/LoRa digipeater operations.
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| MARMOTSat (CO-128)University of Victoria (CfAR) / CSA CUBICS, Canada | 3U | 7 Jul 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-17) | — | VHFUHF | Active | |
Canadian 3U student CubeSat built at the University of Victoria under the CSA CUBICS initiative and launched on SpaceX Transporter-17; designated Canada-OSCAR 128 (CO-128) after commissioning its VHF/UHF amateur packet payload and HF ionospheric sounder.
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| VEGAFLY-1Vega Space and Geospatial Academy, Vietnam | 1P | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Vietnamese 1P educational PocketQube built by high-school students at Vega Space and Geospatial Academy and launched on Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16) with a compact CMOS Earth camera and UHF amateur digipeater. Deployed on Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16); post-deployment UHF beacon activity and SATCAT object correlation not independently verified.
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| DECIMAL-SAT1OCULLO Space & BioSistemika, Malaysia | 1P | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Malaysia’s first PocketQube (1P), developed by OCULLO Space with BioSistemika and launched on Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16) to test synthetic DNA archival data stability under LEO radiation alongside an amateur UHF store-and-forward payload. Deployed on Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16); post-deployment UHF telemetry status and specific SATCAT object correlation not independently confirmed.
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| HADES-SA (SO-127)Spinning Around / AMSAT-EA / Hydra Space Systems, Spain | 2P | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | VHFUHF | Active | |
Spanish 2P PocketQube launched on Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16) combining Spinning Around’s 1P microgravity laboratory with a Hydra Space / AMSAT-EA VHF/UHF FM voice and FSK repeater bus designated Spain-OSCAR 127 (SO-127).
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| Unicorn-2SAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Sister 3P Unicorn-2 night-lights Earth-observation PocketQube co-deployed with Unicorn-2R on Alba Flight 11 (SpaceX Transporter-16) into a ~585 km Sun-synchronous orbit. Cataloged in CelesTrak SATCAT at 587 × 583 km, 97.77° SSO (NORAD 68475, OPS '+'); commercial imaging operational state not publicly itemized.
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| Unicorn-2RAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Commercial 3P Unicorn-2 night-time optical Earth-observation PocketQube deployed into a 586 km Sun-synchronous orbit on Alba Flight 11 aboard SpaceX Transporter-16. Cataloged in CelesTrak SATCAT at 588 × 584 km, 97.77° SSO (NORAD 68477, OPS '+'); commercial imaging operational state not publicly itemized.
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| ERMIS-3National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens (NKUA) / ESA, Greece | 8U | 30 Mar 2026Falcon 9 (Transporter-16) | — | UHFSX | Active | |
Greek 8U CubeSat developed by NKUA under the ESA Greek CubeSat In-Orbit Validation project; demonstrated a 100 Mbps LEO-to-ground optical laser communication link between its Astrolight ATLAS-1 terminal and AUTh’s HolOGS-1 optical station in autumn 2026.
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| ANISCSATAzercosmos / Baku State Univ., Azerbaijan | 1P | 28 Nov 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-15) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Azerbaijan’s first student PocketQube (1P), deployed on SpaceX Transporter-15 as part of the Alba Flight 10 cluster that pushed the historical PocketQube launch count past 90 units. In orbit; CelesTrak SATCAT lists operational status '+', whereas independent telemetry reception is unverified.
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| SARI-2Saudi Space Agency / KACST, Saudi Arabia | 1P | 28 Nov 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-15) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Twin 1P educational and telemetry PocketQube deployed alongside SARI-1 on SpaceX Transporter-15. In orbit; CelesTrak SATCAT lists operational status '+', whereas independent telemetry reception is unverified.
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| SARI-1Saudi Space Agency / KACST, Saudi Arabia | 1P | 28 Nov 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-15) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
1P educational and telemetry PocketQube deployed on SpaceX Transporter-15 (Alba Flight 10). In orbit; CelesTrak SATCAT lists operational status '+', whereas independent telemetry reception is unverified.
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| HUNITYBME (Budapest Univ. of Tech.), Hungary | 3P | 28 Nov 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-15) | — | UHFS | Active | |
Hungarian 3P PocketQube developed at BME with deployable solar arrays and RF spectrum monitoring payload, following the SMOG-P, ATL-1, SMOG-1 and MRC-100 lineage. In orbit; active UHF/S-band operations reported by BME and Alba Orbital following Transporter-15 deployment (Nov 2025).
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| Hydra-WHydra Space / UC3M, Spain | 1.5P | 15 Mar 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) | — | UHF | Re-entered24 Apr 2026 | |
1.5P IoT PocketQube developed by Hydra Space carrying an on-orbit experiment from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M).
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| HADES-ICMAMSAT-EA / Hydra Space / IC Mercury, Spain | 1.5P | 15 Mar 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) | — | VHFUHF | Re-entered21 May 2026 | |
1.5P AMSAT-EA amateur voice transponder and graphene thermal experiment deployed on Transporter-13.
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| Unicorn-2QAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 15 Mar 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) | — | UHFS | Re-entered26 Nov 2025 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
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| Unicorn-2PAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 15 Mar 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) | — | UHFS | Re-entered3 Mar 2026 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
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| Unicorn-2OAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 15 Mar 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) | — | UHFS | Re-entered15 Feb 2026 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
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| Hydra-THydra Space Systems, Spain | 1.5P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHF | Re-entered28 Jan 2026 | |
1.5P narrowband IoT communications demonstrator developed by Madrid-based Hydra Space Systems.
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| HADES-RAMSAT-EA / Hydra Space, Spain | 1.5P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | VHFUHF | Re-entered2 Feb 2026 | |
1.5P amateur radio V/U FM voice and digital repeater built by Hydra Space Systems and operated by AMSAT-EA, carrying a graphene thermal radiation experiment.
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| Skylink-2Hello Space, Türkiye | 3P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHFS | Not verified | |
Twin 3P commercial LoRaWAN IoT PocketQube of Hello Space deployed alongside Skylink-1 on Transporter-12. Deployed on Transporter-12; specific NORAD catalog object correlation unverified.
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| Skylink-1Hello Space, Türkiye | 3P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHFS | Not verified | |
3P commercial LoRaWAN / direct-to-satellite IoT spacecraft operated by Turkish startup Hello Space as part of its operational constellation expansion. Deployed on Transporter-12; specific NORAD catalog object correlation unverified.
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| PROMETHEUS-1Univ. do Minho / IST / CMU, Portugal | 1P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
Portugal’s first PocketQube (1P), developed by the University of Minho, Instituto Superior Técnico and Carnegie Mellon University as an open-architecture educational platform. Deployed on Transporter-12; specific NORAD catalog object correlation unverified.
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| HYPEAGH Univ. of Krakow (SatLab AGH), Poland | 1P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHF | Re-entered9 Dec 2025 | |
Poland’s first PocketQube (1P), built by students at AGH University of Krakow; carries a miniature NIR spectrometer and an outward-facing camera aimed at a deployable OLED display.
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| POQUITOUniv. of Luxembourg (SnT), Luxembourg | 1P | 14 Jan 2025Falcon 9 (Transporter-12) | — | UHF | Not verified | |
185 g 1P PocketQube designed by the University of Luxembourg (SnT) to host a 5 × 5 cm ChipSat payload and test a visible-light optical intra-satellite link, with magnetorquers printed in inner PCB layers. Launched on SpaceX Transporter-12 (14 Jan 2025) aboard D-Orbit ION; specific NORAD catalog object correlation and in-orbit reception status are not yet verified in CelesTrak SATCAT.
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| MilaniEuropean Space Agency (ESA) & Tyvak International, European Union | 6U | 7 Oct 2024Falcon 9 (Hera) | Heliocentric rendezvous with binary asteroid (65803) Didymos–Dimorphos | S | Active | |
ESA 6U XL deep-space CubeSat (~12 kg) carried aboard the Hera planetary-defense mothership, arriving at the Didymos–Dimorphos binary system in November 2026 with the ASPECT visible/near-IR hyperspectral imager and VISTA thermogravimetric dust detector.
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| JuventasEuropean Space Agency (ESA) & GomSpace, European Union | 6U | 7 Oct 2024Falcon 9 (Hera) | Heliocentric rendezvous with binary asteroid (65803) Didymos–Dimorphos | S | Active | |
ESA 6U XL deep-space CubeSat (~12 kg) delivered to Didymos–Dimorphos aboard Hera in November 2026 to perform the first low-frequency radar tomography of an asteroid interior (JuRa 60 MHz radar) alongside the GRASS surface gravimeter.
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| ISTSat-1Instituto Superior Técnico (ULisboa) / ESA, Portugal | 1U | 9 Jul 2024Ariane 62 (VA262) | — | VHFUHF | Active | |
Portugal’s first university-built 1U CubeSat (~1.1 kg), deployed at 580 km on Ariane 6’s maiden flight (VA262) under ESA Fly Your Satellite! to demonstrate spaceborne 1090 MHz ADS-B aircraft tracking.
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| Unicorn-2NAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 1 Dec 2023Falcon 9 (425 rideshare) | — | — | Re-entered25 Dec 2024 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Unicorn-2MAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 1 Dec 2023Falcon 9 (425 rideshare) | — | — | Re-entered27 Feb 2026 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Unicorn-2LAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 1 Dec 2023Falcon 9 (425 rideshare) | — | — | Not verified | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD. In orbit; CelesTrak SATCAT lists operational status '+', whereas independent telemetry reception is unverified.
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| MDQube-SAT-2Innova Space, Argentina | 2P | 1 Dec 2023Falcon 9 (425 rideshare) | — | — | Re-entered4 Jun 2026 | |
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| Unicorn-2KAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Re-entered26 Jun 2024 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Unicorn-2JAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Re-entered27 Jun 2024 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Hello Test-2Hello Space, Türkiye | 2P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| Hello Test-1Hello Space, Türkiye | 2P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| HADES-DAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Re-entered6 Nov 2024 | |
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| Tartan-Artibeus-2Carnegie Mellon Univ., United States | 1P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| SpaceANT-DInSpace, United States | 1P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| ROM-3RomSpace, Romania | 1P | 11 Nov 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-9) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| Unicorn-2IAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | — | Not verified | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| MRC-100BME, Hungary | 3P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | UHFS | Re-entered4 Jan 2025 | |
Successor of SMOG-P, SMOG-1 and ATL-1: a student-built 3P that monitored the radio spectrum from 30 to 2600 MHz.
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| SATLLA-2IAriel Univ., Israel | 2P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| URESAT-1AMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | — | Re-entered11 Feb 2025 | |
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| ROM-2RomSpace / AMSAT-EA, Romania | 1P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| IstanbulHello Space, Türkiye | 1P | 12 Jun 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) | — | — | Re-entered1 Apr 2024 | |
Commercial 1P deployed from a D-Orbit ION carrier; the second PocketQube from Türkiye.
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| Unicorn-2HAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 3 Jan 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-6) | — | — | Lost | |
Not deployed after an anomaly of the Launcher Orbiter transfer vehicle on Transporter-6.
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| Unicorn-2GAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 3 Jan 2023Falcon 9 (Transporter-6) | — | — | Lost | |
Not deployed after an anomaly of the Launcher Orbiter transfer vehicle on Transporter-6.
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| GENESIS-JAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 1 Oct 2022Alpha (FLTA002) | — | — | Re-entered | |
Released with the PicoBus deployer into a 220 × 275 km orbit instead of the planned 300 km circular orbit and re-entered within days.
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| GENESIS-GAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 1 Oct 2022Alpha (FLTA002) | — | — | Re-entered | |
Released with the PicoBus deployer into a 220 × 275 km orbit instead of the planned 300 km circular orbit and re-entered within days.
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| Qubik-4Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2022Alpha (FLTA002) | — | — | Re-entered | |
Released with the PicoBus deployer into a 220 × 275 km orbit instead of the planned 300 km circular orbit and re-entered within days.
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| Qubik-3Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 1 Oct 2022Alpha (FLTA002) | — | — | Re-entered | |
Released with the PicoBus deployer into a 220 × 275 km orbit instead of the planned 300 km circular orbit and re-entered within days.
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| FossaSat-1B (second unit)Fossa Systems, Spain | 1P | 1 Oct 2022Alpha (FLTA002) | — | — | Re-entered | |
Released with the PicoBus deployer into a 220 × 275 km orbit instead of the planned 300 km circular orbit and re-entered within days.
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| CAPSTONEAdvanced Space / NASA, United States | 12U | 28 Jun 2022Electron + Photon (Mahia) | Near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon | — | Completed | |
The first spacecraft in a near-rectilinear halo orbit; a ~25 kg 12U that validated cislunar navigation and communications. All primary and extended objectives completed; NASA activities ended in June 2026 and the spacecraft continues to fly.
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| FossaSat-2E13Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered2 Feb 2024 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E12Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered31 Oct 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E11Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered8 Sept 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E10Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Not verified | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E9Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Not verified | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E8Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered27 Oct 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E7Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered22 Aug 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| Veery FS-1Care Weather Technologies, United States | 1P | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | — | Re-entered4 Apr 2024 | |
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| Connecta T1.1Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies, Türkiye | 3U | 25 May 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-5) | — | UHFS | Re-entered8 Jan 2026 | |
Turkey’s first commercial 3U IoT CubeSat developed by Plan-S, paving the way for the operational 6U Connecta IoT constellation.
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| Unicorn-2Alba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 2 May 2022Electron | — | — | Not verified | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| TRSI-3ACME AtronOmatic, United States | 1P | 2 May 2022Electron | — | — | Re-entered7 Jun 2024 | |
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| TRSI-2ACME AtronOmatic, United States | 1P | 2 May 2022Electron | — | — | Re-entered31 May 2024 | |
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| MyRadar-1ACME AtronOmatic, United States | 1P | 2 May 2022Electron | — | — | Re-entered20 Aug 2024 | |
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| Unicorn-2EAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Unicorn-2DAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered13 Apr 2023 | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| Unicorn-2AAlba Orbital, United Kingdom | 3P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | UHFS | Re-entered | |
Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform: three-axis ADCS (≈5° worst case) and imaging specified at about 24 m GSD.
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| ChallengerMini-Cubes, United States | 3P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| Delfi-PQTU Delft, Netherlands | 3P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | UHF | Re-entered6 Jan 2024 | |
TU Delft’s first PocketQube: PQ9 bus, three magnetorquers and two IMUs, about 1 W orbit-average power; operated for almost two years.
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| Unicorn-1Alba Orbital, United Kingdom | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| SATLLA-2BAriel Univ., Israel | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered30 Oct 2023 | |
Educational mission built with secondary-school students; LEDs visible to ground telescopes and low-resolution imaging.
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| SATLLA-2AAriel Univ., Israel | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
Educational mission built with secondary-school students; LEDs visible to ground telescopes and low-resolution imaging.
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| MDQube-SAT-1Innova Space, Argentina | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| FossaSat-2E6Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered29 Jun 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E5Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered1 Jun 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E4Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered13 May 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E3Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered9 Sept 2023 | |
One of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units, the largest single-operator PocketQube batch of 2013–2023.
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| FossaSat-2E2Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered25 Jun 2023 | |
WISeSAT unit operated by Fossa Systems for WISeKey; one of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units.
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| FossaSat-2E1Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered23 Jun 2023 | |
WISeSAT unit operated by Fossa Systems for WISeKey; one of the thirteen FossaSat-2E units.
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| HADESAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered27 May 2024 | |
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| EASAT-2AMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered23 May 2024 | |
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| Tartan-Artibeus-1Carnegie Mellon Univ., United States | 1P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| SanoSat-1ORION Space, India | 1P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Re-entered4 Feb 2024 | |
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| PION-BR1PION Labs, Brazil | 1P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | — | — | Not verified | |
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| Grizu-263AZonguldak Bülent Ecevit Univ., Türkiye | 1P | 13 Jan 2022Falcon 9 (Transporter-3) | ≈525 km Sun-synchronous, 97.4° | UHF | Re-entered2 Oct 2023 | |
Türkiye’s first PocketQube, built by the Grizu-263 Space Team: passive magnetic attitude control, a dual-rate UHF FSK downlink and a digipeater. Re-entered on 2 Oct 2023 (CelesTrak SATCAT) / 3 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC (SatNOGS DB) after 627–628 days (about 9,500 revolutions); the pre-launch expectation was about four years in orbit.
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| LICIACubeASI (Italian Space Agency) & Argotec, Italy | 6U | 24 Nov 2021Falcon 9 (DART) | — | X | Completed | |
Italian 6U deep-space CubeSat (14 kg) deployed from NASA’s DART spacecraft 15 days before impact; autonomously tracked and imaged the kinetic impact plume on asteroid Dimorphos from 55 km distance.
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| FossaSat-2Fossa Systems, Spain | 2P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| GENESIS-NAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Intended to demonstrate a miniature pulsed-plasma thruster. Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| GENESIS-LAMSAT-EA, Spain | 1.5P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Intended to demonstrate a miniature pulsed-plasma thruster. Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| Qubik-2Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| Qubik-1Libre Space Foundation, Greece | 1P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| FossaSat-1BFossa Systems, Spain | 1P | 3 Sept 2021Alpha (FLTA001) | — | — | Lost | |
Lost in the failure of Firefly Alpha flight FLTA001 on 3 September 2021, after a first-stage engine shut down prematurely.
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| STECCOSapienza Univ. of Rome, Italy | 6P | 22 Mar 2021Soyuz-2.1a | — | — | Re-entered15 Aug 2024 | |
6P, 850 g: the first PocketQube with cube-corner reflectors for satellite laser ranging, stabilized by gravity gradient with a viscous damper.
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| SMOG-1BME, Hungary | 1P | 22 Mar 2021Soyuz-2.1a | — | — | Re-entered28 Jul 2024 | |
1P without a separate frame: its circuit boards and threaded rods carry the loads. Its published thermal model is a reference for 1P design.
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| DIY-1DIYSatellite group, Argentina | 1P | 22 Mar 2021Soyuz-2.1a | — | — | Re-entered21 Jul 2023 | |
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| GRBAlphaKonkoly Observatory and partners, Hungary | 1U | 22 Mar 2021Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | LEO, Sun-synchronous | UHF | Re-entered9 Jun 2025 | |
Flew a gamma-ray burst detector in a 1U volume and offered an amateur digipeater service.
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| ASELSATASELSAN & Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ), Türkiye | 3U | 24 Jan 2021Falcon 9 (Transporter-1) | — | UHFVHFX | Not verified | |
Turkish 3U CubeSat developed by ASELSAN and İTÜ, launched on SpaceX Transporter-1 to qualify an indigenous X-band high-rate transmitter and active thermal/radiation telemetry modules. Launched on SpaceX Transporter-1; specific NORAD catalog object correlation unverified.
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| OPS-SATEuropean Space Agency (ESA ESOC), European Union | 3U | 18 Dec 2019Soyuz ST-A | — | UHFSX | Re-entered22 May 2024 | |
ESA’s 3U flying software laboratory; featured a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 + FPGA System-on-Chip, S/X-band and optical links, and hosted >250 in-orbit experiments before re-entry in May 2024.
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| NOOR 1BStara Space, United States | 3P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | — | Re-entered7 Apr 2020 | |
First flight of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform, flown for Stara Space.
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| NOOR 1AStara Space, United States | 3P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | — | Re-entered29 Dec 2020 | |
First flight of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P platform, flown for Stara Space.
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| ATL-1ATL Ltd., Hungary | 2P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | UHF | Re-entered9 Oct 2020 | |
Carried an in-orbit experiment on a new thermal-insulation material.
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| TRSI-SatACME AtronOmatic, United States | 1P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | — | Not verified | |
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| SMOG-PBME, Hungary | 1P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | UHF | Re-entered28 Sept 2020 | |
Spectrum analyser that mapped man-made electromagnetic emissions from orbit, including the DVB-T band.
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| FossaSat-1Fossa Systems, Spain | 1P | 6 Dec 2019Electron | — | UHF | Re-entered28 Oct 2020 | |
Open-source 1P that tested LoRa and RTTY transmissions in the 435–438 MHz amateur band as a step towards low-cost IoT links.
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| ThinSat 1A–1LVirginia Space and student teams, United States | ThinSat (3T/6T strings) | 17 Apr 2019Antares 230 (Cygnus NG-11) | ~203 × 250 km, 51.6° | L | Re-entered | |
More than sixty ThinSat modules prepared by students from 70 schools were released in strings from the Antares second stage. Re-entered by design in less than two weeks.
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| PW-Sat2Warsaw University of Technology, Poland | 2U | 3 Dec 2018Falcon 9 (SSO-A) | — | UHFVHF | Re-entered23 Feb 2021 | |
Polish 2U CubeSat (2.66 kg) launched into a 590 km SSO that deployed a 2 × 2 m (4 m²) square aluminized Mylar drag sail, shortening its orbital lifetime from ~20 years to 813 days.
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| KickSat-2 and SpritesCornell / Stanford, NASA Ames, United States | 3U + 105 ChipSats | 17 Nov 2018Antares (Cygnus NG-10) | ~300 km (released from Cygnus) | UHF | Re-entered | |
First in-orbit swarm demonstration of 4 g, ~3.5 cm Sprite ChipSats, each with its own solar cell, sensors and radio. The carrier separated on 13 Feb 2019; 105 Sprites were released on 18 Mar 2019 and re-entered within days.
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| RainCubeNASA JPL, United States | 6U | 21 May 2018Antares 230 (OA-9 / ISS NRCSD) | — | UHFS | Re-entered23 Dec 2020 | |
NASA JPL 6U CubeSat (12 kg) that demonstrated the first active Ka-band (35.75 GHz) precipitation profiling radar on a CubeSat, using an ultra-compact 0.5 m deployable mesh parabolic reflector.
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| MarCO-A / MarCO-BNASA JPL, United States | 6U | 5 May 2018Atlas V 401 (InSight) | Heliocentric (Mars flyby) | X | Completed | |
The first interplanetary CubeSats. They relayed InSight’s landing data of 26 November 2018 in near real time. Last contact: WALL-E on 29 Dec 2018, EVE on 4 Jan 2019. The mission was ended in February 2019.
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| UBAKUSATIstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) / TAMSAT, Türkiye | 3U | 2 Apr 2018Falcon 9 (CRS-14 / ISS J-SSOD) | — | VHFUHF | Re-entered27 Dec 2020 | |
Turkish 3U CubeSat developed at İTÜ in collaboration with TAMSAT and JAMSAT, deployed from the ISS Kibo module in May 2018 with a linear voice transponder and radiation/EO experiments.
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| ASTERIAMIT & NASA JPL, United States | 6U | 14 Aug 2017Falcon 9 (CRS-12 / ISS NRCSD) | — | S | Re-entered24 Apr 2020 | |
6U astrophysics CubeSat (~10 kg) built by MIT and NASA JPL; achieved 0.5 arcsecond RMS pointing stability using reaction wheels plus a two-axis piezoelectric focal-plane stage and detected transits of super-Earth 55 Cancri e.
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| BeEagleSat (QB50 TR01)Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) & HAVELSAN, Türkiye | 2U | 18 Apr 2017Atlas V 401 (OA-7 / ISS NRCSD) | — | UHF | Re-entered27 Apr 2019 | |
Turkish 2U CubeSat developed jointly by İTÜ and HAVELSAN for the European QB50 lower-thermosphere constellation; carried a multi-needle Langmuir probe (m-NLP) and space-qualified X-ray detector.
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| HavelSat (QB50 TR02)HAVELSAN & Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ), Türkiye | 2U | 18 Apr 2017Atlas V 401 (OA-7 / ISS NRCSD) | — | UHF | Re-entered28 Feb 2019 | |
Twin Turkish 2U CubeSat in the QB50 constellation deployed from the ISS in May 2017; carried an Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) and software-defined radio experiment.
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| Nayif-1 (EO-88)MBRSC / American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 1U | 15 Feb 2017PSLV-XL (PSLV-C37) | — | VHFUHF | Re-entered18 Jul 2023 | |
First CubeSat of the United Arab Emirates (1U, 1.1 kg), launched on the record 104-satellite PSLV-C37 mission with an active magnetorquer/sun-sensor ADCS and FUNcube U/V transponder; operated for over six years before re-entering on 18 July 2023.
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| Lemur-2 (Spire Constellation)Spire Global, United States | 3U | 28 Sept 2015PSLV-XL (PSLV-C30) | — | UHFS | Active | |
Commercial 3U meteorology and maritime CubeSat bus (~4.8 kg) carrying the STRATOS GNSS radio-occultation atmospheric sounder and SENSE maritime AIS receiver. Spire Global operates the Lemur-2 3U fleet in LEO (individual spacecraft carry distinct NORAD catalog numbers).
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| GOMX-3GomSpace / ESA, Denmark | 3U | 19 Aug 2015H-IIB (HTV-5 / ISS J-SSOD) | — | UHFLX | Re-entered18 Oct 2016 | |
ESA In-Orbit Demonstration 3U CubeSat deployed from the ISS in October 2015; demonstrated <2° 3-axis reaction wheel pointing, 1090 MHz ADS-B aircraft tracking, and high-rate X-band downlink.
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| Flock-1 / Dove (SuperDove)Planet Labs, United States | 3U | 9 Jan 2014Antares 120 (Cygnus CRS-1 / ISS) | — | UHFSX | Completed | |
Operational 3U Earth-observation CubeSat bus (~5 kg) with deployable solar wings, 3-axis reaction wheel + star tracker ADCS, 90 mm Maksutov telescope (3–5 m GSD), and high-speed X-band downlink.
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| QubeScout-S1Univ. of Maryland, United States | 2.5P | 21 Nov 2013Dnepr | — | — | Re-entered1 Oct 2024 | |
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| Beakersat-1Morehead State Univ. / Sonoma State Univ., United States | 2.5P | 21 Nov 2013Dnepr | — | — | Re-entered13 Feb 2019 | |
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| $50SATMorehead State Univ., United States | 1.5P | 21 Nov 2013Dnepr | — | UHF | Re-entered19 May 2018 | |
Amateur-radio demonstrator built by Morehead State University and three radio amateurs from parts costing less than US$250, emblematic of the class’s low-cost philosophy.
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| WRENSTADOKO UG, Germany | 1P | 21 Nov 2013Dnepr | — | UHF | In orbit, inactive | |
First-generation 1P with a camera, gyroscope, magnetometer, momentum wheels and pulsed-plasma thrusters, intended to broadcast SSTV images. In orbit, non-operational (CelesTrak SATCAT operational status '-').
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| FUNcube-1 (AO-73)AMSAT-UK / AMSAT-NL, United Kingdom | 1U | 21 Nov 2013Dnepr | — | VHFUHF | Active | |
Landmark 1U educational and amateur radio CubeSat launched on the November 2013 Dnepr cluster; carries a 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.935 MHz and an inverting U/V linear transponder still active after >12 years. In orbit; 145.935 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon and U/V transponder active per AMSAT-UK Data Warehouse and SatNOGS DB.
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| ESTCube-1University of Tartu, Estonia | 1U | 7 May 2013Vega (VV02) | — | UHFVHF | Completed | |
Estonia’s first satellite (1U, 1.05 kg); operated for two years in 665 km SSO testing active spin-up/detumbling and an electric solar wind sail (E-sail) tether experiment.
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| TURKSAT-3USATITU, Türksat, TAMSAT, Türkiye | 3U | 26 Apr 2013Long March 2D (Jiuquan) | ~645 km, 98.1° Sun-synchronous | VHFUHF | In orbit, inactive | |
Successor of ITU-pSAT1 developed at ITU: a 3U with a linear amateur-radio transponder and passive magnetic attitude control with hysteresis rods. In orbit, non-operational (CelesTrak SATCAT operational status '-').
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| ITU-pSAT1Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye | 1U | 23 Sept 2009PSLV-C14 | LEO, Sun-synchronous | UHF | Not verified | |
Türkiye’s first picosatellite, with a passive stabilization system and a camera; launched on the same PSLV flight as SwissCube. In orbit; CelesTrak SATCAT lists operational status '+', whereas reception status in SatNOGS DB is unknown.
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| SwissCubeEPFL, Switzerland | 1U | 23 Sept 2009PSLV-C14 | LEO, Sun-synchronous | UHF | Active | |
Switzerland’s first satellite, testing low-cost detectors for airglow measurements. Operational in SatNOGS DB; CW and 1k2 FSK beacons listed as active.
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| Delfi-C3TU Delft, Netherlands | 3U | 28 Apr 2008PSLV-C9 | LEO, Sun-synchronous | VHFUHF | Re-entered13 Nov 2023 | |
The first Dutch nanosatellite, flying battery-less with thin-film solar cell and wireless sun sensor experiments. Its student team went on to found ISISPACE. Fifteen and a half years of operation. Its hysteresis-rod despin took months instead of hours because rods near the magnet were saturated.
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| GeneSat-1NASA Ames Research Center, United States | 3U | 16 Dec 2006Minotaur I (Wallops) | 413 × 420 km, 40.0° | UHFS | Re-entered4 Aug 2010 | |
| XI-IVUniversity of Tokyo (ISSL), Japan | 1U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot / Breeze-KM | LEO, Sun-synchronous | UHF | Active | |
Member of the first CubeSat launch group and one of the earliest proofs that a 1U can live for decades in orbit. Operational in SatNOGS DB; CW beacon observations reported up to October 2026.
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| CUTE-I (CO-55)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | 1U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot-KM | — | UHF | Active | |
Japanese 1U pioneer launched on the historic June 2003 Eurockot cluster; continues transmitting CW and 1200 bps AFSK packet telemetry more than two decades after launch. In orbit; CW and 1200 bps AFSK packet beacon active per Tokyo Tech and SatNOGS DB observations.
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| CanX-1UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory, Canada | 1U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot-KM | — | UHF | In orbit, inactive | |
Canada’s first CubeSat (1U, 1.0 kg), launched inside the first orbital P-POD on the June 2003 Eurockot mission carrying a CMOS star/horizon imager and magnetic coil testbed. In orbit, non-operational (CelesTrak SATCAT operational status '-').
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| AAU CubeSatAalborg University, Denmark | 1U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot-KM | — | UHF | Completed | |
Student-built 1U CubeSat from Aalborg University launched on the June 2003 Eurockot flight with active 3-axis magnetorquers and a 1280×1024 CMOS Earth camera.
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| DTUsat-1Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark | 1U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot-KM | — | UHF | In orbit, inactive | |
Danish 1U CubeSat launched on the June 2003 Eurockot cluster carrying a 450 m bare electrodynamic tether payload. In orbit, non-operational (CelesTrak SATCAT operational status '-').
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| QuakeSatStanford University / QuakeFinder, United States | 3U | 30 Jun 2003Rockot-KM | — | UHF | Completed | |
World’s first 3U CubeSat (4.5 kg) launched on the June 2003 Eurockot mission; deployed a 0.7 m telescoping boom with an induction magnetometer for ELF seismic precursors and operated for nearly two years.
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DETERMINISTIC PHYSICS & DATA METHODOLOGY
How This Calculator Works
Source modules: lib/data/missions.ts, scripts/verify/satcat.mjs
Indexes 125 catalogued PocketQube (1P–6P), CubeSat (1U–12U), ThinSat, TubeSat, and pioneer small-satellite missions—including the 77-spacecraft 2013–2023 PocketQube census of monograph SQ-R-001—verified against CelesTrak SATCAT and SatNOGS DB.
Governing Equations & Physical Model
DECAY_DATE ∈ SATCAT ⇒ decayed; recent RF (<90 d) ∨ operator ⇒ activeFollows strict hierarchy: CelesTrak SATCAT (18 SDS) is canonical for NORAD/COSPAR IDs, launch, and decay dates; operator telemetry and SatNOGS observations govern operational status.
f_lost = N(outcome ≠ nominal) / N_censusSeparates launch-vehicle or deployer failures ('lost') from in-orbit inactive or naturally decayed spacecraft.
Inputs, Parameters & Units
| Parameter | Unit | Physical definition |
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| Family & form factor | 1P–6P, 1U–12U | Filters across PocketQube, CubeSat, and non-standard picosatellite classes. |
| Orbital status | active / decayed / inactive / lost | Verified catalog state synchronized via scripts/verify/satcat.mjs. |
| Route & launch vehicle | commercial / institutional / amateur | Mission sponsorship route and launch vehicle (Falcon 9 Transporter, Electron, Dnepr, PSLV, Soyuz, Ariane 6, SLS). |
Assumptions & Validity Limits
- Spacecraft deployed in dense rideshare clusters whose individual NORAD object correlation remains ambiguous omit NORAD IDs rather than guessing.
- Where CelesTrak SATCAT and SatNOGS DB decay timestamps differ by ~1 UTC day (e.g., Grizu-263A: 2023-10-02 vs 2023-10-03), SATCAT is stored as canonical and the discrepancy is recorded in statusNote.
Worked Default Reference Case
All 125 mission records and 77 census rows are build-time verified against CelesTrak SATCAT with zero unresolved errors and exported as machine-readable CSV and JSON under /datasets/.
- Total catalogued missions
- 125 spacecraft
- 2013–2023 PocketQube census
- 77 spacecraft (SQ-R-001)
- SATCAT verification gate
- scripts/verify/satcat.mjs (0 errors)
- Machine-readable exports
- nadirlab-missions.{csv,json}