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Verified 2025–2026 small-satellite engineering dispatches, SpaceX Transporter rideshare manifests, open-access journal links, and NOAA SWPC thermospheric drag bulletins. Historical milestones (1957–2024) are curated in the dedicated SmallSat Historical Chronicle.

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SYS.WX // WEEKLY ORBITAL & THERMOSPHERIC DRAG BULLETIN

NOAA SWPC Snapshot: · Solar Cycle 25 Observed Conditions (11 Nov 2026)

10.7 cm Solar Flux (F10.7)

132.0 sfu

81-day mean: 111.0 sfu

Geomagnetic Indices

Kp 3.00 / Ap 10

24-hour planetary maximum

525 km Density Multiplier

0.58×

vs. moderate F10.7 = 140 sfu baseline

Interactive Solver

Propagate your ballistic coefficient B = C_D·A/m under observed Cycle 25 flux.

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As of 11 November 2026, NOAA SWPC observed Noon Penticton 10.7 cm solar radio flux is 132.0 sfu with a multi-week trailing mean of 111.0 sfu (October 2026 monthly mean 108.5 sfu; planetary Kp max 3.00, Ap = 10), placing the Kennewell/IPS 1999 polynomial thermospheric mass density ρ at 525 km (extrapolated above its 500 km calibration ceiling) at 0.578× (≈0.58×; 0.85× at the daily 132.0 sfu spike) of the moderate F10.7 = 140 sfu, Ap = 12 baseline. Unpropelled 250 g 1P PocketQubes (B = C_D·A/m ≈ 0.033–0.039 m²/kg) injected at 525 km SSO remain comfortably inside the 5-year FCC/ESA post-mission disposal ceiling.

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01 // VERIFIED CONTEMPORARY DISPATCHES (2025–2026)

nadir lab. Engineering Dispatches (10)

In-Orbit Milestone2026

November 2026 Mission Telemetry Review: NKUA/ESA’s 8U ERMIS-3 Closes a 100 Mbps LEO-to-Ground Laser Link as ESA’s Hera Arrives at Didymos with 6U CubeSats Milani & Juventas

November 2026 nadir lab. engineering analysis examining two European nanosatellite milestones reported by ESA in early November 2026: closed-loop 100 Mbps optical LEO-to-ground laser communications on Greece’s 8U ERMIS-3 CubeSat and Hera’s rendezvous with binary asteroid Didymos–Dimorphos carrying the 6U XL CubeSats Milani and Juventas.

Two ESA mission bulletins published in the first week of November 2026 highlight how multi-unit CubeSats now operate across regimes once reserved for 200+ kg spacecraft: sub-milliradian free-space optical (FSO) downlinks from Low Earth Orbit and multi-payload geophysical characterization at near-Earth asteroids.

On 3 November 2026, ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications reported that ERMIS-3—an 8U CubeSat developed under the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) within the ESA Greek CubeSat In-Orbit Validation programme and launched on SpaceX Transporter-16 (30 March 2026)—established a bidirectional acquisition and 100 Mbps optical downlink between its onboard Astrolight ATLAS-1 laser terminal and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s HolOGS-1 optical ground station in northern Greece. Unlike UHF or S-band links whose 10°–60° beamwidths forgive degree-level ADCS pointing errors, near-infrared 1550 nm optical downlinks require arcminute-class body pointing supplemented by fine-steering mirrors and closed-loop upward beacon tracking through atmospheric scintillation.

Two days later, on 5 November 2026, ESA Space Safety published Hera’s first close-up Asteroid Framing Camera imagery of (65803) Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos from approximately 60 km range, marking arrival at the DART kinetic-impact target following launch on 7 October 2024. Stowed inside Hera’s Asteroid Deck Deep Space Deployers are two ~12 kg 6U XL CubeSats added to the nadir lab. mission database in this release: Milani (Tyvak International, carrying the ASPECT visible/near-IR hyperspectral imager and VISTA dust detector) and Juventas (GomSpace, carrying the JuRa 60 MHz monostatic radar and GRASS gravimeter).

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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ESA Connectivity & ESA Space Safety (ERMIS-3 & Hera Dispatches)ERMIS-3 Laser Link & Hera Asteroid 6U CubeSats
Launch Campaign2026

2026 Dedicated Rideshare Audit: Transporter-17 (CO-128), Transporter-18’s PICOBUS v2 PocketQube Cluster (AO-129, AO-130, SIDLOC-PQ & NIS-PQ), and Bandwagon-5

nadir lab. catalog audit of the July–October 2026 Falcon 9 dedicated rideshare sequence—Transporter-17 (81 payloads), Transporter-18 (130 payloads), and Bandwagon-5—examining OTV-hosted PocketQube deployment via UARX OSSIE-D / PICOBUS v2 and multi-object SATCAT identification.

Between July and October 2026, SpaceX executed three dedicated small-satellite rideshare flights across two inclination regimes: Transporter-17 from Vandenberg on 7 July 2026 (81 payloads into Sun-synchronous orbit), Transporter-18 from Vandenberg on 1 October 2026 (130 payloads into SSO), and Bandwagon-5 from Cape Canaveral on 20 October 2026 (mid-inclination ~45° LEO). Together with March’s Transporter-16, the 2026 cadence demonstrates both the high throughput of standardized ESPA/dispenser rings and the persistent post-deployment TLE association challenge on 100+ object manifests.

On Transporter-17, the University of Victoria’s Center for Aerospace Research (CfAR) deployed MARMOTSat—a 3U student CubeSat developed within the Canadian Space Agency’s CUBICS programme—carrying an amateur 145.875 / 436.125 MHz VHF/UHF packet payload and an HF ionospheric receiver; following orbital commissioning, AMSAT designated the spacecraft Canada-OSCAR 128 (CO-128).

On Transporter-18 (1 October 2026), UARX Space’s OSSIE-D orbital transfer vehicle hosted Libre Space Foundation’s open-source PICOBUS v2 deployer, releasing eight 1P PocketQubes newly indexed in the nadir lab. census: AMSAT-DL’s 0.12 kg open-hardware trio ERMINAZ-2U (designated AMSAT-OSCAR 129 / AO-129 on 70 cm UHF), ERMINAZ-2V (AMSAT-OSCAR 130 / AO-130 on 2 m VHF), and ERMINAZ-2X; Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Libre Space’s NIS-PQ (Qubik-5), marking Kazakhstan’s first PocketQube; and Libre Space’s four-unit SIDLOC-PQ-03..06 cluster (401.5 MHz spread-spectrum UHF beacons specifically engineered to solve dense rideshare object correlation).

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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Gunter’s Space Page / NASA / UVic MARMOTSat Rideshare RecordsTransporter-18, Transporter-17 & Bandwagon-5
Launch Campaign2026

Alba Flight 11 (Transporter-16) & Global Census Update: PocketQube Catalog Reaches 106 Spacecraft Across 28 Nations with SO-127, Malaysia’s DECIMAL-SAT1 & Vietnam’s VEGAFLY-1

With the addition of the five Alba Flight 11 picosatellites on SpaceX Transporter-16 (30 March 2026) and the eight Transporter-18 PICOBUS v2 units, the nadir lab. extended PocketQube launch census reaches 106 cataloged spacecraft across 2013–2026 and expands the Global Nations Atlas to 28 sovereign countries plus ESA.

On 30 March 2026, Alba Orbital executed Alba Flight 11 (integrated via SEOPS) aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-16 from Vandenberg SLC-4E, injecting five 1P–3P PocketQubes into a ~585 km, 97.77° Sun-synchronous orbit and bringing Alba Orbital’s cumulative heritage to 62 deployed picosatellites across 11 missions.

At the 3P commercial tier, Unicorn-2R (NORAD 68477, COSPAR 2026-067BP, 588 × 584 km) and Unicorn-2S (NORAD 68475, COSPAR 2026-067BM, 587 × 583 km) extended Alba Orbital’s night-lights optical Earth-observation constellation. At the 2P tier, Spain’s SpinnyONE / HADES-SA combined Spinning Around’s 1P microgravity laboratory with a Hydra Space / AMSAT-EA VHF/UHF FM voice and FSK repeater bus (436.875 MHz downlink), earning the designation Spain-OSCAR 127 (SO-127) in June 2026.

Alba Flight 11 also inaugurated PocketQube flight heritage for two Southeast Asian nations: Malaysia’s 1P DECIMAL-SAT1 (OCULLO Space & BioSistemika, 436.600 MHz), carrying a synthetic DNA archival radiation-stability experiment alongside an amateur UHF store-and-forward payload; and Vietnam’s 1P VEGAFLY-1 / XV5T (Vega Space and Geospatial Academy, 436.655 MHz), built by high-school students with a CMOS Earth camera and UHF digipeater. Combined with Kazakhstan’s NIS-PQ on Transporter-18, the nadir lab. database now tracks 143 small-satellite missions (106 PocketQubes, 35 CubeSats, and 2 ThinSat/ChipSat benchmarks) across 28 sovereign nations plus ESA.

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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Alba Orbital Flight 11 / AMSAT-EA / CelesTrak SATCATAlba Flight 11 & 106-PocketQube Census Update
Platform & Research2026

nadir lab. Autumn 2026 Research Release: Non-Pyrotechnic NiTi Antenna Deployment (SQ-R-003) & Materials-Initiated Failures Monographs (SQ-R-004)

nadir lab. publishes open-access monographs SQ-R-003 on non-pyrotechnic antenna deployment and SQ-R-004 on materials-initiated failures in CubeSat and PocketQube missions.

On 4 November 2026, nadir lab. released two original open-access research monographs — on non-pyrotechnic antenna deployment (SQ-R-003) and materials-initiated failures (SQ-R-004) — alongside the Global SmallSat & PocketQube Flight Heritage Atlas (/nations) and the CanSat & Model Satellite Student Engineering Hub (/cansat).

Monograph SQ-R-003 ('Non-Pyrotechnic Antenna Deployment in PocketQube-Class Satellites: Strain and Thermal Energy', published 22 October 2026) contrasts stored-strain-energy release via Nichrome/Kevlar or Dyneema burn-wires against superelastic and shape-memory NiTi radiator elements under the strict no-pyrotechnics constraint of AlbaPod and CubeSat dispensers. It provides complete electrical-to-thermal energy balances for single-cell 3.6 V Li-ion power buses at −40 °C cold-case conditions.

Monograph SQ-R-004 ('Materials-Initiated Failures and Screening Gaps in CubeSat and PocketQube Missions', published 4 November 2026) examines the disconnect between system-level mission failure databases and material-level ECSS-Q-ST-70-02C / ASTM E595 screening across polymer, elastomer, adhesive, and solder degradation mechanisms.

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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nadir lab. Research Monographs (SQ-R-003 & SQ-R-004)NiTi Antenna & Materials Failure Monographs
Platform & Research2026

Global SmallSat & PocketQube National Atlas: 125 Spacecraft Indexed Across 25 Countries and ESA/QB50

nadir lab.’s Global Nations Atlas benchmarks 125 catalogued miniature satellites (93 PocketQubes and 32 CubeSats) across 25 countries plus ESA/QB50—comparing PocketQube vs. CubeSat ratios.

Spanning from the inaugural June 2003 Eurockot CubeSat cohort (Japan’s XI-IV and CUTE-1, Denmark’s AAU CubeSat and DTUsat-1, Canada’s CanX-1, and the United States’ QuakeSat) to the 2013–2025 PocketQube rideshare era (93 picosatellites across 19 launches), miniature spacecraft development has become multipolar.

In the nadir lab. 125-spacecraft reference catalog (93 PocketQubes and 32 CubeSats), European programs account for the largest regional concentration—led by Spain, the United Kingdom, Türkiye, Hungary, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Portugal—alongside North America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Eurasia, and Latin America across 25 countries plus multilateral ESA/QB50 entries.

The interactive Global SmallSat Nations Atlas (/nations/) provides side-by-side bilateral country comparisons, regional share bars, nominal orbital injection statistics, and institutional dossiers for all catalogued jurisdictions.

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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nadir lab. Global Heritage AtlasGlobal SmallSat Atlas: 125 Satellites Indexed
Regulation & Standards2026

Solar Cycle 25 & The 5-Year Deorbit Rule: Why 500–550 km SSO PocketQubes Pass Without Propulsion Under Moderate-to-Active Solar Conditions

Because a 250 g 1P PocketQube (B ≈ 0.033–0.039 m²/kg) has roughly double the ballistic parameter of a 1.33 kg 1U CubeSat, natural atmospheric drag clears 1P missions from 525–550 km within 2.3–4.3 years under moderate solar flux (F10.7 = 140 sfu), whereas prolonged solar minimum (F10.7 = 70 sfu) lowers the 5-year ceiling to ~493–500 km.

Under the FCC 5-year post-mission disposal rule (IB Docket 18-313, effective September 2024) and ESA Space Debris Mitigation Requirements (ESSB-ST-U-007 Issue 1, 2023) alongside the Zero Debris Charter, low-Earth-orbit spacecraft must complete atmospheric re-entry within five years of mission completion.

For a 1.33 kg 1U CubeSat (ballistic parameter B = C_D·A/m ≈ 0.0165 m²/kg face-on to 0.0248 m²/kg tumbling), rideshare deployments above ~521–543 km under moderate solar activity (F10.7 = 140 sfu, Ap = 12)—or above ~463–481 km under solar minimum (F10.7 = 70 sfu, Ap = 6)—exceed the 5-year threshold without drag augmentation or propulsion.

By contrast, a 250 g 1P PocketQube (B ≈ 0.0330 m²/kg bare tumbling to 0.0387 m²/kg with deployed UHF dipole) decays from 550 km in ≈3.6–4.3 years (and from 525 km in ≈2.3–2.7 years) under moderate solar activity, remaining below the 5-year ceiling up to ~559–568 km (note: Kennewell/IPS 1999 polynomial density is extrapolated above its 500 km calibration limit; under deep solar minimum F10.7 = 70 sfu, the 5-year ceiling drops to ~493–500 km). These moderate-to-active Cycle 25 lifetimes are consistent with CelesTrak SATCAT re-entry epochs for 525 km Transporter-3 PocketQubes (Grizu-263A: 1.72 yr, Delfi-PQ: 1.98 yr).

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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FCC IB Docket 18-313 / ESA ESSB-ST-U-007FCC 5-Year Deorbit Rule & PocketQube Decay
Launch Campaign2025

Transporter-15 (Alba Flight 10) Deploys HUNITY, SARI-1/2 and ANISCSAT, Pushing PocketQube Index Past 90 Spacecraft

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-15 placed four PocketQubes into Sun-synchronous orbit, including BME Budapest’s 3P HUNITY (NORAD 66670) and Azerbaijan’s 1P ANISCSAT.

Launched on 28 November 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, the Transporter-15 mission carried Alba Orbital’s tenth PocketQube cluster (Alba Flight 10).

Leading the engineering manifest is HUNITY (NMHH-1, NORAD 66670), a 3P PocketQube developed at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) that continues the flight-proven SMOG-P, ATL-1, SMOG-1 and MRC-100 RF spectrum monitoring heritage with deployable solar arrays.

The cluster also deployed SARI-1 and SARI-2 (1P educational picosatellites for Saudi Arabia) and ANISCSAT (1P, developed by Baku State University and Azercosmos), bringing the cumulative 2013–2025 PocketQube count in the nadir lab. mission index to 93 spacecraft.

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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Alba Orbital / SpaceX Transporter-15Transporter-15 Alba Flight 10: HUNITY & SARI
Launch Campaign2025

SpaceX Transporter-14 Rideshare Injects 70 Payloads into Sun-Synchronous Orbit via Exolaunch, Maverick & Orbital Transfer Vehicles

Continuing SpaceX’s dedicated SSO rideshare cadence from Vandenberg SLC-4E, Transporter-14 deployed 70 payloads across CubeSat, microsat, and re-entry capsule classes.

Launched on 23 June 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Falcon 9 Transporter-14 maintained SpaceX’s dedicated small-satellite rideshare cadence.

Multi-manifest dispensers including Exolaunch EXOpod Nova and ISISPACE QuadPack released commercial optical/SAR Earth-observation CubeSats, AIS maritime trackers, and university technology demonstrators into a 510–535 km Sun-synchronous orbit.

High-cadence dedicated rideshare launches have substantially compressed typical CubeSat and PocketQube manifest wait times compared with the 2003–2015 secondary-payload era.

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SpaceX Transporter-14 / CelesTrakSpaceX Transporter-14 SSO Rideshare (70 Sats)
Launch Campaign2025

Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9) Deploys Five PocketQubes Including HADES-ICM (SO-125) and Three 3P Unicorn-2 Imagers

Five PocketQubes—Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2O, 2P and 2Q (3P), AMSAT-EA’s HADES-ICM (1.5P) and Hydra Space’s Hydra-W (1.5P)—deployed via AlbaPod on Transporter-13.

SpaceX’s Transporter-13 rideshare flight on 15 March 2025 carried Alba Orbital’s Flight 9 cluster into a ~520 km Sun-synchronous orbit.

AMSAT-EA and Hydra Space Systems commissioned HADES-ICM (designated SO-125, NORAD 63492), a 1.5P spacecraft carrying a V/U FM voice repeater and a graphene thermal radiation payload developed by Smart IR.

Hydra-W (1.5P) hosts a terahertz electronics experiment from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), while Unicorn-2O, 2P and 2Q expand Alba Orbital’s 3-axis stabilized night-time optical Earth observation fleet.

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Alba Orbital / AMSAT-EATransporter-13 Alba Flight 9: HADES-ICM & 3P
In-Orbit Milestone2025

Seven PocketQubes Launch on Transporter-12: POQUITO 1P System Architecture and Skylink-1/2 IoT Pair

Alba Flight 8 on SpaceX Transporter-12 deployed seven PocketQubes from six countries, including Luxembourg’s POQUITO, Poland’s HYPE, and Portugal’s PROMETHEUS-1.

On 14 January 2025, seven PocketQubes were injected into Sun-synchronous orbit aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-12 (Alba Flight 8).

University of Luxembourg’s 1P POQUITO (185 g) was designed to test an onboard visible-light optical link to a hosted femtosatellite (ChipSat) PCB payload and internal PCB-trace magnetorquer coils for attitude damping (system architecture published by Franzese, Kanavouras, Bruce Rosete, Gouvalas, Sajjad, Alandihallaj, Herasimenka, and Hein in CEAS Space Journal, 2025).

IoT operator Hello Space expanded its fleet with two 3P LoRaWAN spacecraft (Skylink-1 and Skylink-2), while student teams at AGH University of Krakow (HYPE, NORAD 62687) and the University of Minho / IST / CMU (PROMETHEUS-1) achieved the first national PocketQube milestones for Poland and Portugal alongside Spain’s HADES-R (NORAD 62690) and Hydra-T (NORAD 62692).

Published Papers & Primary Proceedings (Open-Access / DOI)

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SnT Luxembourg / CMU Portugal / Alba OrbitalTransporter-12 PocketQubes: POQUITO & Skylink

02 // EXTERNAL AGENCY, REGULATORY & JOURNAL WIRE

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Hera’s first close-up view of Didymos asteroids

Confirms ESA Hera’s arrival and 60 km Asteroid Framing Camera characterization of binary asteroid Didymos–Dimorphos ahead of deploying the 6U XL CubeSats Milani and Juventas.

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ESA Connectivity & Secure Communications

CubeSat achieves challenging laser link to ground

Demonstrates a 100 Mbps LEO-to-ground optical laser link between NKUA’s 8U ERMIS-3 CubeSat (Astrolight ATLAS-1 terminal) and AUTh’s HolOGS-1 optical ground station in Greece.

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CEAS Space Journal (Springer Open Access)

System design of the POQUITO PocketQube mission

Peer-reviewed system design paper (Franzese, Kanavouras, Bruce Rosete, Gouvalas, Sajjad, Alandihallaj, Herasimenka, and Hein) detailing SnT University of Luxembourg's 185 g 1P PocketQube (launched 14 Jan 2025 on Transporter-12) and its hosted ChipSat optical payload architecture.

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03 // RECENT RIDESHARE & SMALLSAT LAUNCH MANIFEST (2024–2026)

SmallSat, CubeSat & PocketQube Launch Manifest (13)

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Date (UTC)MissionLaunch Vehicle & PadTarget OrbitDeployers & Cluster NotesStatus
Transporter-19 Dedicated SSO Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–590 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · AlbaPod · ISISPACE · SEOPS
Next dedicated Sun-synchronous small-satellite rideshare slot manifesting Q1 2027 commercial EO/IoT PocketQubes, university 1U–12U CubeSats, and orbital transfer vehicles.
Scheduled
Bandwagon-6 Mid-Inclination Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SLC-40 / Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–550 km Mid-Inclination (i = 45.0°)
Exolaunch · Maverick · ISISPACE QuadPack
Scheduled mid-inclination dedicated rideshare window for mid-latitude synthetic-aperture radar, optical, and IoT nanosatellite constellations.
Scheduled
Bandwagon-5 Mid-Inclination Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
510–550 km Mid-Inclination (i = 45.0°)
Exolaunch · Maverick · SEOPS
Fifth SpaceX dedicated mid-inclination rideshare flight (20 Oct 2026, 05:53 UTC), injecting international microsatellite and CubeSat payloads into 45° LEO.
In Orbit / Commissioning
Transporter-18 Dedicated Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–600 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
UARX OSSIE-D / PICOBUS v2 · Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · D-Orbit ION
130 payloads manifested across CubeSat, PocketQube, and OTV classes, including AMSAT-DL's ERMINAZ-2U/2V/2X (AO-129 / AO-130), Libre Space's SIDLOC-PQ-03..06, Kazakhstan's NIS-PQ (Qubik-5), and AMSAT-EA's HADES-L & UNNE-1B.
In Orbit / Commissioning
Transporter-17 Dedicated Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–590 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · ISISPACE · D-Orbit ION SCV
81 payloads deployed into Sun-synchronous LEO, led by University of Victoria's 3U MARMOTSat (Canada-OSCAR 128) alongside international institutional and commercial CubeSats.
Deployed
Transporter-16 (Alba Flight 11)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–590 km SSO (i = 97.7°)
AlbaPod (SEOPS) · Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · D-Orbit ION SCV
Deployed Alba Flight 11's five PocketQubes—Unicorn-2R/2S (3P, NORAD 68477/68475), SpinnyONE / HADES-SA (SO-127, 2P), Malaysia's DECIMAL-SAT1 (1P), and Vietnam's VEGAFLY-1 (1P)—plus NKUA/ESA's 8U ERMIS-3 laser-link CubeSat.
Deployed
Transporter-15 (Alba Flight 10)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
515–530 km SSO (i = 97.5°)
AlbaPod v2 · Exolaunch
Deployed BME Budapest's 3P HUNITY (NMHH-1, NORAD 66670), Saudi Arabia's 1P SARI-1 & SARI-2, and Azerbaijan's 1P ANISCSAT.
Deployed
Bandwagon-4 Mid-Inclination Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
510 km Mid-Inclination (i = 45.0°)
Exolaunch · Maverick · ISISPACE
Fourth dedicated mid-inclination rideshare mission deploying commercial SAR, optical, and orbital data-center demonstration spacecraft.
Deployed
Transporter-14 Dedicated Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–535 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · Maverick · ISISPACE
70 payloads manifested across CubeSat, microsatellite, and re-entry capsule classes.
Deployed
Bandwagon-3 Mid-Inclination Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
510 km Mid-Inclination (i = 45.0°)
Exolaunch · Maverick
Mid-inclination rideshare flight injecting meteorological, reconnaissance, and re-entry capsule payloads into 45° LEO.
Deployed
Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510–535 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
AlbaPod · Exolaunch EXOpod Nova · D-Orbit ION SCV
Deployed 5 PocketQubes via AlbaPod: HADES-ICM (SO-125, 1.5P, NORAD 63492), Hydra-W (1.5P), and Unicorn-2O, 2P, 2Q (3P).
Deployed
Transporter-12 (Alba Flight 8 / ION)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
515–530 km SSO (i = 97.4°)
D-Orbit ION SCV · AlbaPod · Exolaunch
Deployed 7 PocketQubes: POQUITO (1P, LU), HYPE (1P, PL, NORAD 62687), PROMETHEUS-1 (1P, PT), Skylink-1/2 (3P), HADES-R (NORAD 62690) & Hydra-T (NORAD 62692).
Deployed
Bandwagon-2 Mid-Inclination Rideshare
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SLC-4E
510 km Mid-Inclination (i = 45.0°)
Exolaunch · Maverick · ISISPACE QuadPack
Dedicated mid-inclination rideshare mission for microsat and nanosat payloads targeting mid-latitude revisit schedules.
Deployed