Satellite platforms compared: 389 models

Complete buses, from single-unit CubeSat kits to geostationary platforms of several tonnes. The median in this table sits around 50 kg — the smallsat class the market has settled on — with the extremes three orders of magnitude apart in both directions.

Figures are taken from manufacturer datasheets and product pages, normalised to common units. Every row links to the product page and, where available, to the datasheet itself. As of 2026-10-15.

389
models listed
210
manufacturers
50 kg
median mass (0.01–7600 kg, 207 values)
100 W
median power (0.05–20000 W, 152 values)
Model Manufacturer Mass, kg Power, W Voltage, V Max dim., mm Form factor Datasheet
AmbaSat-1 Sprite Satellite Platform AmbaSat 0.01 — — 35 — —
CubeSat 0.5U Electronics Package Tiger Innovations, Inc. 0.02 0.05 5 — — PDF
SD-SAT Space Kidz India 0.033 — — — — —
OzQube-1 Picosat Systems 0.1 — — 50 — —
VERSE-02 2U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 0.195 — — — 2U PDF
RW40 Comat 0.23 0.9 — — — —
PocketQube Satellite Platform Delta Space Leonis 0.25 — — 50 — —
XavSat PocketQubes (1P to 3P) Xavier Space Solutions (XavSat) 0.25 1 — — — —
MINIATURE SATELLITES (PocketQubes) Xavier Space Solutions (XavSat) 0.25 1 — — — —
VERSE-03 3U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 0.29 — — — 3U PDF
CubeSat Kit GEN1 Hex-Star Universe 0.3 — — 100 — —
Hydra Space PocketQube IoT Satellite Platform Hydra Space 0.4 — — 100 — —
Structure 3U CubeSat with Separation System SPUTNIX 0.455 — — 340.5 — —
VERSE-06 6U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 0.69 — — — 6U PDF
Thybolt Mission Dhruva Space 0.75 — — — Near circular polar sun-synchronous orbi —
TubeSat 3.0 Personal Satellite Kit Interorbital Systems 0.75 — — — Hexadecagonal (16-sided) prism —
IOS TubeSat Kit Interorbital Systems 0.75 — — — — —
VERSE-08 8U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 0.89 — — — 8U PDF
ONDOSAT-OWL CubeSat ONDO Space 0.9 — — — 0.5U CubeSat —
OrbiCraft-Pro 1U Experimental (SXC1) SPUTNIX 0.9 — — 113.5 — PDF
8U CubeSat Structure EnduroSat 0.973 — — 454 — —
ExseedSat-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat (VO-96) Satellize 1 2.8 — — 1U CubeSat (10 × 10 × 10 cm) —
ESAT Educational Nanosatellite Theia Space 1 — — 100 1U CubeSat PDF
ROBUSTA-1A ISAE-SUPAERO — Club CubeSat 1 — — — LEO 800 km SSO —
BEESAT-2 TU Berlin — Chair of Space Technology 1 — — — LEO —
BEESAT-1 TU Berlin — Chair of Space Technology 1 — — — LEO —
Seiren CubeSat Bus Systems and SAR Satellite Antennas SEIREN Co., Ltd. (Space Division) 1 — — — — —
MicroOrbiter-1 (MO-1) CubeSat MicroOrbiter 1 — — — 1U CubeSat (10 cm cube) —
Satellite Platforms (P-DoT, P-30, P-Nu, LEAP series) Dhruva Space 1 50 — — — —
P-DoT CubeSat Satellite Platform Dhruva Space 1 — — — 0.5U to 12U CubeSat —
PEGASUS FH Wiener Neustadt 1 — — — 1U CubeSat —
Tailored Small Satellite Systems S4 – Smart Small Satellite Systems GmbH 1 — — — — PDF
3U platform Orbital Systems 1 — — 340 — —
OrbiCraft-Pro Educational CubeSat Kit SPUTNIX 1 2 — — 1U / 3U PDF
VERSE-12 12U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 1.19 — — — 12U PDF
UoBSat-1 CubeSat Research Platform University of Bristol 1.33 — — — 10 x 10 x 10 cm —
CubeSat 3.0 Personal Satellite Kit Interorbital Systems 1.33 — — — — —
OrbiCraft-Pro 3U Flight (SXC3-GA) SPUTNIX 1.45 — — — — PDF
3U Cubesat Platform Orbital Systems 1.5 50 — — — —
VERSE-16 16U Cubesat Structure 2NDSpace Srl 1.52 — — — 16U PDF
FIREBIRD-II CubeSat Montana State University 2 — — 150 1.5U CubeSat (pair) —
PanelSat™ Blink Astro 2 — — — — —
PanelSat Blink Astro 2 — — — — —
UNSW-EC0 UNSW Sydney (ACSER) 2 — — — 2U CubeSat —
Kuva Space Hyperspectral Microsatellites (Hyperfield Constellation) Kuva Space 2 — — — — —
OrbiCraft 3D nanosatellite functional kit SPUTNIX 2 — 6.6–8.4 — — —
Geoscan 1U CubeSat Platform Geoscan 2 — — 100 1U CubeSat PDF
XO-BUS CubeSat Buses Exobotics 2.2 25 — — — —
MOVE-II TU Munich — WARR / MOVE 2.4 — — — LEO 575 km SSO —
GS-1 Nanosatellite Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 2.987 — — 370 — —
SALSAT TU Braunschweig — ERIG e.V. 3 — — — LEO 584 km SSO —
3U-16U Platforms C3S LLC 3.3 4.5 — 340.5 — PDF
Cosmoworks Satellite Bus with EO-Telescope Cosmoworks 3.7 — — 340 — —
BEVO-2 University of Texas at Austin 4.2 — — — 3U CubeSat —
SABHASAT Nebula Space Organisation 5 — — — 97.41 deg, 505 km —
Astrocast Nanosatellite Astrocast 5 — — — 3U CubeSat —
6U Platform Kit GomSpace 6 100 — — — PDF
nSight-2 3U nano-satellite SCS Space 6 — — — 3U nano-satellite —
CubeSat 3U Platform IMT (Ingegneria Marketing Technologies) 6 — — — — —
8U Platform Kit GomSpace 6.5 100 — — — —
Generic Nanosatellite Bus (GNB) SFL Missions (Space Flight Laboratory) 6.5 — — 200 — —
HORYU-2 Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) 7.1 — — — Nanosatellite, 350x310x315 mm —
6U CubeSat Platform Orbital Systems 7.5 — — 340 — —
CORVUS — 6U CubeSat Platform with Synthetic Aperture Radar RoInSpace (RISE, Romanian InSpace Engineering) 8 20 — — 6U CubeSat (30 × 20 × 10 cm) —
12U Platform Kit GomSpace 8 100 — — — —
RapidCube-6 Rapid Cubes GmbH 8 10 — 360 — —
RapidCube-10 Rapid Cubes GmbH 10 — — — — —
8U Platform EnduroSat 11.2 — — — — —
R2D3 CubeSat Bus Gran Systems 12 50 — — — —
6U CubeSat Platform SXC6 VOL AS TF SPUTNIX 12 35 — 366 6U CubeSat —
6U CubeSat Platform SXC6 ADC AS TFF SPUTNIX 12 35 — 366 6U CubeSat —
Satellite platform SXC6 modification "ADC" SPUTNIX 12 35 — — — PDF
Satellite platform SXC6 modification "Basic" SPUTNIX 12 15 5 — — PDF
VCUB1 Nanosatellite Platform Visiona Tecnologia Espacial 12 — — — Scalable 3U to 27U+ —
CubeSat 6U Lunar Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 14 60 — — — —
Triumph Terran Orbital 14 100 — — — PDF
RapidCube-20 Rapid Cubes GmbH 15 17 12–24 440 12U/16U CubeSat —
M8P 8U CubeSat Nanosatellite NanoAvionics 16 26.5 — — 8U CubeSat PDF
M6P Nanosatellite Bus NanoAvionics 16 14.5 — — 6U CubeSat PDF
12U/16U CubeSat Platform Orbital Systems 16 — — 322 — —
CubeSat 12U Lunar Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 20 80 — — — —
PHI-1 SAT MBRSC 20 — — 300 Low Earth Orbit (~500 km altitude) —
P-30 NanoSat Satellite Platform Dhruva Space 20 50 — — LEO-optimized —
DEFIANT Small Satellite Bus SFL Missions (Space Flight Laboratory) 20 50 — 450 — PDF
Geoscan 16U Geoscan 20 45 10.5–12.6 454 — —
Satellite platform SXC12 SPUTNIX 24 — — — — PDF
Satellite Systems (General Offering) ST Engineering Satellite Systems 24.5 4000 — — — PDF
Renegade Terran Orbital 25 100 — — — PDF
GNOMES — GNSS Radio Occultation Weather Data Constellation PlanetiQ 30 — — — Sun-synchronous LEO, 525–645 km —
YuzhSat Universal Spacecraft Bus Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 30 80 — — — —
Creotech Instruments Space Products and Services Creotech Instruments S.A. 30 80 28 — — —
Voyager Terran Orbital 30 100 — — — PDF
SSTL-MICRO SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology) 30 63 — — — PDF
M12P 12U CubeSat Nanosatellite NanoAvionics 32 29.5 — — 12U CubeSat PDF
M16P 16U CubeSat Nanosatellite NanoAvionics 36 21.5 — — 16U CubeSat PDF
YuzhSat-1 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 38.4 80 — — — —
NewSat Satellogic 38.5 — — 820 Sun-synchronous LEO, ~440-600 km altitud —
Satellogic EO Constellation Satellogic 45 — — — — —
Skywalker IoT & AIS Constellation HEAD Aerospace 45 — — — — —
MS-VR Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 50 — — — — —
VSP-50 Versatile Satellite Platform Aerospacelab 50 — — — LEO / SSO PDF
DFHSAT-1 Small Satellite Platform Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite 50 — — — LEO —
Azista BST Aerospace Satellite Manufacturing Services Azista BST Aerospace 50 — — — — —
ABLean Satellite Manufacturing Platform Azista BST Aerospace 50 — — — — —
ABLean Manufacturing Platform Azista BST Aerospace 50 — — — — —
BIG CAT 100 Space Inventor ApS 50 130 — — — —
Firefly Hyperspectral Satellite Constellation Pixxel 50 — — — Sun-synchronous LEO —
TY-33 50kg-Class Satellite Platform Spacety 50 — — — — —
Honghu 50kg-Class Satellite Platform Spacety 50 — — — — —
CE-SAT Canon Electronics – Space 50 — — — — —
ηDragonfly Dragonfly Aerospace 50 71 24.3–32.4 — — PDF
Photon Spacecraft Bus Platform Rocket Lab – Photon 50 3000 — — — —
HiakaSat University of Hawai’i at Manoa 55 — — — — —
General-purpose Hyperspectral Satellite Series Product Zhongke Xingchen 55 — — — — —
Orbita OHS Hyperspectral Satellite Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace 67 — — — — —
HEO (Hawk for Earth Observation) Argotec Srl 70 — — — — —
Meridian Space LEO Satcom Constellation & Microsatellite Bus SpinLaunch 70 — — — Proliferated LEO, repeating ground track —
Umbra SAR Satellite Umbra Lab Inc. 70 300 — — Sun-synchronous LEO, ~560 km altitude, 9 —
SITAEL S-75 — All-Electric Microsatellite Platform STRIVING 75 30 — — — PDF
MP42H Microsatellite Bus NanoAvionics 75 98 — — — —
Small Satellite Platforms (S-75 to S-350) SITAEL S.p.A. 75 — — — — —
OmniFlex Satellite Platform Family Reflex Aerospace 75 — — — Full range of LEO —
Methane Integrated Satellite Series Zhongke Xingchen 75 — — — — —
Rassvet LEO Broadband Constellation Bureau 1440 80 — — — — —
GRUS Axelspace 80 — — — 585-600 km altitude, sun-synchronous sub —
YAM Platform Loft Orbital 80 — — — — —
Corvus-XL Astro Digital 81 — — — — PDF
ICEYE Gen4 SAR Satellite ICEYE 85 — — — Sun-synchronous LEO, ~500-620 km altitud —
GHOSt Orbital Sidekick 91.4 — — — — —
iQPS SAR Microsatellite Constellation iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space) 100 — — — — —
ICEYE SAR Satellite Constellation ICEYE 100 — — — — —
CAST Small Satellite Platforms China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) 100 — — — — —
RapidCube-100 Rapid Cubes GmbH 100 100 — 860 — —
Condor Muon Space 100 20000 — — — —
Acadia SAR Satellite Constellation Capella Space 100 — — — 525 km SSO —
Ocean monitoring hyperspectral satellite Zhongke Xingchen 100 — — — — —
SIGI Satellite Mission Reflex Aerospace 109 330 — — 510 km Sun Synchronous Orbit (~97,4° inc —
METEORITE Satellite Bus Moog Space Defense Group 120 150 28 711.2 — PDF
Pallada Microsatellite Platform SPUTNIX 120 500 27 — LEO, 500–800 PDF
Excelsior Terran Orbital 125 500 — — — PDF
Mineral Monitoring Satellite Series Zhongke Xingchen 130 — — — — —
High-resolution agricultural and forestry monitoring satellite series Zhongke Xingchen 130 — — — — —
VSP-150 Versatile Satellite Platform Aerospacelab 136 — — 1140 LEO / SSO, ~525 km PDF
Orbital Test Bed (OTB) Satellite General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems 139 150 — 2462 720 km circular altitude, 24° inclinatio PDF
MIRI Earth Observation Satellite Reflex Aerospace 145 600 — — 500 km Sun Synchronous Orbit —
Multipurpose Satellite Platform Beyond Gravity (ex-RUAG Space) 150 1000 — — — PDF
OneWeb Satellite (Gen 1) Airbus OneWeb Satellites 150 — — — LEO, ~1,200 km altitude —
MP42 Microsatellite Bus NanoAvionics 150 — — — — —
Wide-field methane series satellites Zhongke Xingchen 150 — — — — —
Carbon dioxide series satellites Zhongke Xingchen 150 — — — — —
Sich-2-1 (Sich-2-30) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 155 — — — — —
NeuSAR SAR Microsatellite SSTL (Singapore Space and Technology Ltd / DSO National Laboratories) 160 — — — — —
BIG CAT 300 Space Inventor ApS 170 500 — — — —
Mini4EO Indra Sistemas 190 400 — 1550 — —
Mini4EO Satellite Platform Deimos Space (Indra) 190 400 — 1550 — —
MicroSat-M Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 195 — — — — —
DEEPSPACE-2 AstroForge 200 2000 — — — —
DeepSpace bus AstroForge 200 2000 — — — —
HAWK HEAVY Argotec Srl 200 — — — — —
SITAEL S-200 — All-Electric Minisatellite Platform STRIVING 200 — — — — PDF
CAST 2000 Satellite Platform Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite 200 1000 — — — —
Gaofen series satellites Zhongke Xingchen 200 — — — — —
Standard Small Satellite Buses (6U, 8U, 12U, 16U CubeSats and Microsatellites) NanoAvionics 200 — — — — —
BIG CAT 600 Space Inventor ApS 230 750 — — — —
Taijing-3/01 satellite MinoSpace 240 — — — — —
Viewpoint imaging satellite SpaceFab.US, Inc. 250 — — — 320 km —
Nebula Terran Orbital 250 1000 — 820 — PDF
Sich-3-O Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 290 — — — — —
GeoMicroSat (GMS) Satellite Platform Princeton Satellite Systems 292 4400 — — — PDF
VSP-300 Versatile Satellite Platform Aerospacelab 300 — — — LEO / SSO PDF
Astranis UtilitySat Astranis Space Technologies 300 — — — Geostationary (GEO) —
Astranis Prime (MicroGEO) Astranis Space Technologies 300 — — — Geostationary (GEO) —
Taijing-3/04 satellite MinoSpace 310 — — — — —
Taijing-4/01 satellite MinoSpace 350 — — — — —
Twinspector Earth Observation Constellation Reflex Aerospace 350 715 — — 500 km Sun Synchronous Orbit —
MicroGEO Satellite Astranis Space Technologies 400 — — — Geostationary (GEO, 35,786 km) —
Griffin Lunar Lander Astrobotic Technology 430 — — — — —
ESPAStar Northrop Grumman Space Systems 430 3000 — — — PDF
SpaceEye-X Commercial EO Satellites Satrec Initiative 500 — — — SSO at 500 km —
CAS500 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries) 500 — — — — —
NEXTAR NEC Space Technologies 500 — — — — —
HummingSat SWISSto12 500 3500 — — Geostationary (GEO) PDF
Enterprise Terran Orbital 500 2000 — — — PDF
Ambassador Terran Orbital 500 1500 — — — PDF
Kuiper Satellite Amazon (Project Kuiper) 537 — — — — —
Astranis Omega Astranis Space Technologies 650 — — — Geostationary (GEO) —
Telesat Lightspeed LEO Satellite Thales Alenia Space 700 — — — — —
Galileo Navigation Satellite Manufacturing OHB SE 733 — — — — —
SmartMEO OHB System AG 733 — — — Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), ~23,616 km, 56 PDF
SEOSat-Ingenio INTA — Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial 750 — — — — —
SmartLEO OHB System AG 770 — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including Sun-Syn PDF
ULTRA Lunar Lander ispace 1000 — — — — —
RESILIENCE Lunar Lander (Series 1) ispace 1000 — — — — PDF
SAOCOM SAR Satellite INVAP 1600 — — — Sun-synchronous LEO (~620 km) —
Sich-3-R Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 1800 — — — — —
SmartLEO Agile (SARah) OHB System AG 1900 — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Nova-C Lunar Lander Intuitive Machines 1900 — — — — —
COSMO-SkyMed Satellite Manufacturing OHB Italia S.p.A. 2200 — — — — —
Optus (satellite) series Optus 2350 — — — — —
Observation Satellites (ALOS-4, ALOS-3, ALOS-2, GOSAT-GW, GOSAT-2, GOSAT, Himawari-8, Himawari-9, MTSAT-2/Himawari-7, AD Mitsubishi Electric (Space Division) 3000 5300 — — — —
Satellite Platform DS2000 Mitsubishi Electric (Space Division) 3000 15000 — — — —
SmallGEO OHB System AG 3200 3000 — — Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) PDF
Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) Platform OHB System AG 3408 — — — Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) —
DFH-4E Commercial GEO Satellite Platform DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. 4600 6000 — — — —
DFH-4 GEO Communications Satellite Bus China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) 5200 8000 — — — —
DFH-4 Geostationary Satellite Platform China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) 5200 10500 — — Geostationary —
Spacebus NEO Thales Alenia Space 7600 20000 — — Geostationary orbit —
0.3U Satellite Apogeo Space — 6 — — — —
12U Cubesat Platform Orbital Systems — 100 — — — —
12U SUPERNOVA CubeSat Bus Pumpkin, Inc. — 105 3.3–30 — 12U CubeSat PDF
16U CubeSat Platform U-Space — 200 — — 16U CubeSat PDF
16U Satellite Bus Platform Nara Space — — — — 16U PDF
1U, 3U, 6U CubeSat Platform Apogeo Space — 3 — — 1U, 3U, 6U (CubeSat Specification) —
3U CubeSat Platform Kairo Space — — — — 3U CubeSat PDF
3U PLATFORM Alén Space — 180 — — — PDF
6U PLATFORM Alén Space — 180 — — — PDF
6U SUPERNOVA CubeSat Bus Pumpkin, Inc. — 68 3.3–30 — 6U CubeSat PDF
6U–8U CubeSat Platform Spacemanic s.r.o. — — — — 6U or 8U CubeSat PDF
8U Bio-Platform Kairo Space — — — — 8U CubeSat PDF
A16 — 16U CubeSat Platform Akula Tech — 144 — — 16U CubeSat (expandable to 30U) —
Aalto-2 Aalto University — — — — 2U CubeSat —
ADRAS-J Debris Assessment Mission Astroscale US — — — — Low Earth Orbit (same orbit as target de —
AI-MotherBox-1 Phemotron Systems — — — — 12U CubeSat —
ALEASAT UBC Orbit (University of British Columbia) — — — — 1U CubeSat —
ALEASAT Simon Fraser University — — — — 1U CubeSat —
Alén Space Platforms Alén Space — 0.8 — — — PDF
Aquarius 1U CubeSat Skyline Celestial — — — — 1U CubeSat —
ARROW 150 Satellite Bus Airbus OneWeb Satellites — 250 — — — PDF
Astrocast IoT Satellite Network Astrocast — — — — 3U–6U CubeSats —
AX Satellite Platform Family (AX-03/06/12) HEX20 — 48 — — — —
AX-03 HEX20 — 48 — — — —
AX-06 HEX20 — 48 — — — —
AX-12 HEX20 — 48 — — — —
BJ3N3 Satellite Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology — — — — Sun-synchronous, 97.942° —
Black Kite-1 Rapidtek Technologies — — — — SSO —
BRO Nanosatellite Constellation Unseenlabs — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Cleon I NPK Barl — 4 3.3–5 — — —
Comet Mini Apex — 6000 — — — —
Condor-Ultra Muon Space — 20000 — — — —
CubeSat 6U Platform IMT (Ingegneria Marketing Technologies) — 10 — — — —
CUBIC-16 Modularity Space — — — — 16U CubeSat bus —
DFH-4 / DFH-4E GEO Satellite Platform China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — 8000 — — GEO (geostationary) —
DINK-N MicroSat Series HEX20 — 100 — — — —
Dove Satellite Planet Labs PBC — — — — 3U CubeSat (~4 kg) —
Dragonfly Bus Dragonfly Aerospace — 800 28–48 — — PDF
E-Space LEO Satellite Constellation E-Space — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
ElaraSat Platform Gilmour Space Technologies — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Elevation Spacecraft Product Line BAE Systems — 850 — — — PDF
EROS Earth Observation Satellites Elbit Systems Space — — — — SSO at ~500 km —
ESTCube-2 University of Tartu — — — — 3U CubeSat —
EXA KRATOS 1U CubeSat Platform EXA (Ecuadorian Space Agency) — 100 — — — PDF
Faraday Phoenix Hosted Payload Satellite In Space Missions — 1 — — — —
FAST 1U Nanosatellite Cervos Space — — — — CubeSat —
FAST 2U Nanosatellite Cervos Space — — — — CubeSat —
FAST 3U Nanosatellite Cervos Space — — — — CubeSat —
FAST 6U Nanosatellite Cervos Space — — — — CubeSat —
Flamingo Satellite Constellation Vyoma GmbH — — — — SSO 10:30 AM —
FOSSASat Fossa Systems — 30 — — — —
FRAME Max EnduroSat — 10000 — — — —
FreeForm Microsatellite Platform U-Space — 250 — — — PDF
GEN-1P Reentry Capsule & PocketQube Satellite Genesis SFL (Genesis Space Flight Laboratories) — 0.43 — 67 — —
Gen-3 BlackSky — — — — Mid-inclined orbit, collecting between 6 —
Geoscan 16U CubeSat Platform (InnoSat16) Geoscan — 45 10.5–12.6 454 — —
Geoscan 3U Geoscan — 2 — 340.5 — PDF
Geoscan Educational CubeSat Kit Geoscan — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) PDF
German Orbital Systems Satellite Platforms German Orbital Systems — 24 — — — —
GOKTURK-Y Earth Observation Satellite Development Program Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS/TAI) — — — — Sun Synchronous Orbit at ~700 km —
GomSpace 6U Platform Kit GomSpace — — — — 6U CubeSat PDF
GPS III Satellite Lockheed Martin Space — — — — MEO (~20,200 km) —
GRail Space Laser Art and Advertising Avant Space — 100 — — — —
Heimdallr 6U CubeSat Ragnarok Industries — — — — 6U CubeSat —
Hello Space Istanbul PocketQube Satellite Hello Space — — — — PocketQube (5 × 5 × 5 cm) —
Hosted Payload Satellite Service Loft Orbital — — — — LEO sun-synchronous —
HYPSO-1 Orbit NTNU — — — — 6U CubeSat —
Inovor 6U Small Satellite Platform Inovor Technologies — — — — 6U CubeSat class PDF
IOS CubeSat 3.0 Kit Interorbital Systems — 4 — — 1U to 6U —
JiLin-1 Commercial EO Constellation Changguang Satellite (CGST) — — — — SSO at 500–535 km —
Jilin-1 Earth Observation Satellite Constellation Changguang Satellite (CGST) — — — — LEO —
K2 Large GEO Satellite Bus K2 Space — 15000 — — — —
Kineis Satellite IoT Network Kineis — 0.1 — — — —
KSF Space CubeSat Kit V2.0 KSF Space Foundation — — — — 1U CubeSat PDF
Lantern Basalt Technologies — — — — 16U —
Lantern Custom Basalt Technologies — — — — 16U —
LEMUR Spire Global — 25.5 — — Low Earth orbit, approximately 400-650 k —
LEO Aries Apex — 175 — — — —
LEOS-100 Berlin Space Technologies — 154 — — — PDF
LEOS-50 Berlin Space Technologies — 160 — — — PDF
Lunar Pathfinder SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology) — — — — Elliptical Lunar Frozen Orbit (ELFO) PDF
M-1000 Satellite Bus Momentus Space — 3000 — — — PDF
MAC-150 Microsatellite Bus Platform Magellan Aerospace — — — — LEO PDF
Mega Class Satellite Platform K2 Space — 10000 — — — —
MicroOrbiter-1 MicroOrbiter — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO), approximately 400 PDF
Millennium Space Systems Small Satellite Systems Millennium Space Systems — 500 — — — PDF
MoI Satellite (Multispectral on-board Intelligence) TakeMe2Space — 120 — — — —
MuSat XL Muon Space — 1000 — — — —
Nano Satellite Data Patterns (India) Ltd. — — — — PC104 —
Nanosatellite Platform of CubeSat 3U Format Samara University — — 3.3–14 — — —
NaraSpace Satellite Platforms Nara Space — — — — 6U PDF
NarSha — Hyperspectral & Methane Detection Satellite (16U) Nara Space — — — — 16U PDF
NEMO-HD Microsatellite SPACE-SI (Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies) — 770.9 — — — —
NEO — Near Earth Orbiter VLEO Earth Observation Constellation Skeyeon — — — — VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit), ~250 km alt PDF
NEO-1 NewOrbit Space — 200 — — — —
Next-Generation LEO Broadband Communication Satellite Hongqing Technology (鸿擎科技) — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Nightjar Rapidtek Technologies — — — — SSO —
NUTS (NTNU Test Satellite) NTNU SmallSat Lab — — — — 2U CubeSat —
NX-50 HEX20 — 100 — — — —
Observer Basalt Technologies — — — — 3U —
Observer — Multispectral Earth Observation Satellite (16U) Nara Space — — — — 16U PDF
ODALISS Emxys — 8 — — — PDF
Odyssey 1U CubeSat Skyline Celestial — — — — 1U CubeSat —
Ofeq Reconnaissance Satellite Series Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) — — — — Retrograde LEO (westward launch) —
OPTSAT-3000 Earth Observation Satellite Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) — — — — Sun-synchronous LEO (~600 km) —
OPTSAT-3000 Electro-Optical Satellite Elbit Systems Space — — — — Sun-synchronous LEO —
ORB-3 — 3U CubeSat Satellite Platform OrbAstro — 160 — — 3U CubeSat —
ORB-6 — 6U CubeSat Satellite Platform OrbAstro — 400 — — 6U CubeSat —
ORB-8 / ORB-16 — Mid-size Nanosatellite Platform OrbAstro — 14 — — LEO (12+ yr), MEO (5 yr), GEO (10+ yr) —
OrbAstro Technologies OrbAstro — 2000 — — — —
OrbiCraft-Pro 1U CubeSat Platform SPUTNIX — — 7.4 113.5 1U CubeSat PDF
OrbiCraft-Pro 3U CubeSat Platform SPUTNIX — 0.6 7.4 340.5 3U CubeSat PDF
OrbiCraft-Pro 3U Experimental (SXC3) SPUTNIX — — — — 3U CubeSat PDF
Orbot-1 & Orbot-2 Rogue Space Systems Corp. — — — — 200 kg bus / up to 100 kg payload —
Orbot™-3 / Waypoint™-1 Rogue Space Systems Corp. — — — — SSO —
OreSat0 OreSat (Portland State Aerospace Society) — — 7.2 — 1U CubeSat —
OreSat0.5 OreSat (Portland State Aerospace Society) — — — — 2U CubeSat —
OTP-2 Rogue Space Systems Corp. — — — — 8U CubeSat —
OTP-2B Rogue Space Systems Corp. — — — — 8U / 16 kg —
Phantom Deployable Space Systems (DSS) — now Redwire — 25 — 1800 — —
PHOENIX 2 ATMOS Space Cargo — 50 — — — —
QPS-SAR iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space) — 2000 — — — —
RapidCube-20 CubeSat Bus Rapid Cubes GmbH — 15 — 440 400–500 km SSO —
RapidCube-50 Rapid Cubes GmbH — 30 — — — —
RapidCube-6 CubeSat Bus Rapid Cubes GmbH — 10 — 450 — —
RTU — Remote Terminal Unit Terma — 15 20–100 — — —
S-CORE Ultra-Small Satellite Bus ArkEdge Space — — — — 1U–3U CubeSat —
SabreSat Deployable Space Systems (DSS) — now Redwire — 5000 — — — —
SASSI2 (Student Aerothermal Spectrometer Satellite of Illinois and Indiana) Purdue University — — — — CubeSat (Purdue CubeSat Lab standard bus —
Satellite Platform CubeSat 1U SPUTNIX — 0.25 — 113 — —
Satellite Platform CubeSat 3U SPUTNIX — 1 — 340.5 — —
Satellite Platform CubeSat 3U for Complex Missions SPUTNIX — 2 — 340.5 — —
Satellite Platform CubeSat 6U SPUTNIX — 4 — 340.5 — —
Satellite platform OrbiCraft-Pro 3U modification "Experimental" SPUTNIX — 0.6 5 340.5 — PDF
Satellite platform OrbiCraft-Pro 3U modification "Flight" SPUTNIX — 1.5 5 340.5 — PDF
Satellite platform OrbiCraft-Pro 3U modification "Profi" SPUTNIX — 1.5 5 340.5 — PDF
Satellite Platform SXC6 ADC (SXC6-ADC) SPUTNIX — — — — 6U —
Satellite Platform SXC6 Basic (SXC6-VOL) SPUTNIX — — — — 6U PDF
Satellite Platform SXC6 RS (OrbiCraft-Pro 6U) SPUTNIX — — — — 6U PDF
SatFab 3U CubeSat with Novel Phase Change Material Thermal Control System University of Maryland — — — — Lower Earth Orbit (via ISS deployment) —
Scientific Experimental Satellite Hongqing Technology (鸿擎科技) — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
SCOT Digantara — — — — Sun-synchronous LEO —
SG3 CubeSat Platform (4U / 16U) SPUTNIX — — — 454 CubeSat 4U / 16U PDF
Silta ReOrbit — — — — Geostationary (GEO), small-class —
SITRO-AIS Maritime Monitoring Constellation SITRONICS Space — — — — 3U CubeSat (4 kg each) —
Skykraft Block 2 ATM Satellite Skykraft — — — — LEO —
SkySat Satellite Planet Labs PBC — — — — ~450 km, mixed inclinations —
Small Geostationary Satellites AscendArc — — — — Geostationary (GEO) —
Small Size GEO Satellite Platform (Full-Electric HTS) Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS/TAI) — — — — GEO PDF
Space INSPIRE Thales Alenia Space — — — — Geostationary orbit —
Space-Based Solar Power Demonstration Satellite Cowboy Space Corporation (formerly Aetherflux) — 1000 — — — —
SpaceSail LEO Broadband Satellite Shanghai Spacecom (SSST / SpaceSail) — — — — LEO (various altitudes) —
SpaceSight-X Optical Earth Observation Satellite Satrec Initiative — — — — Sun-synchronous (SSO) —
SSTL-CUBE SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology) — — — — 12U (Cube-Vista EO) / 8U (Cube-Signal co PDF
SSTL-MINI SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology) — 2000 — — Low Earth Orbit PDF
Standard CubeSat and Microsatellite Buses NanoAvionics — — — — 12U CubeSat —
Standard CubeSat Satellite Bus NanoAvionics — — — — 6U CubeSat —
Standard CubeSat Satellite Bus (6U, 8U, 12U, 16U) NanoAvionics — — — — 16U CubeSat —
Stara Relay Constellation Stara Space — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Stingray Satellite Constellation EOI Space (Earth Observant) — — — — Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) —
STRaND-2 CubeSat Rendezvous Demonstrator University of Strathclyde — — — — 10 x 10 x 34 cm —
SUCHAI-3 Universidad de Chile – SPEL (Space and Planetary Exploration Laboratory) — — — — 3U CubeSat —
SXC12 12U CubeSat Platform SPUTNIX — 50 6–8.4 366 12U CubeSat —
SXC6 6U CubeSat Platform SPUTNIX — 15 6–8.4 366 6U CubeSat PDF
TabletSat Platform SPUTNIX — — — — 1U CubeSat —
Taurus 3U — CubeSat Satellite Platform Satoro — 18 — — 3U CubeSat —
TechnoSat TU Berlin — Chair of Space Technology — — — — LEO 500 km SSO —
TEPHRA-TESSEL NPC Spacemind — 135 — — — —
TET Satellite Family (TET-X / TET-XL) OHB System AG — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) PDF
TheOrbiter — LEO Inspection Nanosatellite SpaceAble — — — — Low Earth Orbit (LEO) —
Triton-X — Modular Smallsat Bus (40–250 kg) LuxSpace — 9 — — — —
ULTRA300 RH — 300K LUT Radiation-Hardened FPGA NanoXplore — — 1.2–3.3 — — —
UMsat CubeSat University of Massachusetts Amherst — — — — 1U (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm modular unit) —
UNSW-EC0 (Australia's First CubeSat) UNSW Canberra Space — — — — 1U CubeSat —
Ut ProSat-1 Virginia Tech — — — — 3U CubeSat —
Vast Satellite (15 kW-class satellite bus) Vast Space — — — 3600 — PDF
ViaSat-3 GEO Broadband Constellation Viasat, Inc. — — — — Geostationary (GEO) —
WISeSat — Post-Quantum Secure LEO IoT Satellite Constellation SEALSQ / WISeSat — — — — LEO, 450–600 km, near-polar SSO (~97.4° —
WorldView Legion Constellation Vantor — — — — SSO —
X-Sat Mercury Class Microsat Platform Blue Canyon Technologies — 108 — — — PDF
Zorkiy-2M Earth Observation Constellation SITRONICS Space — — — — 12U CubeSat (24 kg) —
μDragonfly Bus Dragonfly Aerospace — 140 24.3–32.4 — — PDF

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