Satellite Platforms — Space Hardware Marketplace

OPTIMAS Laser Communications Satellite

• Mission focusCyber-secure laser (optical) communications for defence
• Reflex scopeSpace segment studies and design, satellite platform development, manufacturing, testing, laser comms payload integration; supporting role in launch activities and system testing
• Customer / partnersNavantia (monodon program), supported by the European Defence Fund

Defence-focused satellite platform for cyber-secure optical (laser) communications, built for Navantia and the European Defence Fund.

MIRI Earth Observation Satellite

Custom very-high-resolution Earth observation satellite built for Marble Imaging, first of a planned 200-satellite constellation.

SIGI Remote Sensing Satellite

Reflex Aerospace's first flight-proven remote sensing satellite, launched January 2025 on SpaceX Transporter-12.

OmniFlex Satellite Platform Family

Payload-agnostic 75-500 kg custom satellite bus family for LEO, built for 12-month contract-to-orbit delivery.

PanelSat

• MassApprox. 2 kg
• Length and Width22 cm x 22 cm
• Thickness3.5 cm

Blink Astro's compact nanosatellite platform hosting the BlinkSat Radio payload, forming the space-based backbone of its low-power IoT…

Spacety Cubesat / Smallsat Platforms

• Platform sizes offered6U, 12U cubesat/smallsat buses
• Flight heritage20+ satellite missions flown
• Typical mission typesEarth observation, satellite communication, navigation, science, technology demonstration

Low-cost, high-performance cubesat and smallsat bus product line, flight-proven over 20+ missions.

TOPCAT

• TypeIonospheric space weather sensor
• MeasurementTopside electron density (total electron content, plasma density)
• ApplicationSpace weather monitoring, GPS/GNSS ionospheric correction

University of Bath ionospheric space weather sensor — lost on the inaugural Virgin Orbit LauncherOne UK launch from…

ALEASAT

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• MissionEarth observation + disaster relief communications
• PayloadOptical camera, UHF/VHF amateur radio

UBC Orbit / Simon Fraser University joint 1U CubeSat — ESA Fly Your Satellite mission for Earth observation…

ALEASAT

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• MissionEarth observation + disaster relief communications
• PayloadOptical camera (Earth observation), UHF/VHF amateur radio

Simon Fraser University / UBC Orbit joint 1U CubeSat — ESA Fly Your Satellite mission for Earth observation…

STARS-C (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite C)

• ConfigurationMother (2U) + Daughter (1U) CubeSat pair
• Tether100 m Kevlar/copper composite
• LaunchDecember 9, 2016 (HTV-6 Kounotori 6)

Kagawa University / Kyoto University Mother-Daughter tethered satellite — 100-metre Kevlar-copper tether deployed from ISS January 2017, demonstrating…

PEGASUS

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Mass~1 kg
• Launch dateFebruary 15, 2017

FH Wiener Neustadt 1U CubeSat in QB50 constellation — Passive Experiment Gaining Astrodynamic University Satellite, launched February 2017…

VZLUSAT-1

• Form factor2U CubeSat
• Mass~2 kg
• Launch dateJune 23, 2017

Czech Republic's 2U CubeSat in QB50 — carried miniaturised coded-aperture X-ray telescope and radiation monitor, launched June 2017…

GRBAlpha

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Mass~1 kg
• Launch dateMarch 22, 2021

1U CubeSat gamma-ray burst detector led by Masaryk University — launched March 2021, detected 140+ GRBs from 550…

UNSW-EC0

• Form factor2U CubeSat
• Mass~2 kg
• Launch dateApril 18, 2017 (Cygnus CRS OA-7 to ISS)

UNSW's QB50 CubeSat — 2U nanosatellite with Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer deployed from ISS in May 2017 for…

BIRDS CubeSat Programme

• Form factor1U CubeSat (per satellite)
• Programme start2017 (BIRDS-1)
• Deployment methodISS J-SSOD (JAXA Kibo module)

Kyushu University's global CubeSat educational initiative — 30+ 1U CubeSats built by developing nations under Kyushu mentorship and…

STARS-II (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II)

• ConfigurationMother (2U) + Daughter (1U) CubeSat pair
• TetherKevlar, 300 metres
• LaunchFebruary 2014 (HTV-3 to ISS)

Kyoto University / Shizuoka University tethered satellite pair — Mother and Daughter CubeSats demonstrating space tether technology deployed…

SwissCube

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Mass820 g
• Dimensions10 × 10 × 10 cm

Switzerland's first satellite — 1U CubeSat measuring atmospheric airglow, launched September 2009, operational for over a decade.

MOVE-II

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Mass~850 g
• Dimensions10 × 10 × 10 cm

TUM's second student-built CubeSat — 1U nanosatellite launched December 2018, demonstrating atmospheric drag measurement and lithium battery degradation…