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Satellite Platforms

Crypto2

Cryptosat

Launch dateJanuary 3, 2023
Launch vehicleSpaceX Falcon 9 (Transporter-6 rideshare)
PredecessorCrypto1 (launched May 2022, Transporter-5)

Cryptosat's second orbital cryptographic satellite, providing a tamper-proof, space-based trusted execution environment for blockchain and Web3 applications.

Satellite Platforms

SkyBee

ConstelIR

Constellation size (mid-2026)2 satellites operational (SkyBee-1, SkyBee-2); SkyBee-3 planned Q3 2026; 4 planned total
Satellite mass~120 kg class
OrbitSun-synchronous, ~510-522 km altitude

SkyBee is constellr's thermal infrared microsatellite platform delivering calibrated global land-surface-temperature data for agriculture, climate, security, and industrial…

Satellite Platforms

CE-SAT

Canon Electronics - Space

CE-SAT-I mass~50-65 kg
CE-SAT-I optical system40 cm diameter Cassegrain telescope, coupled to EOS 5D Mark III
CE-SAT-I ground resolution~0.84-1 m nadir GSD from ~500-600 km orbit

CE-SAT is Canon Electronics' family of small Earth-observation microsatellites that pair Canon EOS/PowerShot camera technology with a compact…

Satellite Platforms

RW40

Comat

Angular momentum storage40 mN.m.s
Mean torque4 mN.m
Dry mass0.23 kg

The RW40 is COMAT's flagship nanosatellite reaction wheel, a compact plug-and-play attitude control component qualified for 8 years…

Satellite Platforms

XB Series

Blue Canyon Technologies

Configurations3U, 6U, 12U, 16U CubeSat
Core avionicsXB1 - integrated C&DH, ADCS, RF, Power, GPS, mission software
Pointing accuracy (3U, 2-axis, 1 tracker)±0.03° (1-sigma)

Blue Canyon Technologies' flagship XB series is a modular, flight-proven CubeSat bus line (XB1 core avionics in 3U,…

Satellite Platforms

LEOS-50

Berlin Space Technologies

Max payload mass30 kg
Payload envelope55 x 55 x 40 cm
Peak payload power160 W

LEOS-50 is Berlin Space Technologies' flight-proven small satellite bus, purpose-built for demanding Earth observation missions with medium-sized payloads…

Satellite Platforms

Elevation Spacecraft Product Line

Ball Aerospace

Summit variant payload capacityUp to 225 kg
Summit variant power generation850 W orbit average
Trek variant payload capacityUp to 1,000 kg

BAE Systems' (formerly Ball Aerospace) standardized small-to-medium satellite bus family — successor to the flight-proven Ball Configurable Platform…

Satellite Platforms

Kuiper Satellite

Amazon (Project Kuiper)

Satellite mass~537-571 kg
Planned constellation size3,236 satellites
Orbital planes98

Amazon's Kuiper satellite is the production spacecraft for Project Kuiper (rebranded Amazon Leo), a low Earth orbit constellation…

Satellite Platforms

SCOT

Digantara

Mission typeCommercial space-based Space Situational Awareness satellite
Detection capabilityTracks Resident Space Objects as small as approximately 5 cm
Sensor typeElectro-optical space-surveillance camera payload

SCOT is Digantara's flagship space-based Space Situational Awareness satellite, billed as one of the world's first commercial space-to-space…

Satellite Platforms

ADRAS-J

Astroscale

Mission phaseCRD2 Phase I (JAXA contract)
Launch dateFebruary 18, 2024
Launch vehicleRocket Lab Electron

Astroscale's ADRAS-J is the world's first commercial spacecraft to perform rendezvous and proximity operations with an existing piece…

Satellite Platforms

Odin

AstroForge

Spacecraft mass~105 kg
Mission typeDeep-space flyby and imaging mission
Bus manufacturerOrbAstro

Odin was AstroForge's first commercial deep-space asteroid-prospecting spacecraft, launched in February 2025 to fly by and image the…

Satellite Platforms

Dragonette

Wyvern

Platform / form factor6U CubeSat (EPICHyper design)
Spectral bands23 bands (Dragonette-1); 31-32 bands (Dragonette-2 onward)
Ground sample distance5.3 m at nadir

Dragonette is Wyvern's flagship hyperspectral Earth-observation smallsat, delivering 5.3 m resolution VNIR imagery across 23-31 spectral bands from…

Satellite Platforms

Jackal

True Anomaly

TypeAutonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV)
Propulsion configuration20-thruster configuration, ESPA-Grande form factor propellant tank
Delta-v (Baseline, payload dependent)up to 800 m/s

Autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV) for rendezvous and proximity operations, space domain awareness, and multi-role payload missions across LEO,…

Satellite Platforms

GHOSt

Orbital Sidekick

Spectral bands500+ bands, 400-2,500 nm (VIS-SWIR)
Hyperspectral ground sample distance8 meters
Panchromatic GSD3 meters

GHOSt is Orbital Sidekick's constellation of hyperspectral imaging microsatellites that persistently monitors Earth to detect chemical signatures such…

Satellite Platforms

Astrocast Nanosatellite

Astrocast

Form factor3U CubeSat
Mass5 kg class
Frequency bandL-band (1-2 GHz)

Astrocast's 5 kg-class 3U CubeSat nanosatellite forms the space segment of its L-band satellite IoT network, providing low-cost,…

Satellite Platforms

GRUS

Axelspace

Satellite mass (GRUS-1)~80-100 kg
Satellite mass (GRUS-3)~150 kg (wet mass)
Panchromatic resolution (GRUS-1)2.5 m GSD or better

GRUS is Axelspace's 100-150 kg class optical Earth-observation microsatellite bus, the building block of the AxelGlobe satellite constellation,…

Satellite Platforms

Condor

Muon Space

Condor-M bus mass100 kg
Condor-XL bus mass250 kg
Condor-Ultra bus mass1,500 kg

Muon Space's modular, flight-proven small-satellite bus family (Condor-M, Condor-XL, Condor-Ultra) that powers its Halo constellation stack, including the…

Satellite Platforms

SDA Tracking Layer Missile-Tracking Satellites

L3Harris Technologies

Program/architectureSDA Tracking Layer, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
Sensor typeInfrared sensors with onboard real-time data processing algorithms
Flight heritageTranche 0: 4 satellites launched Feb 14, 2024, on orbit; Tranche 1: 16 satellites in production; Tranche 2: 18 satellites, CDR completed Dec 2024; Tranche 3: 18 satellites awarded Dec 2025

L3Harris's proliferated low-Earth-orbit missile-tracking satellites, built for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer, use infrared sensors with onboard…