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UNISAT-3

• Launch year2004
• TypeTechnology demonstration / Deployer
• DeveloperGAUSS group, Sapienza University

UNISAT-3 was launched in June 2004 and marked a significant evolution in the UNISAT program. It introduced the…

UNISAT-1

• Launch year2000
• Mass~10 kg
• TypeTechnology demonstration

UNISAT-1 was the first small satellite developed by the GAUSS (Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space…

Pratham

India's first satellite built entirely by university students, measuring ionospheric total electron content over the Indian subcontinent.

e-st@r-I

Italy's first CubeSat, a 1U technology demonstrator testing an active magnetic attitude control system.

e-st@r-II

Follow-on 1U CubeSat developed under ESA's Fly Your Satellite! program, flown on Arianespace Soyuz VS14.

EQUULEUS

• Form factor6U CubeSat
• PropulsionLow-thrust water-based propulsion (AQUARIUS thruster)
• PayloadPHOENIX plasmasphere imaging camera; DELPHINUS micrometeoroid impact camera

6U deep-space CubeSat launched on NASA's Artemis I to demonstrate low-thrust trajectory control in the Earth-Moon system.

XI-IV

The world's first CubeSat to achieve successful on-orbit operation, and the longest-operating CubeSat in history.

HORYU-2

First spacecraft in the world to demonstrate 300V photovoltaic power generation in orbit.

GhanaSat-1 (BIRDS-1)

Ghana's first satellite, a 1U CubeSat built by Ghanaian students at Kyutech under the BIRDS-1 joint constellation program.

UWE-3

• Massapprox. 1 kg
• Form factor1U CubeSat, 10 x 10 x 10 cm
• OrbitSun-synchronous LEO, ~592 x 693 km, 97.76 deg inclination

UWE-3 is a 1U CubeSat from the University of Wuerzburg demonstrating a modular, fault-tolerant satellite bus and a…

STRaND-1

• Mass4.3 kg
• Form factor3U CubeSat
• OrbitSun-synchronous, ~770 x 787 km, 98.6 deg inclination, 18:05 LTAN

STRaND-1 is a 3U CubeSat developed by the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre and SSTL, notable as…

Flying Laptop

• Mass120 kg
• Dimensions60 x 70 x 85 cm
• OrbitNear-circular polar orbit, ~600 km altitude

Flying Laptop is the University of Stuttgart’s first minisatellite, built by the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) to…

DTUSat-2

• Mass1 kg (max)
• Form factor1U CubeSat, 100 x 100 x 113.5 mm
• OrbitLow Earth orbit, sun-synchronous

DTUSat-2 is a 1U CubeSat built by students at the Technical University of Denmark to track migratory birds…

AAUSAT-3

• Massapprox. 1 kg
• Form factor1U CubeSat, 10 x 10 x 10 cm
• OrbitSun-synchronous, ~781 km altitude, 98.55 deg inclination

AAUSAT-3 is a 1U CubeSat developed by students at Aalborg University, Denmark, carrying dual Automatic Identification System (AIS)…

BEVO-2

• Form factor3U CubeSat
• Mass4.2 kg
• OrbitLow Earth orbit (deployed from ISS altitude, ~400 km)

3U CubeSat built by UT Austin's Texas Spacecraft Laboratory for GPS-based rendezvous and proximity-operations experiments as part of…

GASPACS

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Dimensions10 x 10 x 10 cm
• Mass1.00 kg

1U CubeSat built entirely by Utah State University undergraduates to demonstrate a passive inflatable attitude-control boom.

AubieSat-1

• Form factor1U CubeSat
• Dimensions10 x 10 x 10 cm
• Mass1.03 kg

1U CubeSat built by Auburn University undergraduates, launched in 2011 as an amateur radio and ionospheric research satellite.

FIREBIRD-II CubeSat

• Form factor1.5U CubeSat (pair)
• Dimensions10 x 10 x 15 cm
• MassUp to 2 kg per satellite

1.5U space-weather CubeSat pair built by Montana State University and University of New Hampshire to study relativistic electron…