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SAOCOM-1A

• Orbit altitude619 km SSO
• Radar bandL-band SAR (1.275 GHz)
• Resolution (stripmap)~10 m

SAOCOM-1A (Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas 1A) is the first satellite of Argentina’s SAOCOM constellation, developed by…

NANOSAT-1B

• Mass19 kg
• OrbitSun-synchronous, ~660 km
• Launch date2 July 2009

19 kg Spanish nanosatellite developed by INTA for AIS ship tracking and Earth observation, launched in 2009 as…

SEOSat-Ingenio

• Mass~750 kg
• Design orbitSun-synchronous, 670 km
• Resolution2.5 m panchromatic, 10 m multispectral

750 kg Spanish Earth observation satellite developed by Airbus Spain under INTA/CDTI direction, designed for 2.5-meter panchromatic and…

DEIMOS-1

• Mass~100 kg
• OrbitSun-synchronous, 663 km
• Resolution22 m multispectral

100 kg Earth observation microsatellite built for Spain's Deimos Imaging, providing 22-meter resolution multispectral imagery for agriculture, forestry,…

KITSAT-1

• Mass50 kg
• OrbitSun-synchronous, ~1300 km
• Launch date11 August 1992

South Korea's first satellite, a 50 kg microsatellite launched in 1992 to demonstrate Korean satellite technology and provide…

DubaiSat-2

• Mass300 kg
• OrbitSun-synchronous, 600 km
• Resolution1 m panchromatic, 4 m multispectral

300 kg Earth observation satellite built by KAIST SaTReC for the UAE, featuring 1-meter panchromatic resolution and technology…

Dream Chaser Cargo Module

• Unpressurized Cargo3500
• TypeExpendable cargo module

The Dream Chaser Cargo Module is an expendable unpressurized cargo carrier that attaches to the tail of the…

ETS-9 (Engineering Test Satellite 9)

• OrbitGeostationary
• Propulsion typeAll-electric
• Primary purposeTechnology demonstration

ETS-9 (Engineering Test Satellite 9), designated Hikari, is a next-generation geostationary communications and technology demonstration satellite developed by…

ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite)

• Launch dateJanuary 24, 2006
• PRISM resolution2.5
• AVNIR-2 resolution10

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also known as Daichi, was JAXA flagship Earth observation platform launched in…

CAS500-1

• Mass500
• Panchromatic Resolution0.5
• Orbital Altitude500

CAS500-1 is a 500kg-class medium-sized Earth observation satellite developed by KARI and manufactured by KAI. It carries a…

VSP-300 Versatile Satellite Platform

• Platform classVSP-300
• Satellite mass~300 kg class
• OrbitLEO / SSO

Aerospacelab's 300 kg class Versatile Satellite Platform for larger institutional and commercial missions — selected by JAXA for…

VSP-150 Versatile Satellite Platform

• Platform classVSP-150
• Satellite mass~136–150 kg
• Dimensions~114 × 70 × 70 cm

Aerospacelab's flagship ~150 kg LEO satellite platform — flight-proven with multiple in-orbit satellites — optimized for SpaceX Transporter…

VSP-50 Versatile Satellite Platform

• Platform classVSP-50
• Wet mass (platform)~50–70 kg
• OrbitLEO / SSO

Aerospacelab's 50 kg class Versatile Satellite Platform — a compact, agile LEO smallsat bus sharing VSP-150 heritage subsystems…

ASNARO-1 Small Satellite

• Mass~500 kg
• Optical Resolution0.5 m GSD
• OrbitSun-synchronous LEO

500 kg-class Earth observation satellite with 0.5 m optical resolution, developed for NEC/JAXA.

ETS-9 Engineering Test Satellite

• OrbitGEO
• PlatformDS2000H
• MissionTechnology demonstration

JAXA's advanced engineering test satellite for next-generation GEO bus and Ka-band comms technology.

DS2000H Satellite Bus

• EOL Powerup to 20 kW
• Design Life15+ years
• OrbitGEO

High-power evolution of the DS2000 bus, supporting up to 20 kW for large GEO platforms.

DS2000 Satellite Bus

• Launch Mass3,000–5,000 kg
• EOL Powerup to 15 kW
• Design Life15+ years

Japan's first standardized GEO satellite bus, powering 50+ missions worldwide.

KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang-6)

KOMPSAT-6 (Korean Multi-Purpose Satellite-6), also known as Arirang-6, is South Korea’s next-generation X-band SAR Earth observation satellite developed…