AmbaSat-1 Sprite Satellite Platform
AmbaSat
AmbaSat's AmbaSat-1 — an ultra-miniature 35×35 mm satellite platform for educational and commercial IoT sensing missions, deployable from ISS or CubeSat as a sprite.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 0.01 kg
- Largest dimension
- 35 mm
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Size
- 35×35 mm (sprite / ChipSat form factor)
- Mass
- ~10 g
- Sensors
- Configurable: temperature, CO2, NO2, UV, spectrometer
- Downlink
- LoRa 868 MHz or UHF 437 MHz (amateur radio ground stations)
- Deployment
- From CubeSat deployer or ISS
- Market
- Education, STEM programs, university missions
- Country
- UK
About
AmbaSat (formerly AmbaSat-1 Crowdfunded Satellite) produces one of the world’s smallest functional satellites — the AmbaSat-1 — a 35×35 mm printed circuit board satellite (a ‘sprite’ or ‘ChipSat’ form factor) that integrates solar cells, a microcontroller, sensors, and a radio transmitter onto a single board weighing approximately 10 grams. AmbaSat-1 satellites can be deployed in clusters from CubeSats or directly from the ISS.
The AmbaSat-1 platform includes a sensor slot for customer-defined sensors: options include temperature, CO2, NO2 gas sensors, UV irradiance, or spectrometers. The radio transmitter downlinks sensor data directly to amateur radio ground stations (using LoRa 868 MHz or UHF 437 MHz protocols), making data reception accessible without expensive ground infrastructure.
AmbaSat targets universities, schools, and STEM education programs wanting hands-on satellite mission experience at minimal cost — a complete AmbaSat-1 kit costs a fraction of even a 1U CubeSat. The platform has been used in curriculum programs in the UK, Germany, and the US, and AmbaSat communities are active in building and launching sprite satellite clusters. AmbaSat is based in the UK.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.