IOS CubeSat 3.0 Kit
Interorbital Systems
Lowest-cost professional-quality CubeSat kit available — 1U to 6U configurations, no drilling/tapping/soldering required, buildable in under 15 minutes.
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 1U to 6U
- Assembly time
- Under 15 minutes, no drilling/tapping/soldering
- Chassis (2.0 predecessor)
- 10x10x10 cm laser-cut aluminum bands and PCBs
- Microcontroller
- Atmega 2560
- Memory
- 2x4 Mbits FRAM
- Sensors
- 9-DOF inertial module with magnetometer, alpha/beta/gamma radiation sensor
- Power
- 4x 1.37W solar cells, 4x Lithium-Ion batteries
- Radio
- 1.5W high-efficiency transceiver with built-in amplifier
- Flight heritage
- CubeSat Kit 1.0 launched on India's PSLV in 2019
About
The IOS CubeSat 3.0 Kit is Interorbital Systems’ next-generation satellite kit, developed and tested based on customer feedback from earlier 1.0 and 2.0 versions. The kit is easier to assemble and repair, requiring no drilling, tapping, or soldering, and can be built in under 15 minutes with just a screwdriver. It is available in 1U to 6U configurations and serves engineering/science professionals conducting on-orbit research, educational institutions training students in spacecraft design, and hobbyist experimenters. The first completed IOS CubeSat Kit 1.0 was launched into orbit aboard India’s PSLV launch vehicle in 2019. The CubeSat 2.0 predecessor included a 10x10x10 cm aluminum/PCB chassis, 2×4 Mbits FRAM memory, Atmega 2560 microcontroller, 9-DOF inertial module, 4 solar cells, 4 Li-ion batteries, a 1.5W radio transceiver, and radiation sensors.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
