Complete Table
There are four types of CubeSats; 0.5U, 1U, 2U and 3U. The number corresponds to the length of the CubeSat in decimetres. Width and Depth are always ten centimetres, or one decimetre.
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| Name | Type | Organisation | Mission | Launch Date (UTC) | Rocket | COSPAR ID | Status | Decay date | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanX-1 | 1U | UTIAS | Technology demonstration | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031H | Failed | No signal from spacecraft | ||
| DTUsat | 1U | DTU | Tether research | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031C | Failed | No signal from spacecraft | ||
| AAU CubeSat | 1U | Aalborg University | Imaging | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031G | Failed | Battery problems, deactivated on 22 September 2003 | ||
| QuakeSat | 3U | Stanford University | Earthquake detection | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031F | Active | |||
| CUTE-I (Oscar 55) | 1U | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Amateur radio | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031E | Active | |||
| Cubesat XI-IV (Oscar 57) | 1U | University of Tokyo | Amateur radio | 2003-06-30, 14:15 | Rokot/Briz-KM | 2003-031J | Active | |||
| Cubesat XI-V (Oscar 58) | 1U | University of Tokyo | Amateur radio | 2005-10-27, 14:15 | Kosmos-3M | 2005-043F | Active | |||
| nCube-2 | 1U | ARR/NSC | Amateur radio | 2005-10-27, 14:15 | Kosmos-3M | 2005-043H? | Failed | No signal | ||
| UWE-1 | 1U | University of Würzburg | Technology/Communications | 2005-10-27, 14:15 | Kosmos-3M | 2005-043C | Failed | Contact lost on 17 November 2005 | ||
| SACRED | 1U | University of Arizona | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| ION | 2U | University of Illinois | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| Rincon 1 | 1U | University of Arizona | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| ICE Cube 1 | 1U | Cornell University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| KUTESat | 1U | University of Kansas | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| NCUBE-1 | 1U | ARR/NSC | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| HAUSAT-1 | 1U | Hankuk Aviation University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| SEEDS-1 | 1U | Nihon University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| CP-2 | 1U | California Polytechnic University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| AeroCube 1 | 1U | Aerospace Corporation | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| MEROPE | 1U | Montana State University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| Mea Huaka`i (Voyager) | 1U | University of Hawaii | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| ICE Cube 2 | 1U | Cornell University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| CP-1 | 1U | California Polytechnic University | 2006-07-26, 19:43 | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| GeneSat-1 | 3U | NASA/Santa Clara University | Biological research Technology demonstration |
2006-12-16, 12:00 | Minotaur | 2006-058C | Active | 2010-08-04 | Primary mission complete | |
| CSTB1 | 1U | Boeing | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012F | Active | ||||
| AeroCube 2 | 1U | Aerospace Corporation | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012R | Failed | Solar converter malfunction on 18 April 2007 | |||
| CP-4 | 1U | California Polytechnic University | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012Q | Active | ||||
| Libertad-1 | 1U | Sergio Arboleda University | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012M | Successful | Deactivated on 9 May 2007 | |||
| CAPE-1 | 1U | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012P | Active | ||||
| CP-3 | 1U | California Polytechnic University | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012N | Active | ||||
| MAST | 1U | Tethers Unlimited | Tether experiments | 2007-04-17, 06:46 | Dnepr-1 | 2007-012K | Active | |||
| Cute-1.7 + APD II | 1U | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Separation system demonstration and Avalanche Photo Diode sensor experiment | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021C | Active | |||
| COMPASS-1 | 1U | FH Aachen | Demonstration of commercial off-the-shelf components and taking photos | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021E | Active | |||
| AAUSAT-II | 1U | University of Aalborg, Denmark | ADCS system and a gamma ray detector | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021F | Active | |||
| Delfi-C3 | 3U | Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands | On-orbit testing of thin film solar cells (TFSC) and autonomous wireless sun sensor (AWSS), Demonstrating the worlds first linear amateur radio transponder on a CubeSat | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021G | Active | |||
| CanX-2 | 3U | University of Toronto, Canada | Technology demonstrator for formation flying | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021H | Active | |||
| SEEDS-2 | 1U | Nihon University, Japan | Amateur radio experiments and preprogrammed message sending | 2008-04-28, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2008-021J | Active | |||
| PREsat | 3U | NASA | Technology | 2008-08-03, 03:34 | Falcon 1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | |
| NanoSail-D | 3U | NASA | Technology | 2008-08-03, 03:34 | Falcon 1 | N/A | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | |
| PharmaSat | 3U | NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara University, UTMB | Measured the effect of antifungal countermeasures on yeast strains in microgravity. ~96 hour experiment. | 2009-05-19, 23:55 | Minotaur I | 2009-028B | Active | |||
| CP-6 | 1U | California Polytechnic University | 2009-05-19, 23:55 | Minotaur I | 2009-028C | 2011-10-06 | ||||
| HawkSat I | 1U | HISS | 2009-05-19, 23:55 | Minotaur I | 2009-028D | 2011-09-04 | ||||
| AeroCube 3 | 1U | Aerospace Corporation | 2009-05-19, 23:55 | Minotaur I | 2009-028E | 2011-01-06 | ||||
| SwissCube-1 | 1U | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Upper atmospheric science | 2009-09-23, 06:21 | PSLV-CA | 2009-051B | Active | First Swiss satellite | ||
| BeeSat-1 | 1U | Berlin Institute of Technology | Reaction wheel technology qualification | 2009-09-23, 06:21 | PSLV-CA | 2009-051C | Active | |||
| UWE-2 | 1U | Universität Würzburg | ADCS technology demonstrator | 2009-09-23, 06:21 | PSLV-CA | 2009-051D | Active | |||
| ITUpSAT1 | 1U | Istanbul Technical University | Imagery, technology | 2009-09-23, 06:21 | PSLV-CA | 2009-051E | Active | |||
| Hayato | 1U | Kagoshima University | 2010-05-20, 21:58 | H-IIA 202 | 2010-020A | Failed | 2010-06-28 | |||
| Waseda-SAT2 | 1U | Waseda University | 2010-05-20, 21:58 | H-IIA 202 | 2010-020B | Unclear | 2010-07-12 | |||
| Negai☆'' | 1U | Soka University | 2010-05-20, 21:58 | H-IIA 202 | 2010-020C | Successful | 2010-06-26 | |||
| TIsat-1 | 1U | SUPSI | 2010-07-12, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2010-035E | Active | ||||
| StudSat | 1U | StudSat | 2010-07-12, 03:53 | PSLV-CA | 2010-035B | Inactive | First Indian picosatellite | |||
| RAX-1 | 3U | 2010-11-19 | STP-S26 | |||||||
| O/OREOS | 3U | 2010-11-19 | STP-S26 | |||||||
| NanoSail-D2 | 3U | 2010-11-19 | STP-S26 | |||||||
| Perseus 000, 001, 002, 003 | 1.5U each | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Developing a rapid-response satellite capability to enable many different mission types | 2010-12-08 | Falcon 9 | |||||
| QbX1 | 3U | NRL | Technology demonstration | 2010-12-08 | Falcon 9 | 2010-066F | Successful | 2011-01-06 | ||
| QbX2 | 3U | NRL | Technology demonstration | 2010-12-08 | Falcon 9 | 2010-066B | Successful | 2011-01-16 | ||
| SMDC-ONE | 3U | 2010-12-08 | Falcon 9 | |||||||
| Mayflower | 3U | 2010-12-08 | Falcon 9 | |||||||
| KySat-1 | 1U | Kentucky Space | Educational, technology testing, amateur radio | 2011-03-04, 10:09:43 | Taurus-XL | TBD | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | |
| Hermes | 1U | University of Colorado at Boulder | 2011-03-04, 10:09:43 | Taurus-XL | TBD | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| Explorer-1 | 1U | MSU | 2011-03-04, 10:09:43 | Taurus-XL | TBD | Failed | N/A | Launch failure | ||
| Jugnu | 3U | IIT Kanpur | Micro-imaging system, near infrared camera to observe vegetation, GPS Receiver to aid tracking | 2011-10-12, 05:30 | PSLV-CA | 2011-058B | Active | |||
| M-Cubed | 1U | University of Michigan | Obtaining a mid resolution image to date of Earth with at least 60% land mass and a maximum of 20% cloud coverage from a single CubeSat platform | 2011-10-28 | ELaNa 3/NPP Delta II | |||||
| DICE | 1.5U | 2011-10-28 | ELaNa 3/NPP Delta II | |||||||
| Explorer-1 Unit 2 | 1U | 2011-10-28 | ELaNa 3/NPP Delta II | |||||||
| RAX-2 | 3U | 2011-10-28 | ELaNa 3/NPP Delta II | |||||||
| AubieSat-1 | 1U | 2011-10-28 | ELaNa 3/NPP Delta II | Active | First CubeSat from Auburn University | |||||
| ROBUSTA | 1U | Université Montptellier 2 | Radiation effects on bipolar-transistor-based circuits | 2012-02-13 | Vega | Failed | 2014 | First French CubeSat | ||
| e-st@r | 1U | Politecnico di Torino | Development and test of an active ADCS Test of COTS |
2012-02-13 | Vega | N/A | ||||
| MaSat-1 | 1U | BME | Technological demonstration | 2012-02-13 | Vega | TBD | Active | First Hungarian satellite | ||
| Xatcobeo | 1U | University of Vigo | Verification of a new system for measuring the amount of ionizing radiation (RDS) Development of a new Software defined reconfigurable radio (SRAD) system Experimental solar panel deployment system (PDM) |
2012-02-13 | Vega | N/A | Active | |||
| Goliat | 1U | University of Bucharest Romania | Earth imaging and space environment measuring | 2012-02-13 | Vega | First Romanian satellite | ||||
| PW-Sat | 1U | Warsaw University of Technology Poland | Technology experiments | 2012-02-13 | Vega | First Polish satellite | ||||
| UNICubeSAT | 1U | GAUSS team-Sapienza University of Rome Italy | Deployable powered boom for gravity gradient libration study | 2012-02-13 | Vega | First Italian CubeSat (together with e-st@r) | ||||
| F-1 | 1U | FPT University | Training for students and young engineers/Education Test of 3-axis SDTM magnetometer Will be the first Vietnamese satellite developed domestically |
2012-07-21, 02:21 | H-IIB | N/A | On the way to the ISS | |||
| TechEdSat | 1U | San Jose State University | SPA hardware and software, inter-satellite communication link analysis | 2012-07-21, 02:06 | H-IIB | |||||
| CSSWE | 3U | University of Colorado Boulder / LASP | Space Weather Research | 2012-09-13, 21:39 | Atlas V 401 | Inactive | Expected 2028 | Extended Mission Complete | ||
| FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) | 1U | Fukuoka Institute of Technology | The main mission objective is to demonstrate the developed high-speed transmitter. | 2012-10-04, 15:44 | ISS | N/A | Active | |||
| AAUSAT3 | 1U | University of Aalborg, Denmark | Double AIS system for tracking ships in Arctic regions. | 2013-02-25 | PSLV-CA C20 | 2013-009B | Active | Denmark's CubeSat number 4 | ||
| BeeSat-2 | 1U | Berlin Institute of Technology | Reaction wheel technology qualification | 2013-04-19, 10:00 | Soyuz | Active | ||||
| BeeSat-3 | 1U | Berlin Institute of Technology | Reaction wheel technology qualification | 2013-04-19, 10:00 | Soyuz | Active | ||||
| SOMP | 1U | Dresden University of Technology, Germany | Education, testing software defined radio, measuring atomic oxygen concentration, demonstrating TFSC | 2013-04-19 | Soyuz | |||||
| PhoneSat 1.0 (Graham) | 1U | NASA Ames Research Center | ongoing NASA project, part of the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, of building nanosatellites using unmodified consumer-grade off-the-shelf smartphones | 2013-04-21 21:00 UTC | Antares 110 A-ONE | Reentry on 2013-04-27 | First PhoneSat Launch | |||
| PhoneSat 1.0 (Bell) | 1U | NASA Ames Research Center | ongoing NASA project, part of the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, of building nanosatellites using unmodified consumer-grade off-the-shelf smartphones | 2013-04-21 21:00 UTC | Antares 110 A-ONE | Reentry on 2013-04-27 | First PhoneSat Launch | |||
| PhoneSat 2.0.beta (Alexander) | 1U | NASA Ames Research Center | ongoing NASA project, part of the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, of building nanosatellites using unmodified consumer-grade off-the-shelf smartphones | 2013-04-21 21:00 UTC | Antares 110 A-ONE | Reentry on 2013-04-27 | First PhoneSat Launch | |||
| NEE-01 Pegasus | 1U | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Technological demonstration/Education Test of real time video transmission Test of Thermal/Radiation shield Test of multiphase solar array Test of passive antenna deployment Test of carbon nanotubes thermal control system |
2013-04-25, 04:13 | Long March 2D | N/A | Complete on 3/15/2011 | Will be the first Ecuadorian satellite, first CubeSat to transmit real-time video | ||
| ESTCube-1 | 1U | University of Tartu | Space test of the electric solar wind sail | 2013-05-07, 02:06:31 | Vega | 2013-021C | Active | First Estonian satellite | ||
| UAPSAT | 1U | University Alas Peruanas | Technology demonstration | 2013-03 | Falcon 9 | |||||
| VELOX-P | 1U | Satellite Research Center, Nanyang Technological University | Undergraduate Satellite Program. Technology demonstration for in house development of the sensors. | 2012-10 | Confidential | TBD | Preparation for launch | TBD | ||
| NEE-02 Krysaor | 1U | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Technological demonstration / Education Orbital debris and small asteroids monitoring |
2013-06 (planned) | Dnepr-1 | N/A | Completed on 15 July 2012 | Will be the second Ecuadorian satellite in constellation with NEE-01 | ||
| PUCPSAT | 1U | Universidad Católica del Perú | Technology demonstration | 2013-03 (planned) | Dnepr/GAUSS Srl deployer | |||||
| ICUBE-1 | 1U | IST Pakistan | Research and Technology demonstration | TBD | N/A | Under development | ||||
| CubeSTAR | 2U | University of Oslo | Measure the structures of electron clouds in the ionosphere using Langmuir probe | 2013 (planned) | Under development | |||||
| LightSail-1 | 3U | The Planetary Society | Demonstrating increased orbital energy with controlled solar sailing in Earth orbit | 2012 (planned) | TBD | TBD | S/C complete summer 2011, awaiting launch availability | |||
| Politech.1 | 3U | Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Spain | Atmospheric research | 2013 (project) | ||||||
| ERPSat01 | 1U | Sfax School of Engineering, Tunisia | Communication | 2013 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Awaiting launch availability | |||
| OUFTI-1 | 1U | University of Liège and I.S.I.L (Haute École de la Province de Liège, Belgium | Testing radio protocol in space | 2013-06 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Awaiting Vega launch availability | |||
| Aalto-1 | 3U | Aalto University and Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland | Technical demonstration of a miniaturized spectral imager, a radiation monitor and a plasma brake | 2013 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Awaiting launch availability | |||
| ExoplanetSat | 3U | Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) | A Nanosatellite Space Telescope for Detecting Transiting Exoplanets | 2012 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Under development | ExoplanetSat demonstrates the graduated growth of a constellation, with the final phase being 100 satellites surveying bright stars for other Earths | ||
| OSIRIS | 1U | SSPL | In situ measurements of temporal and spacial characteristics of ionospheric space weather | 2013 spring (planned) | TBD | N/A | Under development | Constellation of three 1U spacecraft launched simultaneously and orbiting in linear formation | ||
| CubeMessenger | 1U | BOREAS Space | Technological demonstration | 2013 (planned) | Haas 2C | N/A | Under development | |||
| STRaND-1 | 3U | Surrey Space Centre (SSC), University of Surrey, & Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) | STRaND: Surrey Technology Research & Nanosatellite Demonstrator. Various payloads: high precision AOCS system, pulsed plasma thrusters (PPTs) & smart-phone technology demonstration. | Confidential | TBD | TBD | Under development | First in STRaND Programme | ||
| CHASQUI - I | 1U | UNI | Technology demonstration | 2014 (project) | From the ISS | Under development | ||||
| DynaCube | 1U | Denel Dynamics Engineering Academy of Learning | Graduate Development Program. Capture of Images as well as Electromagnetic Radiation Mapping and Structural Temperature Analysis. | Late 2012 / early 2013 | IOS Neptune N9 (planned) | TBD | Under development | TBD | ||
| ArduSat | 1U | Nanosatisfi LLC | Allow general public to use the satellite sensors for their own creative purposes. | 2013 summer | From ISS (planned) | TBD | Under development | TBD | ||
| TSat3 | 3U | Taylor University | Space Communication Research | 2013 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Under development | |||
| ChargerSat-1 | 1U | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Technological demonstration | 2013 (planned) | TBD | Manufacturing flight units | Built by the UAH Space Hardware Club. | |||
| NUTS-1 | 2U | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Student satellite project aiming to design and develop a new CubeSat bus, including using carbon fiber material for the main structure. | 2014 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Under development | |||
| Azad-1 | TBD | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | Classified | 2014 (planned) | TBD | TBD | Under development | |||
| Project BLAST | 1U | University of Southampton | Constructed from off the shelf, commercially available components at TRL7+, specifically a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. | 2015 (planned) | TBD | N/A | Under development | |||
| EQUiSat | 1U | Brown University | Open-source satellite to encourage involvement of students and amateurs in aerospace design. | 2015 (planned) | TBD | N/A | Under development |
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