Michael's List of Cubesat Satellite Missions

(University and private, and other student satellite missions) [No longer being updated (last update medio 2009)] Note: This list was created back in late 2005 because I needed to know how other cubesats had been performing at the time. I have since then attempted to update the list fairly regularly, but have come to the conclusion that I no longer have the time nor the interest in doing so. If you feel like taking over, please contact me (see below), and we'll figure something out. This list is meant to give an overview over the success rate, mission and payloads, communication, attitude and orbit determination and control systems along with links to the various projects. Only missions already launched, scheduled for launch, or being actively worked on are included on this page. The list was created because I couldn't find any other page with this kind of information, and browsing the various cubesat mission websites begin to take quite some time as the number of missions increases. In fact it took quite a bit of time to compile the information found there. I therefore hope you will find this page useful, please leave a thank you in the guest book if you do, or contact me if you know of a mission that is not on this list, find a mistake or have information that could be added. List Nomenclature

Single cubesat = 10x10x10 cm3, 1 kg Double cubesat = 10x10x20 cm3, 2 kg Triple cubesat = 10x10x30 cm3, 3 kg P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer by Standford University and California Polytechnic Institute) holds three single cubesats stacked on top on each other T-POD (Tokyo Pico-satellite Orbital Deployer) holds one single cubesat. If you know Japaneese you can find more information here (there is also a number of pictures) X-POD (eXperimental Push Out Deployer) is a custom, independent separation system that was designed and built at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies/Space Flight Laboratory for each satellite and may be tailored to satellites of different sizes ranging from single cubesat to larger nanosatellites of arbitrary dimensions. SPL (Single Pico-Satellite Launcher) holds one single cubesat. The deployment velocity can be defined by the customer, it is 1 m/s default. It is manufactured by Astrofein. Details about the SPL can be found here. P-POD numbers (eg #1) indicate the satellite location in the P-POD. #1 is the one being released first. The list is sorted by launch date, then deployment mechanism (earlier deployed listed first), then location in deployment mechanism (outermost (first deployed) listed first). Alphabetical after mission name if information is missing. Note that uplink information is generally not available, but most cubesats are using the 144 MHz band. Table of cubesat successrate: Batch # LV Failure No contact Some contact Full contact Total 1 (June 2003) 0 2 1 2 + 1 triple 5+1 triple 2 (October 2005) 0 1 0 2 3 Solo (February 2006) 0 0 0 1 double 1 double 3 (July 2006) 13 + 1 double 0 0 0 13 + 1 double Solo (December 2006) 0 0 0 1 triple 1 triple 4 (April 2007) 0 1 3 + 1 triple 2 6 + 1 triple 5 (April 2008) 0 0 0 3 + 1 double + 2 triple 3 + 1 double + 2 triple 6 (May 2009) 0 ? ? ? 3+1 triple 7 (July 2009) 0 ? ? ? 2 (1U?) Total 13 +

1 double 4 4+1 triple 9 +

2 double +

4 triple 33 +

3 double +

6 triple Link to cubesat operational status information: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/cubesats.php