# List of CubeSats

The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research missions, typically in low Earth orbits. Some CubeSats became their country's first national satellite. The extensive Nanosatellite and CubeSat Database lists nearly 4,000 CubeSats and NanoSats have been launched since 1998. The organization forecasts that 2080 nanosats will launch within the next 6 years.

## Research and development

* SBUDNIC was launched to test Arduino Nano and other commercial off-the-shelf technology in space, using a simple, open-source design.
* An ambitious project is the QB50, an international network of 50 CubeSats for multi-point by different universities and other teams, in-situ measurements in the lower thermosphere (90–350 km) and re-entry research. QB50 is an initiative of the von Karman Institute and is funded by the European Union. Double-unit ("2-U") CubeSats (10x10x20 cm) are foreseen, with one unit (the 'functional' unit) providing the usual satellite functions and the other unit (the 'science' unit) accommodating a set of standardized sensors for lower thermosphere and re-entry research. 35 CubeSats are envisaged to be provided by universities in 19 European countries, 10 by universities in the US, 2 by universities in Canada, 3 by Japanese universities, 1 by an institute in Brazil, and others. Ten double or triple CubeSats are foreseen to serve for in-orbit technology demonstration of new space technologies. All 50 CubeSats may be launched together on a single Cyclone-4 launch vehicle in February 2016. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the QB50 CubeSat was released on February 15, 2012.
* AAU CubeSat, by Aalborg University: The Danish students in this project, beginning in the summer of 2001, designed a satellite that would evaluate the technology and demonstrate the capabilities of the CubeSat concept. In order to successfully show the technology to the public, the team installed a camera on board the spacecraft, and outfitted it with a magnetically based attitude control system. But upon reaching orbit, the radio signals were weaker than expected and the batteries failed after only one month of semi-operational activity.
* AAUSAT3 is the third student-built CubeSat from Aalborg University in Denmark. The primary payload is an automatic identification system (AIS) receiver which primary task is to receive AIS data from ships around Greenland. Launched 25 February 2013 on the Indian PSLV C20. AAUSAT3 is the very first student satellite operating AIS receivers and the first demonstration of the AAU developed CSP communication protocol - internally on CANBUS on spacelink at UHF (FSK, 9600/19200). The mission has been successful.
* PW-Sat, by Warsaw University of Technology: This experiment revolves around CubeSats themselves. The test will involve developing a method to deorbit CubeSats by engaging an atmospheric drag device. The mission's focus will be the testing of this foil device; its deployment to intentionally bring the satellite back into the thicker portion of Earth's atmosphere to bring the mission to an end. The satellite is Poland's first. The satellite was delivered to orbit on the maiden flight of the European Space Agency's new launch vehicle in 2012.
* OUFTI-1, by the University of Liège and I.S.I.L (Haute École de la Province de Liège): This is a 1-unit CubeSat that is being built by Belgian students. The name is an acronym for Orbital Utility For Telecommunication Innovation. This Belgian satellite was planned to launch on the maiden flight of Vega. The goal of the project is to develop experience in the different aspects of satellite design and operation. In the communications portion of the device, the academic team will be experimenting with the D-STAR digital voice mode and communications protocol that is popular with amateur radio operators. The satellite has a mass of just 1 kilogram and will utilize a UHF uplink and a VHF downlink.
* CubeSat TestBed 1, by Boeing: Boeing successfully completed all of its design and operational goals with its first nanosatellite. It was built and flown to explore the possibilities with the new CubeSat standard. Boeing satellites are usually much larger; a Boeing 601 or 702 satellite has 1,000 times the mass of their 1 kilogram CubeSat.
* InnoSAT, by Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd: This CubeSat will test attitude control and navigation technologies developed by five Malaysian universities.
* XSAS, by University of Michigan: This project, based on graduate research, will house an accordion folded solar array inside a 1U CubeSat. The array will extend into a long solar panel once in orbit, thereby increasing by many times the power available to an attached CubeSat.
* Clyde Space is a company that started development of subsystems for CubeSats in 2005, including electrical power systems, attitude control systems, and pulsed-plasma thruster propulsion systems. In 2010 the UK Space Agency awarded Clyde Space the UK's first CubeSat mission, UKube-1, and a 3U CubeSat was launched in July 2014.
* Aerojet began developing a propulsion system for CubeSats in 2011 that occupies a 1U baseline volume and readily integrates with other CubeSat platforms to create modular, fully mobile CubeSats. Dubbed "CHAMPS", this system utilizes chemical propulsion and offers significantly more total impulse compared to cold gas propulsion systems.
* Alta SpA develops electric and chemical propulsion systems suited for satellites of various size. A critical analysis of different electric propulsion systems was carried out by the company in 2011. The IL-FEEP thruster, a field emission, linear slit propulsion system based on the FEEP heritage, is specially suited for CubeSats and is provided in a compact, 1U version for use on 2U or 3U missions.
* The Vermont Lunar CubeSat launched by Vermont Technical College (now Vermont State University Randolph) and funded in part by a grant from Vermont Space Grant Consortium and NASA.
* e-st@r (Educational Satellite @ Polytechnic University of Turin) is a miniaturized satellite built by the Polytechnic University of Turin. It was launched into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of Arianespace's Vega rocket on the 13th Feb 2012. It is a 1-U CubeSat design weighing 1 kg. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with LARES, ALMASat-1, Goliat, MaSat-1, PW-Sat, ROBUSTA, UniCubeSat-GG and Xatcobeo.
* The Damping And Vibration Experiment (DAVE, or CP-7), a 1U CubeSat developed by PolySat at California Polytechnic State University, launched in 2018 to test the response of various beams damped in tungsten particles in an orbital environment. The goal of the mission is to test a system that could be used to remove adverse vibrations on future spacecraft with sensitive instruments.
* OPS-SAT is an experimental 3U (7 kg) CubeSat built by TU Graz for ESA. Launched on 18 Dec. 2019 on Soyuz VS23 as tertiary payload together with two other CubeSats, it is "the world's first free-for-use, in-orbit testbed for new software, applications and techniques in satellite control."

## Earth remote sensing

* QuakeSat, by Quakefinder: This satellite was set out on a mission to help scientists improve earthquake detection. The students are hoping that the detection of magnetic signals may have value in showing the onset of an earthquake. The company that put the satellites together is from Palo Alto, California. They're gathering data on the extremely low magnetic field fluctuations that are associated with earthquakes to help better understand this area of study that has its skeptics. The 30 June 2003 deployment of Quakesat was alongside other university CubeSats and one commercial CubeSat. The launch occurred on a Rockot rocket from Russia's Plesetsk launch site.
* SwissCube, by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: This project has been selected to fly aboard a new expendable launch system being developed for Arianespace jointly by the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency. The rocket is called Vega, and takes its name from the star. The Swiss students will conduct experiments with the air glow phenomenon in the Earth's atmosphere. The satellite's downlink radio will transmit at 437 MHz; the uplink will be at 145 MHz.
* PLUME, by the University of Leicester: They plan to launch a CubeSat that will detect cosmic dust, and will be the first English CubeSat to be launched. The students began their project at the beginning of 2007 and if successful will have a method for scientists to look at the smallest ever dust particles from space.
* Firefly, by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Siena College: Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes have been detected from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory after its launch in 1991. Scientists have theories about their origins and this new CubeSat will have instruments that will observe both photons and electrons simultaneously. This, in turn, will allow scientists to better determine if lightning is the source of the gamma-ray bursts.
* ELFIN (Electron Losses and Fields INvestigation) is a 3U CubeSat currently in development by the University of California, Los Angeles. ELFIN will study electron losses in the magnetosphere using a fluxgate magnetometer and two energetic particle detectors (one for ions and one for electrons. ELFIN is a participant in the 8th iteration of the University Nanosatellite Program and is projected to be ready to fly by late 2015.
* ExoCube (CP-10) is a space-weather satellite by PolySat. It measures the in-situ densities of various elements in the Earth's exosphere over incoherent scatter radar.
* ONGLAISAT by ArkRidge Space, Earth observation satellite, launched December 2024.

## Space tether

* MAST, by Tethers Unlimited: The Multi-Application Survivable Tether experiment, based in the United States, was launched 17 April 2007 aboard a Dnepr rocket. This 1 km multistrand, interconnected tether (Hoytether) is being used to test and prove the long-term survivability for tethers in space. The three MAST pico-satellites ejected from the P-POD successfully, but the communications system had difficulties, and the separation mechanism did not function properly, preventing full deployment of the tether. Nonetheless, the experiment operated for over a month and downloaded over 2 MB of data on tethered satellite dynamics as well as images of the tether. While Stanford University formed the academic portion of the team, Tethers Unlimited, from Seattle, Washington, formed the commercial portion of the team.
* STARS (Kukai), by the Kagawa Satellite Development Project at Kagawa University, Japan: The Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS) mission launched 23 January 2009 as a secondary payload on a H-IIA launch. After launch, the satellite was named KUKAI, and consisted of two subsatellites, "Ku" and "Kai," to be linked by a 5-meter tether. It was successfully separated from the rocket and transferred into the planned orbit. See also STARS-II microsatellite follow-up with longer (300m) tether.
* Tempo3, by The Mars Society: This operation is called the Tethered Experiment for Mars inter-Planetary Operations and is meant to demonstrate the generation of artificial gravity. The project seeks to enhance knowledge about long term space flight.

## Biology

* GeneSat 1, by the NASA Ames Research Center: In December 2006, a Minotaur launch vehicle carried this satellite into orbit from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to carry out a genetics experiment. The team assembled the biological growth and analysis systems to perform experiments with E. coli bacteria. The project is not cheap by CubeSat standards: the total spent on the satellite and its experiments were $6 million before the launch took place. The goal is to establish methods for studying the genetic changes that come from being exposed to a space environment. The satellite was outfitted with a UHF beacon.

## Other uses

* Cubesat ROBUSTA, by Montpellier 2 University: A mission to test the effects of radiation on electronics. The goal is to specifically check the deterioration of electronic components based on bipolar transistors when exposed to the space radiation environment. The results of this experiment will be used to validate a test method proposed in the laboratory. The French satellite launched on the maiden flight of Vega in early 2012.
* TJ$^3$Sat, by Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, which was the first CubeSat ever launched by high school students on November 19, 2013.
* iCube-1, by Institute of Space Technology, was Pakistan's first CubeSat. It was manufactured by a team of about 20 faculty members and 15 students. It was launched on 21 November 2013 on board the Dnepr space launch vehicle.
* CINEMA, a collaborative effort between the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, School of Space Research of Kyung Hee University, and the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico: The project's goal is to develop a cubesat that monitors space weather using a combination of magnetometers and particle detectors.
* A CubeSat Inflatable Deorbit Device, by Old Dominion University: This study describes a deployable aerodynamic drag device that can be incorporated in basic 1U CubeSat units that can meet the 25-year orbital lifetime constraint for initial orbit perigees of up to 900 km.
* The NEE-01 Pegaso launched by the Ecuadorian Space Agency in early 2013 was the first known cubesat able to transmit real time video from orbit and broadcast the live feed over the internet.
* SpaceICE ("Interface Convective Effects") is a 3U CubeSat developed by The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University to study freeze-casting (a directional solidification technique for the production of porous materials). The SpaceICE mission is scheduled to launch late 2018.

## List of launched CubeSats

There are many types of CubeSats ranging from 0.25u to 16u. In the Type column, the number corresponds to the (approximate) length of the CubeSat in decimetres. Width and depth are normally ten centimetres, or one decimetre. A 1U CubeSat measures approximately 1 × 1 × 1 decimetres, while a 6U CubeSat is six times the size, approximately 1 × 2 × 3 decimetres.
This list can be sorted by clicking on the heading of any column.
| Name | COSPAR ID (NORAD ID) | Type | Organisation | Mission | Mission status | Launch date (UTC) | Launch vehicle | Reentry date | Remarks |
| AAU CubeSat | 2003-031G (27846) | 1U | Aalborg University | Technology | Completed | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | Battery problems, deactivated on 22 September 2003 |
| CanX-1 | 2003-031H (27847) | 1U | UTIAS | Technology demonstration | Failed | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | No signal from spacecraft |
| Cubesat Xi-IV (Oscar 57) | 2003-031J (27848) | 1U | University of Tokyo | Amateur radio | Active | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | Still sending housekeeping information as of Sep 2023 |
| CUTE-I (Oscar 55) | 2003-031E (27844) | 1U | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Amateur radio | Active | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | |
| DTUsat | 2003-031C (27842) | 1U | Technical University of Denmark | Tether research | Failed | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | No signal from spacecraft |
| QuakeSat | 2003-031F (27845) | 3U | Stanford University | Earthquake detection | Active | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot / Briz-KM | | |
| TUSat1 | | 1U | Taylor University | Space Communication Research | | 30 Jun 2003 | Rokot/Briz-KM | | First satellite from Indiana |
| CubeSat Xi-V (Oscar-58) | 2005-043F (28895) | 1U | University of Tokyo | Amateur radio | Completed | 27 Oct 2005 | Kosmos-3M | | Still sending housekeeping information as of Sep 2023 |
| nCube-2 | 2005-043H (28897) | 1U | ARR/NSC | Amateur radio | Failed | 27 Oct 2005 | Kosmos-3M | | No signal |
| UWE-1 | 2005-043C (28892) | 1U | University of Würzburg | Technology / Communications | Completed | 27 Oct 2005 | Kosmos-3M | | Contact lost on 17 November 2005 |
| SACRED | Failed to Orbit | 1U | University of Arizona | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| ION | Failed to Orbit | 2U | University of Illinois | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| Rincon 1 | | 1U | University of Arizona | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| ICE Cube 1 | | 1U | Cornell University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| KUTESat | | 1U | University of Kansas | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| nCUBE-1 | | 1U | ARR / NSC | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| HAUSAT-1 | | 1U | Hankuk Aviation University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| SEEDS-1 | | 1U | Nihon University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| CP-2 | | 1U | California Polytechnic University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| AeroCube-1 | | 1U | The Aerospace Corporation | Technology demonstration | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| MEROPE | | 1U | Montana State University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| Mea Huaka'i (Voyager) | | 1U | University of Hawaii | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| ICE Cube 2 | | 1U | Cornell University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| CP-1 | | 1U | California Polytechnic University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 26 Jul 2006 | Dnepr | | |
| GeneSat-1 | 2006-058C (29655) | 3U | NASA / Santa Clara University | Biological research Technology demonstration | Completed | 16 Dec 2006 | Minotaur | 4 Aug 2010 | Primary mission complete |
| CSTB1 | 2007-012F (31122) | 1U | Boeing | | Active | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | |
| AeroCube-2 | 2007-012R (31133) | 1U | The Aerospace Corporation | Technology demonstration | Failed | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | Solar converter malfunction on 18 Apr 2007 |
| CP-4 | 2007-012Q (31132) | 1U | California Polytechnic University | | Active | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | |
| Libertad-1 | 2007-012M (31128) | 1U | Sergio Arboleda University | | Successful | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | Designed to only operate for 50 days. However continued for over 2 years. |
| CAPE-1 | NASA.gov 2007-012P (31130) | 1U | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | | Active | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | |
| CP-3 | 2007-012N (31129) | 1U | California Polytechnic University | | Active | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | |
| MAST | 2007-012K (31126) | 1U | Tethers Unlimited | Tether experiments | | 17 Apr 2007 | Dnepr | | Failed to deploy, but radio contact made |
| Cute-1.7 + APD II | 2008-021C (32785) | 2U | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Separation system demonstration and Avalanche Photo Diode sensor experiment | Active | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | | |
| COMPASS-1 | 2008-021E (32787) | 1U | FH Aachen | Demonstration of commercial off-the-shelf components and taking photos | Active | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | | |
| AAUSat-2 | 2008-021F (32788) | 1U | Aalborg University, Denmark | ADCS system and a gamma ray detector | Completed | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | | |
| Delfi-C$^3$ | 2008-021G (32789) | 3U | Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands | | Completed | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | Dec 2023 | |
| CanX-2 | 2008-021H (32790) | 3U | University of Toronto, Canada | Technology demonstrator for formation flying | Active | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | | |
| SEEDS-2 | 2008-021J (32791) | 1U | Nihon University, Japan | Amateur radio experiments and preprogrammed message sending | Active | 28 Apr 2008 | PSLV-CA | | |
| PREsat | | 3U | NASA | Technology | Destroyed | 3 Aug 2008 | Falcon 1 | | Launch failure |
| NanoSail-D | | 3U | NASA | Technology | Destroyed | 3 Aug 2008 | Falcon 1 | | Launch failure |
| STARS | | 2U | Kagawa University | Short-distance tether extension | Active | 23 Jan 2009 | H-IIA | | basic functions of tether reel confirmed |
| PharmaSat | 2009-028B (35002) | 3U | NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara University, University of Texas Medical Branch | Measured the effect of antifungal countermeasures on yeast strains in microgravity. ≈96 hour experiment. | Completed | 19 May 2009 | Minotaur I | 14 August 2012 | |
| CP6 | 2009-028C (35003) | 1U | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Technology demonstration | Completed | 19 May 2009 | Minotaur I | 6 October 2011 | |
| HawkSat-1 | 2009-028D (35004) | 1U | Hawk Institute for Space Sciences | Technology demonstration | Completed | 19 May 2009 | Minotaur I | 4 September 2011 | |
| AeroCube-3 | 2009-028E (35005) | 1U | The Aerospace Corporation | Technology demonstration | Completed | 19 May 2009 | Minotaur I | 6 January 2011 | |
| SwissCube-1 | 2009-051B (35932) | 1U | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Upper atmospheric science | Active | 23 Sep 2009 | PSLV-CA | | First Swiss satellite. Still sending telemetry |
| BeeSat-1 | 2009-051C (35933) | 1U | Technische Universität Berlin | Reaction wheel technology qualification | Active | 23 Sep 2009 | PSLV-CA | | |
| UWE-2 | 2009-051D (35934) | 1U | Universität Würzburg | ADCS technology demonstrator | Active | 23 Sep 2009 | PSLV-CA | | |
| ITUpSAT1 | 2009-051E (35935) | 1U | Istanbul Technical University | Imagery, technology | Active | 23 Sep 2009 | PSLV-CA | | |
| Hayato | 2010-020A (36573) | 1U | Kagoshima University | Observe atmospheric vapor distribution, Shooting moving images of Earth through microwave high-speed communications | Failed | 20 May 2010 | H-IIA 202 | 28 Jun 2010 | |
| Waseda-SAT2 | 2010-020B (36574) | 1U | Waseda University | | Failed. | 20 May 2010 | H-IIA 202 | 12 Jul 2010 | |
| Negai-Star | 2010-020C (36575) | 1U | Soka University | Commercial FPGA and camera | Successful. mission complete. | 20 May 2010 | H-IIA 202 | 26 Jun 2010 | |
| TIsat-1 | 2010-035E (36799) | 1U | University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) | Technology demonstrator | Semi-operational. | 12 Jul 2010 | PSLV-CA | | All UAS-made Swiss student satellite; partnering with local and global companies |
| StudSat | 2010-035B (36796) | 1U | StudSat | | Mission Ended | 12 Jul 2010 | PSLV-CA | | First Indian picosatellite. Beacon heard for about 1 month. |
| RAX-1 | 2010-062B (37223) | 3U | University of Michigan | Ionospheric research | Premature End | 20 Nov 2010 | Minotaur 4 (STP-S26) | | anomaly on the solar panels resulted in degradation of power generation |
| O/OREOS | 2010-062C (37224) | 3U | NASA SMD | Life sciences | | 20 Nov 2010 | Minotaur 4 (STP-S26) | | |
| NanoSail-D2 | 2010-062L (37361) | 3U | NASA Ames Research Center | Technology | Completed | 20 Nov 2010 | Minotaur 4 (STP-S26) | 17 Sep 2011 | failed to eject 6 Dec 2010; spontaneously ejected 19 Jan 2011 to complete mission |
| Perseus 000 | 2010-066H (37251) | 1.5U | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Developing a rapid-response satellite capability to enable many different mission types | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 30 Dec 2010 | |
| Perseus 001 | 2010-066E (37248) | 1.5U | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Developing a rapid-response satellite capability to enable many different mission types | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 31 Dec 2010 | |
| Perseus 002 | 2010-066G (37250) | 1.5U | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Developing a rapid-response satellite capability to enable many different mission types | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 30 Dec 2010 | |
| Perseus 003 | 2010-066D (37247) | 1.5U | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Developing a rapid-response satellite capability to enable many different mission types | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 31 Dec 2010 | |
| QbX1 | 2010-066F (37249) | 3U | NRL | Technology demonstration | Successful | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 6 Jan 2011 | |
| QbX2 | 2010-066B (37245) | 3U | NRL | Technology demonstration | Successful | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 16 Jan 2011 | |
| SMDC-ONE | 2010-066C (37246) | 3U | US Army SMDC | Communications | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 12 Jan 2011 | |
| Mayflower-Caerus | 2010-066J (37252) | 3U | Northrop Grumman (Mayflower); University of Southern California (Caerus) | Technology | Completed | 8 Dec 2010 | Falcon 9 | 22 Dec 2010 | |
| KySat-1 | Failed to orbit | 1U | Kentucky Space | Educational, technology testing, amateur radio | Destroyed. Launch failure | 04 Mar 2011 | Taurus-XL via ELaNa-1 | | |
| Hermes | Failed to orbit | 1U | University of Colorado at Boulder | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 04 Mar 2011 | Taurus-XL | | |
| Explorer-1 [Prime] | Failed to orbit | 1U | Montana State University | | Destroyed. Launch failure | 04 Mar 2011 | Taurus-XL | | |
| Jugnu | 2011-058B (37839) | 3U | IIT Kanpur | Micro-imaging system, near infrared camera to observe vegetation, GPS Receiver to aid tracking | Active | 12 Oct 2011 | PSLV-CA | | |
| M-Cubed | 2011-061F (37855) | 1U | University of Michigan | Imaging technology | | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | M-cubed and Explorer-1 Prime Unit 2 (HRBE) were magnetically attached to one another. Speculation is that this is due to the permanent magnets each have for passive attitude control. M-cubed remains alive and transmitting. |
| DICE-1 | 2011-061B (37851) | 1.5U | Space Dynamics Laboratory | Ionospheric research | Active | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | |
| DICE-2 | 2011-061C (37852) | 1.5U | Space Dynamics Laboratory | Ionospheric research | Active | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | |
| Explorer-1 [Prime] Unit 2 | 2011-061F (37855) | 1U | Montana Space Grant Consortium | Magnetospheric Research | Active | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | M-cubed and Explorer-1 Prime Unit 2 (HRBE) were magnetically attached to one another. Speculation is that this is due to the permanent magnets each have for passive attitude control. HRBE did not suffer from this connection with M-cubed. |
| RAX-2 | 2011-061D (37853) | 3U | University of Michigan | Ionospheric research | Active | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | |
| AubieSat-1 | 2011-061E (37854) | 1U | Auburn University | Technology | Active | 28 Oct 2011 | Delta II via ELaNa-3 | | First CubeSat from Auburn University |
| ROBUSTA | 2012-006H (38084) | 1U | Université Montpellier 2 | Radiation effects on bipolar-transistor-based circuits | Failed | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | Feb 2014 | First French CubeSat |
| e-st@r | 2012-006C (38079) | 1U | Politecnico di Torino | Development and test of an active ADCS Test of COTS | Tumbling | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | |
| MaSat-1 | 2012-006E (38081) | 1U | BME | Technological demonstration | Active | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | First Hungarian satellite |
| Xatcobeo | 2012-006F (38082) | 1U | University of Vigo | Test software-defined radio and to experiment with solar panel deployment. | Active | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | Maiden flight of Vega. |
| Goliat | 2012-006D (38080) | 1U | University of Bucharest Romania | Earth imaging and space environment measuring | | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | First Romanian satellite |
| PW-Sat | 2012-006G (38083) | 1U | Warsaw University of Technology Poland | Technology experiments | | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | First Polish satellite |
| UniCubeSat-GG | 2012-006J (38085) | 1U | GAUSS team-Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | Deployable powered boom for gravity gradient libration study | | 13 Feb 2012 | Vega | | First Italian CubeSat (together with e-st@r) |
| F-1 | 2012-038E (38855) | 1U | FPT University | Training for students and young engineers / Education. Test of 3-axis SDTM magnetometer | Failed; No signal received | 21 Jul 2012 | H-IIB to ISS | 9 May 2013 | First Vietnamese satellite developed domestically. Deployed from ISS 2012 Oct 4. |
| TechEdSat-1 | 2012-038D (38854) | 1U | San Jose State University | SPA hardware and software, inter-satellite communication link analysis | | 21 Jul 2012 | H-IIB to ISS | 5 May 2013 | Deployed from ISS 2012 Oct 4. |
| Raiko | 2012-038B (38852) | 2U | Tohoku University / Wakayama University | Ku-band communication, prototype star tracker and deployable membrane technology demonstration | Successful | 21 Jul 2012 | H-IIB to ISS | 6 Aug 2013 | Deployed from ISS 2012 Oct 4 |
| We-Wish | 2012-038F (38856) | 1U | Meisei Electric | Infrared camera imaging | Failed, no signal received | 21 Jul 2012 | H-IIB to ISS | 11 Mar 2013 | Deployed from ISS 2012 Oct 4 |
| CSSWE | 2012-048D (38761) | 3U | University of Colorado Boulder / LASP | Space weather research | Complete | 13 Sep 2012 | Atlas V 401 NROL-36 via ELaNa-VI | Expected 2028 | Extended Mission Complete |
| VELOX-P1 | | 1U | Satellite Research Center, Nanyang Technological University | Undergraduate Satellite Program. Technology demonstration for in house development of the sensors. | | 1 Oct 2012 | Confidential (Neptune) | | |
| FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) | 2012-038C (38853) | 1U | Fukuoka Institute of Technology | The main mission objective is to demonstrate the developed high-speed transmitter. | Active | 4 Oct 2012 | H-IIB to ISS | 4 Jul 2013 | Deployed from ISS 2012 Oct 4. |
| AAUSAT3 | 2013-009B (39087) | 1U | Aalborg University, Denmark | Double AIS system for tracking ships in Arctic regions. | Active | 25 Feb 2013 | PSLV-CA C20 | | Denmark's CubeSat number 4 |
| STRaND-1 | 2013-009E (39090) | 3U | Surrey Space Centre (SSC), University of Surrey, & Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) | Technology | Operational | 25 Feb 2013 | PSLV-CA C20 | | First in STRaND Programme |
| BeeSat-2 | 2013-015G (39136) | 1U | Technische Universität Berlin | Reaction wheel technology qualification | Active | 19 Apr 2013 | Soyuz | | |
| BeeSat-3 | 2013-015E (39134) | 1U | Technische Universität Berlin | Reaction wheel technology qualification | Active | 19 Apr 2013 | Soyuz | | |
| SOMP | 2013-015F (39135) | 1U | Dresden University of Technology, Germany | Education, testing software-defined radio, measuring atomic oxygen concentration, demonstrating TFSC | | 19 Apr 2013 | Soyuz | | |
| Dove-2 | 2013-015C (39132) | 3U | Planet Labs | Optical imaging | Active | 19 Apr 2013 | Soyuz-2.1a | | |
| OSSI-1 | 2013-015B (39131) | 1U | | Amateur radio | Complete | 19 Apr 2013 | Soyuz-2.1a | 30 Jun 2013 | Privately built and part of the Bion-M No.1 mission |
| PhoneSat 1.0 (Graham) | 2013-016E (39146) | 1U | NASA Ames Research Center | Technology; using unmodified consumer-grade off-the-shelf smartphones | | 21 Apr 2013 | Antares 110 A-ONE | 26 Apr 2013 | First PhoneSat Launch |
| PhoneSat 1.0 (Bell) | 2013-016A (39142) | 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 | | 21 Apr 2013 | Antares 110 A-ONE | 27 Apr 2013 | First PhoneSat Launch |
| PhoneSat 2.0.beta (Alexander) | 2013-016C (39144) | 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 | | 21 Apr 2013 | Antares 110 A-ONE | 27 Apr 2013 | First PhoneSat Launch |
| NEE-01 Pegasus | NASA.gov 2013-018B] (39151) | 1U | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Technology | Active | 26 Apr 2013 | Long March 2D | | First Ecuadorian satellite, first CubeSat to transmit real-time video |
| TurkSat-3USat | 2013-018C (39152) | 3U | Istanbul Technical University | Communications | Active | 26 Apr 2013 | Long March 2D | | |
| ESTCube-1 | 2013-021C (39161) | 1U | University of Tartu | Space test of the electric solar wind sail | Inactive since 17 February 2015. Partial failure. | 7 May 2013 | Vega | | First Estonian satellite |
| ArduSat1 | 1998-067DA (39412) | 1U | Nanosatisfi LLC | Allow general public to use the satellite sensors for their own creative purposes. | | 3 Aug 2013 | H-IIB to ISS | 16 Apr 2014 | Deployed from ISS 2013 Nov 19. |
| ArduSatX | 1998-067DC (39414) | 1U | Nanosatisfi LLC | Allow general public to use the satellite sensors for their own creative purposes. | | 3 Aug 2013 | H-IIB to ISS | 15 Apr 2014 | Deployed from ISS 2013 Nov 19. |
| Firefly | 2013-064AA (39404) | 3U | Taylor University | Space Communication Research | Operational | 20 Nov 2013 | Minotaur I | | |
| ChargerSat-1 | 2013-064AB (39405) | 1U | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Technological demonstration | Launched. No contact established. Maximum time before passive return and destruction: 24 months | 20 Nov 2013 | Minotaur I via ELaNa-IV | | Built by the UAH Space Hardware Club. |
| Vermont Lunar | 2013-064AD (39407) | 1U | Vermont Technical College | Testing navigation components to be used in a follow-up 3U ion drive CubeSat to the Moon | Active | 20 Nov 2013 | Minotaur I via ELaNa-IV | | First university satellite from New England. Built by the Vermont Tech CubeSat Lab. |
| iCUBE-1 | 2013-066S (39432) | 1U | Institute of Space Technology Islamabad Pakistan | Small satellite designed by the students | Active | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | First Pakistani CubeSat. |
| FUNcube-1 | 2013-066AE (39444) | 1U | AMSAT-UK / National Radio Centre | Primary/ secondary education (UK) | Active | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | |
| Delfi-n3Xt | 2013-066N (39428) | 3U | Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands | Technology | Active | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | www.delfispace.nl |
| ZACUBE-1 (TshepisoSat) | 2013-066B (39417) | 1U | French South African Institute of Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Space weather, technology demonstration, education and human capital development. | Active | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | Student-built satellite. First South African CubeSat |
| NEE-02 Krysaor | 2013-066AB (39441) | 1U | Ecuadorian Space Agency | Technological demonstration / EducationOrbital debris and small asteroids monitoring | | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | Will be the second Ecuadorian satellite in constellation with NEE-01; Build and testing completed on 15 July 2012 |
| PUCPSAT-1 | 2013-066AC (39442) | 1U | Universidad Católica del Perú | Technology demonstration | | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr/GAUSS Srl deployer | | |
| VELOX-P2 | 2013-066Y (39438) | 1U | Satellite Research Center, Nanyang Technological University | Undergraduate Satellite Program. Technology demonstration for in house development of the sensors. | | 21 Nov 2013 | Dnepr | | |
| ArduSat2 | 1998-067EQ (39571) | 2U | Nanosatisfi LLC | Allow general public to use the satellite sensors for their own creative purposes. | | 9 Jan 2014 | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 to ISS | 1 Jul 2014 | Deployed from ISS 2014 Feb 28. |
| CHASQUI - I | | 1U | UNI | Technology demonstration | Unknown | 9 Jan 2014 | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 to ISS | | Peruvian. Deployed from ISS 17 Aug 2014 |
| SkyCube | 1998-067EL (39567) | 1U | Southern Stars LLC | Crowdfunding, messaging, imaging, balloon inflation | Partial failure, satellite reentered | 9 Jan 2014 | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 to ISS | | First crowdfunded satellite with inflatable balloon; Deployed from ISS 2014 Feb 28. |
| UAPSat-1 | 1998-067EM (39568) | 1U | University Alas Peruanas | Technology demonstration | | 9 Jan 2014 | Antares 110 Cygnus CRS Orb-1 to ISS | 22 May 2014 | Deployed from ISS 2014 Feb 28. |
| OPUSAT | 2014-009D (39575) | 1U | Osaka Prefecture University | Test Lithium-ion capacitor technology in space | | 27 Feb 2014 | H-IIA 202 | 24 Jul 2014 | |
| ITF-1 (Yui) | 2014-009B (39573) | 1U | Tsukuba University | amateur radio | | 27 Feb 2014 | H-IIA 202 | 29 Jun 2014 | |
| INVADER (Artsat-1) | 2014-009F (39577) | 1U | Tama Art University | art, voice broadcast | | 27 Feb 2014 | H-IIA 202 | | |
| KSAT2 (Hayato-2) | 2014-009G (39578) | 1U | Kagoshima University | climatology satellite with RF water vapor sensor for improved prediction of rain and tornado | | 27 Feb 2014 | H-IIA 202 | 18 May 2014 | |
| KickSat | | 3U | | Technology demonstration | Failed | 18 Apr 2014 | Falcon-9 | 14 May 2014 | Launched with SpaceX CRS-3 and deployed from the ISS |
| TSat4 | 2014-022C (39682) | | Taylor University | Low Earth Orbit Plasma Research | | 18 Apr 2014 | Falcon 9 via ELaNa-V | 28 May 2014 | |
| AeroCube-6 | | 1U | Aerospace Corporation | Radiation studies in LEO | | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| UniSat 6 | 2014-033C | In-orbit CubeSat launcher | GAUSS | Deployed TigriSat, Lemur 1, ANTELSAT and AeroCube 6 | | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| Perseus-M1 / Perseus-M2 | 2014-033AF (40039) / 2014-033AD (40037) | 6U | Canopus Systems US (Operated by Aquila Space, Inc.) | 6U Cubesat Bus Demonstration and AIS ship tracking payload | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| LEMUR-1 | | 3U | Nanosatisfi | | | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| Antelsat | 2014-033AA (40034) | 2U | FING-IIE (Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República, Instituto de Ingeniería Eléctrica), Antel (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) | Technology | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | First Uruguayan satellite. |
| Flock-1c x 11 | | 3U | Planet Labs, US | Optical imaging | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| NanoSatC-Br 1 | | 1U | UFSM, INPE, Brazil | Magnetosphere research | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| POPSAT-HIP 1 | | 3U | Microspace Rapid | Technology (demonstrate the functionality of a high resolution optical payload and attitude control propulsion system) | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | |
| QB50P1, QB50P2 | | 2U | Von Karman Institute, Belgium | Thermosphere research (Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometers) | Active | 19 Jun 2014 | Dnepr | | Pair of the first Belgium satellites; first cubesats under QB50 program |
| VELOX-1-NSAT | 2014-034E (40057) | 1U | Satellite Research Center, Nanyang Technological University | Undergraduate Satellite Program. Technology demonstration for in house development of the sensors. | | 30 Jun 2014 | PSLV-CA | | |
| VELOX-1-PSAT | 2014-034E (40057) | 1U | Satellite Research Center, Nanyang Technological University | Undergraduate Satellite Program. Technology demonstration for in house development of the sensors. | | 30 Jun 2014 | PSLV-CA | | |
| UKube-1 | | 3U | UK Space Agency | Technology demonstration mission | Complete, but still operational, awaiting further possible use by Amsat. | 8 Jul 2014 | Soyuz from Baikonur | | The UK Space Agency's First Satellite(though not the UK's first Ariel 1), built by Clydespace. |
| AESP-14 | 1998-067FM (40389) | 1U | ITA | Ionospheric research | Failed | 10 Jan 2015 | Falcon-9 | 11 May 2015 | First Brazilian nanosatellite. Launched with SpaceX CRS-5 and deployed from the ISS on 5 February 2015 |
| ExoCube | | 3U | Cal Poly PolySat | Space weather | | 31 Jan 2015 | Delta II via ELaNa-X | | |
| FIREBIRD-II (FIREBIRD 3 / FIREBIRD 4) | 2015-003B (40377) / 2015-003C (40378) | 1.5U | Montana State University University of New Hampshire Los Alamos National Laboratory Aerospace Corp | Space weather | | 31 Jan 2015 | Delta II via ELaNa-X | | Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics (FIREBIRD) II |
| GRIFEX | 2015-003D | 3U | University of Michigan, NASA JPL | Atmospheric studies technology | | 31 Jan 2015 | Delta II via ELaNa-X | | Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) In-Flight Performance Experiment (GRIFEX) |
| OptiCube 3 | | 3U | Cal Poly, SLO | Targets for orbital debris studies | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| AeroCube 8B | | 1.5U | Aerospace Corp. | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| AeroCube 8A | | 1.5U | Aerospace Corp. | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| OptiCube 2 | | 3U | Cal Poly, SLO | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| GEARRS-2 | | 3U | NearSpace Launch Inc | Technology/Communications | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| OptiCube 1 | | 3U | Cal Poly, SLO | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| BRICSat-P | | 1.5U | U.S. Naval Academy | Transponder experiment, electric propulsion technology | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| ParkinsonSAT | 2015-025D (40654) | 1.5U | U.S. Naval Academy | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| USS Langley | | 3U | U.S. Naval Academy | | Active | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V | | |
| LightSail-1 | | 3U | The Planetary Society | Demonstrating increased orbital energy with controlled solar sailing in Earth orbit | Completed (Reentered) | 20 May 2015 | Atlas V via ELaNa-XI | | |
| MinXSS | 41474U | 3U | University of Colorado Boulder / Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics | Solar soft X-ray studies | Completed | 6 Dec 2015 | Atlas V | 6 May 2017 | ISS deployed 16 May 2016 |
| ATHENOXAT-1 | | 3U | Microspace Rapid | Technology (demonstrate a new high resolution night vision optical payload) | Active | 16 Dec 2015 | Pslv | | |
| OUFTI-1 | | 1U | University of Liège and I.S.I.L (Haute École de la Province de Liège, Belgium) | Testing radio protocol in space | Launched | 25 Apr 2016 | Soyuz-STA/Fregat | | Orbital Utility For Telecommunication Innovations (OUFTI). |
| Swayam | 41607 | 1U | College of Engineering, Pune | Technology demonstration | Active | 22 Jun 2016 | PSLV | | Part of the PSLV-C34 mission |
| Aalto-2 | 1998-067MJ (42729) | 2U | Aalto University, Finland | Atmospheric research | Inactive | 18 Apr 2017 | Atlas V | | First Finnish satellite. Part of the QB50 project. |
| nSight-1 | | 2U | SCS-Space | | Successful | 18 Apr 2017 | Atlas V | | Part of QB50. Designed to operate for 12–18 months. Still active after 29 months and counting. |
| UPSat | 1998-067LX (42716) | 2U | University of Patras, Libre Space Foundation | Research | Decayed | 18 Apr 2017 | Atlas V | 13 November 2018 | Part of the QB50 project. First open source hardware and software satellite to be launched. First satellite manufactured in Greece. UPSat was released in orbit by the Nanoracks deployer from the International Space Station at 08:24 UTC 2017-05-18. |
| ZA-AeroSat | | 2U | Stellenbosch University | | | 18 Apr 2017 | Atlas V | | Part of QB50. Limited operations due to communication problems. |
| BRAC Onnesha | 1998-067MX (42823) | 1U | BRAC University | Technology demonstration Earth observation | Active | 3 Jun 2017 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-11 | | Deployed from ISS on 7 July 2017 with the Birds-1 constellation |
| GhanaSat-1 | 1998-067MV (42821) | 1U | All Nations University | Technology demonstration Earth observation | Active | 3 Jun 2017 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-11 | | Deployed from ISS on 7 July 2017 with the Birds-1 constellation |
| Mazaalai | 1998-067MW (42822) | 1U | National University of Mongolia | Technology demonstration Earth observation | Active | 3 Jun 2017 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-11 | | Deployed from ISS on 7 July 2017 with the Birds-1 constellation |
| Nigeria EduSat-1 | 1998-067MY (42824) | 1U | Federal University of Technology Akure | Technology demonstration Earth observation | Active | 3 Jun 2017 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-11 | | Deployed from ISS on 7 July 2017 with the Birds-1 constellation |
| TOKI | 1998-067MU (42820) | 1U | Kyushu Institute of Technology | Technology demonstration Earth observation | Active | 3 Jun 2017 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-11 | | Deployed from ISS on 7 July 2017 with the Birds-1 constellation |
| Kalam SAT | | Femto Satellite | NASA | | Active | 22 Jun 2017 | Terrier Orion sounding rocket | | Cubes in Space |
| SkCube | | 2U (QB50 type) | Slovak Organisation for Space Activities (SOSA), University of Žilina, Slovak University of Technology by help of Belgian Von Karman Institute, Faculty of Aeronautics of Technical University of Kosice | Research and technology demonstration | Complete | 23 Jun 2017 | TBD | | Will be first Slovak satellite |
| Aalto-1 | 2017-036L (42775) | 3U | Aalto University and Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland | Technical demonstration of a miniaturized spectral imager, a radiation monitor and a plasma brake | Active | 23 Jun 2017 | PSLV-C38 from India | | Second Finnish satellite |
| InflateSail | 2017-036F (42770) | 3U | von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics | Technology demonstration (drag sail) | Complete | 23 Jun 2017 | PSLV-C38 | | |
| LituanicaSAT-2 | 2017-036D (42768) | 3U | Vilnius University | Technology demonstration | | 23 Jun 2017 | PSLV | | Part of the QB50 project |
| ASTERIA | 1998-067NH (43020) | 6U | NASA (JPL) | Technology demonstrator, space telescope | Completed | 14 Aug 2017 | Falcon-9 | | Launched with SpaceX CRS-12 ISS mission. Deployed on 20 Nov 2017. Last contact on 5 Dec 2019. |
| OSIRIS-3U | | 3U | Pennsylvania State University SSPL | In situ measurements of temporal and spatial characteristics of ionospheric space weather | Under development | 14 Aug 2017 | Falcon 9 ISS | | Constellation of three 1U spacecraft launched simultaneously and orbiting in linear formation. Accepted to NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative in 2013. |
| Asgardia-1 | 2017-071N (43049) | 2U | Space Kingdom of Asgardia | Solid-state storage testing while in LEO | Active | 12 Nov 2017 | Antares 230 | | Deployed into orbit by Cygnus CRS OA-8E on 6 December 2017, 22:40:22 UTC |
| EcAMSat | 1998-067NG (43019) | 6U | Santa Clara University | Biological research | Active | 12 Nov 2017 | Antares 230 | | |
| PicSat | 2018-004W (43131) | 3U | Paris Observatory CNRS | Astronomy/Planetary science | Active | 12 Jan 2018 | PSLV | | Part of the PSLV-C40 mission |
| UBAKUSAT | 1998-067NP (43466) | 3U | Istanbul Technical University | Technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite to provide voice communications for amateur radio stations | Active | 2 Apr 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-14 | | Deployed from ISS in May 2018. |
| 1KUNS-PF | 1998-067NQ (43467) | 1U | University of Nairobi | Mapping of Kenya's land mass, monitoring of the coastline and helping combat illegal logging activities | Active | 2 Apr 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-14 | | Deployed from ISS in May 2018. |
| Irazú | 1998-067NR (43468) | 1U | Costa Rica Institute of Technology | Monitoring carbon, humidity, and temperature levels in Costa Rican forests | Active | 2 Apr 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-14 | | Deployed from ISS in May 2018. Intended First Costa Rican and Central American CubeSat |
| DebrisSat 1 & 2 | 1998-067PM 1998-067PR | 2U each | Surrey Satellite Technology | Debris removal technology demonstration | Active | 2 Apr 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-14 | | Deployed from ISS in Jun 2018 as part of the RemoveDEBRIS project. |
| Mars Cube One (MarCO) | | 6U each | NASA | Telecom technology | Completed Mars flyby and successful relay | 5 May 2018 | Atlas V 401 | | 2 identical 6U; launched with InSight lander first CubeSats to operate beyond Earth orbit |
| EQUiSat | | 1U | Brown University | Open-source satellite to encourage involvement of students and amateurs in aerospace design. | Launched | 21 May 2018 | TBD | | Accepted to NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative in 2014 |
| MemSat | | 1U | Rowan University | Resilience of Resistive Memory in Space Conditions | Launched | 21 May 2018 | Antares Cygnus | | |
| BHUTAN-1 | 1998-067PF (43591) | 1U | Kyushu Institute of Technology | Technology demonstration | Active | 29 Jun 2018 | Falcon-9 | | Launched with SpaceX CRS-15 and deployed from the ISS in August 2018. Part of the Birds-2 project |
| Maya-1 | 1998-067PE (43590) | 1U | Kyushu Institute of Technology | Technology demonstration | Active | 29 Jun 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-15 | | Deployed from ISS on 10 Aug 2018. Part of the Birds-2 project |
| UiTMSAT-1 | 1998-067PD (43589) | 1U | Universiti Teknologi MARA | Technology demonstration | Active | 29 Jun 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-15 | | Deployed from the ISS. Part of the Birds-2 project |
| DAVE (CP-7) | | 1U | PolySat / California Polytechnic State University | Technology demonstration mission | Active | 15 Sep 2018 | Delta-II from Vandenberg Air Force Base | | DAVE is the 9th spacecraft launched by California Polytechnic State University |
| STARS-Me | 1998-067PQ (43640) | 2U | Shizuoka University, Japan | Small-scale demonstration of orbit elevator | Complete (Re-entered) | 22 Sep 2018 | H-2B-304 | 6 Oct 2021 | Two attached 1U satellites |
| IRVINE01 | | 1U | Irvine CubeSat STEM Program | Educational mission providing high school students experience building, testing, and controlling a nano-satellite to develop interest and talent in the science and engineering fields | Launched | 11 Nov 2018 | Electron KS | | Built by high school students. Team composed of students from six public high schools in Tustin and Irvine, California. |
| IRVINE02 | | 1U | Irvine CubeSat STEM Program | Test propulsion system and LED communications | Launched | 3 Dec 2018 | Falcon 9 SSO-A | | Built by high school students. Selected by NASA for CubeSat Launch Initiative |
| JY1-Sat | 2018-099AX | 1U | Crown Prince Foundation (Jordan) | research | Launched | 3 Dec 2018 | Falcon 9 SSO-A | | Intended first Jordanian CubeSat |
| MOVE-II | 2018-099Y | 1U | Technische Universität München | Technical demonstration | Launched | 3 Dec 2018 | Falcon 9 SSO-A | | |
| KNACKSAT | 2018-099D (43761) | 1U | King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok | Technology demonstration | Launched | 3 Dec 2018 | Falcon 9 SSO-A | | First CubeSat of Thailand |
| Delphini-1 | 1998-067PW (44030) | 1U | Aarhus University | Proof of concept | Complete (Re-entered) | 5 Dec 2018 | Falcon-9 | 14 Mar 2021 | First satellite from Aarhus University |
| UNITE | | 3U | University of Southern Indiana | Ionospheric research | Complete (Re-entered) | 5 Dec 2018 | Falcon-9 SpaceX CRS-16 | 21 Oct 2021 | Launched to ISS. |
| CubeSail-1 | | 3U | University of Illinois | Solar sail propulsion while in LEO | Launched | 16 Dec 2018 | Electron KS | | Technology demo for UltraSail heliogyro |
| CubeSail-2 | | 3U | University of Illinois | Solar sail propulsion while in LEO | Launched | 16 Dec 2018 | Electron KS | | |
| RSat-P | | 3U | United States Naval Academy | Technology demonstration | Active | 16 Dec 2018 | Electron KS | | Features 2 robotic arms, cameras and propulsion to repair other spacecraft. |
| Lume-1 | 2018-111AJ (43908) | 2U | Alén Space/University of Vigo | Firefight | Active | 27 Dec 2018 | Soyuz | | |
| Światowid | 1998-067QL (44426) | 2U | SatRevolution | In Orbit demonstration | Successful | 17 Apr 2019 | Antares 230 | | First satellite of SatRevolution S. A. First Polish Earth observation satellite. |
| Kraksat | 1998-067QM (44427) | 1U | SatRevolution | Test of ferromagnetic fluid reaction wheel. | Partial success | 17 Apr 2019 | Antares 230 | 17 Jan 2022 | Satellite constantly rebooting and cannot fully start. |
| StangSat | | 1U | Merritt Island High School CubeSat in partnership with CalPoly | Shock and vibration experienced by payloads while in orbit. | Launched | 25 Jun 2019 | Falcon 9 Heavy | | Will be second satellite to launch developed by a high school team. NASA's Launch Services Program sponsors and mentors the team. Demonstration flight occurred in 2013. |
| ACRUX-1 | 2019-037E (44369) | 1U | Melbourne Space Program | Technical demonstration | Success | 29 Jun 2019 | Electron | | Second Australian student-built satellite, following AO 5 |
| TDO-1 | 2019-051B (44482) | 12U | U.S. Air Force | Technology Demonstration | Active | 8 Aug 2019 | Atlas V 551 | | Technology Demonstration Orbiter for U.S. Air Force, launched with AEHF-5 satellite |
| STF-1 | 43852 | 3U | NASA IV&V | | Active | 16 Dec 2019 | Electron | | NASA ELaNa 19 mission, first satellite built in the State of West Virginia |
| OPS-SAT | | 3U | TU Graz, ESA | Experimental | Active | 18 Dec 2019 | Soyuz-Fregat (Soyuz VS23) | | Launched together with COSMO-SkyMed, CHEOPS, EyeSat and ANGELS. |
| SPOC | 1998-067RR | 3U | University of Georgia, UGA Small Satellite Research Laboratory | Earth Observation and Multispectral image analysis | Launched | 10 Mar 2020 | Antares 230+ | | Student built and the first satellite from the University of Georgia being built by the UGA Small Satellite Research Laboratory. |
| Napa-1 | 2020-061BA (46320) | 6U | Royal Thai Air Force | Remote sensing | Active | 3 Sep 2020 | Vega | | |
| Bobcat-1 | | | Ohio University | | Launched | 5 Nov 2020 | Deployed from International Space Station | | NASA ELaNa 31 mission |
| NEUTRON-1 | | | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | | Launched | 5 Nov 2020 | Deployed from the International Space Station with JEMRMS | | NASA ELaNa 31 mission |
| SPectral Ocean Color (SPOC) | | 3U | University of Georgia | Remote sensing | Launched | 5 Nov 2020 | Deployed from the International Space Station with JEMRMS | | NASA ELaNa 31 mission |
| CACTUS-1 | | 3U | Capitol Technology University | Communications, Technology Demonstration | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| CAPE-3 | | 1U | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Educational | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| EXOCUBE-2 | | 3U | California Polytechnic University | Weather | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| MiTEE | | 3U | University of Michigan | Space Technology | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| PICS-1 & PICS-2 | | 1U | Brigham Young University | Technology Demonstration | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| PolarCube | | 3U | University of Colorado at Boulder | Remote sensing | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| Q-PACE | | 3U | University of Central Florida | Space Science | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| RadFXSat-2 | 2021-002C (47311) | 3U | Vanderbilt University | Communications | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| TechEdSat-7 | | 1U | NASA Ames Research Center | Educational | Launched | 17 Jan 2021 | LauncherOne | | NASA ELaNa-XX series on Virgin Orbit's Launch Demo 2 |
| BCCSAT-1 | 2021-022AK (48041) | 1U | Bangkok Christian College | Educational | Decayed | 22 March 2021 | Soyuz-2 | 19 Sept 2024 | |
| TDO-3 | 2021-042B (48619) | 12U | United States Air Force Academy | Technology Demonstration | Complete (Re-entered) | 18 May 2021 | Atlas V 421 | 27 Sep 2022 | Launched with the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite |
| TDO-4 | 2021-042C (48620) | 12U | United States Air Force Academy | Technology Demonstration | Complete (Re-entered) | 18 May 2021 | Atlas V 421 | 18 Sep 2022 | Launched with the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite |
| NAPA-2 | 2021-059CN (48963) | 6U | Royal Thai Air Force | Remote sensing | Active | 30 Jun 2021 | Falcon 9 | | |
| Binar 1 | | 1U | Curtin University | Technology Demonstration | Launched | 28 Aug 2021 | Falcon 9 | 1 Oct 2022 | Launched with SpaceX CRS-23 and deployed from the ISS on 6 Oct 2021 |
| LICIACube | 2021-110C | 6U | ASI | flyby | Active | 24 Nov 2021 | Falcon 9 | | Flyby of 65803 Didymos system, Deployed via DART |
| GASPACS | 1998-067TB (51439) | 1U | Utah State University's Undergraduate Get Away Special team | Technology Demonstration | Active | 21 Dec 2021 | Launched to ISS via Falcon 9, Deployed via Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer | | NASA sponsored via CubeSat Launch Initiative. First solely undergraduate built CubeSat. First CubeSat to use Raspberry Pi as flight computer. |
| SteamSat 2 | 2022-003F (51099) | 3U | SatRevolution | Test of steam propulsion system. | Launched | 13 Jan 2022 | LauncherOne | | |
| SW1FT | 2022-002DK | 3U | SatRevolution | Shared platform for max 8 payloads | Launched | 13 Jan 2022 | Falcon 9 Transporter 3 | | Built by SatRevolution S.A. It is a commercial shared platform. Archived 2020-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. |
| LabSat | 2022-002DG (51086) | 3U | Politechnika Wrocławska, Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu, SatRevolution | Biological experiment satellite. | Launched | 13 Jan 2022 | Falcon 9 Transporter-3 | | |
| AuroraSat-1 | 2022–047 | 1.5U | Aurora Propulsion Technologies | Test of water-fueled space propulsion system | Launched | 5 Feb 2022 | Electron KS | | |
| ArgoMoon | 2022-156G | 6U | ASI and NASA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| OMOTENASHI | 2022-156D (55904) | 6U | JAXA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| EQUULEUS | 2022-156E (55905) | 6U | The University of Tokyo and JAXA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| LunaH-Map | 2022-156J (57685) | 6U | NASA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| CuSP | 2022-156M | 6U | NASA | Space Weather, solar winds | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| Lunar IceCube | 2022-156C (55903) | 6U | NASA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| LunIR | 2022-156K (57686) | 6U | Lockheed Martin | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| BioSentinel | 2022-156F | 6U | NASA | Study of radiation effects | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| Team Miles | 2022-156L | 6U | Fluid and Reason LLC | Technology | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | Secondary payload on Artemis 1 |
| NEA Scout | 2022-156H (57684) | 6U | NASA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 16 Nov 2022 | SLS Block 1 Artemis 1 | | |
| SPORT | | 6U | Brazilian Space Agency and NASA | Space Weather | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| LORIS | | 2U | Dalhousie University- Canadian CubeSat Project (Canadian Space Agency) | Testing flight instruments, take images of coastline | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | Nanoracks ISS deployment. Two remote sensing payloads; a Visible spectrum imager, and a Near-Infrared imager |
| ORCASat | | 2U | University of Victoria – Canadian CubeSat Project (Canadian Space Agency) | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| DanteSat | | 3U | NPC SpaceMind (Italy) | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| NUTSat | | 2U | Gran Systems (Taiwan) | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| petitSat | | 6U | NASA Goddard (NASA CSLI) | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| MARIO | | 3U | University of Michigan (NASA CSLI) | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| TJREVERB | | 2U | Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia | | Launched | 26 Nov 2022 | Falcon 9 CRS-26 | | |
| Lunar Flashlight | 2022-168B (54697) | 6U | NASA | Technology; reconnaissance | Launched | 11 Dec 2022 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | | Launched as a rideshare with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 on 11 December 2022 07:38:23 UTC |
| TROPICS 05 / TROPICS 06 | 2023-062A (56442) / 2023-062C (56444) | 3U | NASA | Earth observation | Launched | 8 May 2023 | Electron | | First two cubesats of the TROPICS satellite constellation successfully launched into orbit |
| EIRSAT-1 | 2023-185L (58472) | 2U | University College Dublin | Technology demonstration | Launched | 1 Dec 2023 | Falcon 9 | | First Irish satellite |
| NARITCube-1 | | 3U | National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand | Technology demonstration | Destroyed. Launch failure | 18 Dec 2024 | Space One KAIROS | | |

## List of CubeSats in development

| Name | Type | Organization | Mission | Mission status | Planned launch year | Launch vehicle | Est Lifetime | Remarks |
| UTNSat-01 | 1U | UTN San Nicolás | SDR reception Proof of Concept at Low Earth Orbit | Under Development | TBD | TBD | | First UTN Satellite |
| StudSat-2 | 30 cm × 30 cm × 15 cm (11.8 in × 11.8 in × 5.9 in) | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology and Consortium | Remote Sensing, satellite separation mechanism and drag sail deployment test | Under development | TBD | PSLV | | Twin satellite mission |
| Koios | 1U | University of Auckland, New Zealand | A mission to inspire more children in New Zealand to pursue a career in STEM by allowing them to interact with and learn from a real-life satellite. | Under development | 2021 | TBD | | |
| ET-SAT | 1U (QB50 type) | Ethiopian Space Science Society by help of Belgian Von Karman Institute | Research | In development | TBD | TBD | | Will be first Ethiopian satellite |
| Ethosat 1 | | Ethiopian Space Science Society by help of Finnish Space Technology and Science Group | Research | In development | TBD | TBD | | |
| MOCI | 3U | University of Georgia, UGA Small Satellite Research Laboratory | Technical and Algorithmic demonstrations of Structure from motion | In development | NET 2023 | TBD | | The first satellite mission dedicated to structure from motion in LEO. |
| DOGE-1 | n/a | Geometric Energy Corporation | obtain "lunar-spatial intelligence from sensors and cameras on-board" | Under development | NET 2024 | n/a | | |
| CLIMB | 3U | University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt | Educational mission to the Van Allen radiation belt using electric propulsion, conducting radiation dose and magnetic field measurements | Under Development | NET 2023 | TBD | | |
| CySat I | 1U | Iowa State University, Softronics Ltd. | Wide bandwidth radiometer for measurement of various electromagnetic spectra emanating from cities. Also proof of concept for students, faculty, and industry partners. | Under development | NET 2023 | TBD | | |
| RHOK-SAT | 1U | Rhodes College | Technology; Undergraduate research;Testing Perovskite cells in space. | Under development | NET 2023 | TBD | | |
| RVSAT-1 | 2U | R.V. College of Engineering | Micrbiological Payload | Under Development | NET 2023 | PSLV | | |
| Cislunar Explorers | 6U | Cornell University | Technology; reconnaissance | Under Development | NET 2024 | TBD | | |
| Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E$^3$) | 6U | University of Colorado Boulder | Technology; reconnaissance | Under development | NET 2024 | TBD | | |
| SlugSat | 2U | UC Santa Cruz | Launch a linear transponder for use in HF amateur radio communications into Low Earth Orbit | Under Development | NET 2024 | TBD | | Secondary science payload for the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics |
| LASARsat | 1U | DoSpace | Test laser as a solution to space debris | Under Development | NET Q4 2024 | Falcon 9 | | First Czech student satellite |
| LBSat | 3U | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India | LactoBacillus Species testing under Microgravity Environment | Under development | NET 2025 | | | The First Biosatellite program of IIT Guwahati |
| α (formerly CubeMessenger) | 1U | BOREAS Space | Technological demonstration | Nanosats.eu Canceled | n.a. | Haas 2C | | |
| Azad-1 | TBD | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | | Nanosats.eu Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| CubeSail | 3U | University of Surrey | Solar sail propulsion while in LEO | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| CubeSTAR | 2U | University of Oslo | Measure the structures of electron clouds in the ionosphere using Langmuir probe | Nanosats.eu Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| DynaCube-3U | 3U | Denel Dynamics Engineering Academy of Learning | Graduate development program. Capture images, electromagnetic radiation mapping, and structural temperature analysis. | Nanosat.eu canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| ECE$^3$SAT | 1U | ECE Paris | Technical demonstration of Electrodynamic tether for satellite deorbiting | Nanosats.eu - canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | Built by engineering students. The whole work is under open-source/creative commons licenses and available via ECE$^3$SAT's website and wiki. |
| ERPSat01 | 1U | Sfax School of Engineering, Tunisia | Communications | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | Will be the first Tunisian satellite |
| NUTS-1 | 2U | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Student satellite project to design and develop a new CubeSat bus using carbon fiber material for the main structure. | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| Politech.1 | 3U | Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Spain | Atmospheric research | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| ThapSat | 2U | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala | Monitoring Green house gases. | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| UoS$^3$ | 1U | University of Southampton | Student education; Experimental research to improve predictions for re-entry of uncontrolled resident space objects. | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | |
| Pleiades-Orpheus | 1U | Irvington CubeSat | Satellite designed by Irvington High School students to analyze light pollution trends over the lifetime of the satellite | Not launched, expected in Nov 2024 | Q4 2024 | Falcon 9 | n.a. | Launched as a rideshare with the Bandwagon-2 mission |
| InQube | 1U | Paradox Sonic Space Research Association | Technical demonstration of COTS in space; Experimental research to analyze attitude and inertial conditions onboard bus in the orbit. | Canceled | n.a. | n.a. | | First open-source satellite of India. |
| KNACKSAT-2 | 3U | King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok | Technology demonstration | Not launched, expected in 2025 | NET 2025 | TBD | | |
| PULSE-A | 2U | University of Chicago | Demonstrating polarization-modulated optical communications using a laser downlink in a 0.5U payload. | Under development, launch expected in 2026 | NET 2026 | TBD | 6–14 months | Designed by first undergraduate aerospace laboratory at the University of Chicago. |
| Gamma-ray Transients Monitor | 1U, 2 modules | National Tsing Hua University, Academia Sinica and TASA | To track Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) and other bright gamma-ray transients with energies ranging from 50 keV to 2 MeV. | Development over, testing stage . | Q4 2026 | Falcon X9 | 3–4 years | First astronomical satellite from Taiwan. |