Launch Vehicle:

Launch Date:

NG-12 – Antares II

 11/2/2019

Mission Name Deployment Status Mission Description Payload(s) Organization(s)

Argus-02 or MVP A 02/19/2020 

6:00:00 GMT , 

Nanoracks

This 1U mission will fly with a commercial SD memory card that will be routinely 

checked for errors due to space radiation. Using a camera to capture images of 

Eath, on-board software will identify “interesting” features in those images 

where researchers will then train the system in what is actually interesting, so it 

can learn to do it better on its own. The second objective is to take a baby-step 

towards SLU’s next space project, called DORRE, which will be a small 

constellation of two or more spacecraft and two or more ground systems 

(telescopes).

Independence payload, a 

predictive model for 

electronics in space 

radiation 

Saint Louis University

HARP (HyperAngular Rainbow 

Polarimeter)

02/19/2020 

6:00:00 GMT , 

Nanoracks

The HARP mission is designed to measure the microphysical properties of cloud 

water and ice particles in the atmosphere using a hyperangular imaging 

polarimeter. HARP is a precursor for the new generation of imaging polarimeters 

to be used for the detailed measurements of aerosol and cloud properties, and is 

a NASA/ESTO (Earth Science Technology Office) funded CubeSat mission under the 

InVEST (In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies) Program. 

Hyperangular imaging 

polarimeter

UMBC (University of Maryland 

Baltimore County), USU/SDL 

(Utah State University/Space 

Dynamics Laboratory ), STC 

(Science and Technology 

Corporation), and NASA/GSFC 

(Goddard Space Flight Center)

Phoenix 02/19/2020 

09:35:00 GMT 

ASU's first fully student led CubeSat propject that will study UHIs (Urban Heat 

Islands) from LEO (Low Earth Orbit) through infrared remote sensing with a Tau 2 

640 Longwave Infrared Camera. ASU was given the opportunity to develop 

Phoenix through NASA's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP), and 

the NASA Space Grant Consortium.

Tau 2 640 Longwave 

Infrared Camera

ASU (Arizona State University)

RadSat-U 02/19/2020 

07:10:01 GMT 

A 3U technology demonstration of a new radiation tolerant computer system in 

a low earth orbit (LEO) and a second goal is to design and integrate a solar cell 

experiment with the RTCS on the spacecraft. 

Radiation Tolerant 

Computer Stack

Montana State University

HuskySat I 1/31/2020 NRCSD-E 

(External Nanoracks 

Deployer)

A 3U technology demonstration mission of a pulsed plasma electric propulsion 

system and a high-frequency K-band communication systembuilt at the 

University of Washington. 

Pulsed Plasma Electric 

Propulsion System and a 

high-frequency K-band 

communication system

University of Washington

SwampSat II 1/31/2020 NRCSD-E 

(External Nanoracks 

Deployer)

A 3U technology demonstration mission to test a boom and antenna spooling 

and deployment mechanism to support a matched very low frequency (VLF, 3-30 

kHz) antenna receiver pair for a Design-Build-Fly CubeSat for Characterization of 

VLF Wave in Low Earth Orbit. 

Boom, antenna spooling 

and deployment 

mechanism 

University of Florida, Gainesville

SOCRATES (Signal 

Opportunity 

CubeSat Ranging 

And Timing 

Experiment 

System)

02/19/2020 

14:30:00 GMT 

A 3U CubeSat mission for a technology demonstration mission of a x-ray-based 

navigation involves using pulsars, or astrophysical signals, to facilitate a means of 

positioning oneself in space when GPS is not available. The second objective is to 

investigate electronic accelerations in sun flares in order to understand the 

science behind the solar anomalies. This project was funded by NASA through the 

Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP).

X-ray-based navigation University of Minnesota

CubeSat Launch Initiative ELaNa 25A