## 1 Introduction
Encouraging developments in nanosatellites and advanced training on technical communications capability could allow many developing and emerging countries to place an adequate number of nanosatellites in the constellation in space for low-cost communications. To achieve real-time communication, a nanosatellite constellation is necessary to meet the requirements of this application. A good compromise is a constellation of low-cost CubeSats standards flying in different orbital planes; each CubeSat acquires a ground footprint of a chosen area in different positions and times [9]. Such constellations may not support video relay or in bulk, but can certainly support the AIS messages and instant pertinent data obtained by other IoT applications, contributing limited \"telecommunication independence\". This paper reviews the feasibility of CubeSats in the field of low-cost communications used for IoT applications, such as AIS and fire detection. The proposed CubeSat project has the following objectives:  
* Monitoring the marine navigation system;
* Fire detection for an effective emergency plan;
* Roadmap creation for the design and build of other nanosatellites able to join these proposed constellation missions;
* Creation of a platform for cooperation with developing and emerging countries. Another objective of this studied project, as the educational purpose, is to provide a hands-on experience of real nanosatellite missions to students, young professionals, research centers, and institutes dedicated to space technology. The educational methodology and strategy are the main core of the technology transfer that will consist on:  
* Suggesting educational uses for real-time satellite data;
* Providing data that can be interpreted by researchers and students to enrich their educational programs;Increasing the interest and motivation of students in the development of space technology area;  
Sharing field experiments between universities in different countries. A developed technique is proposed to lead the project so that it can be implemented in educational institutions in different countries (developing and emerging countries). It is made clear that the intended educational goal, instructional technique, and experimental procedures are crucial to technology transfer because technology cannot benefit humans on its own if it is not effectively conveyed. The figure below provides a summary of this goal. As depicted in Figure 1, the four educational objectives for technology transfer are:  
**In-Orbit Demonstration:** The objective of this project is to conduct in-orbit demonstrations of new nanosatellite technologies. **Facilitation of Access Space:** The objective of this project is to facilitate sustained and affordable access to space by publishing new design methods and improving existing ones. **Education and Scientific Research:** The educational objective is to enable university teams to develop and design nanosatellites, providing students with hands-on experience in satellite manufacturing and space engineering [10]. The remaining part of this paper is organized as follows: Section 2 is dedicated to the overview of IoT applications based on AIS and fire detection missions. In Section 3, an overview based on statistics about the orbits used by nanosatellites is presented. Then, the mission parameters, mission scenarios, and ground station details are also defined. The payload and subsystems of the nanosatellite with the suggested electrical architecture are discussed in depth in Section 4. The data budget, link budget, power budget, and mass budget calculations are presented in Section 5. The lifetime estimation is presented in Section 6. Lastly, Section 7 discusses the conclusion and outcomes of the planned work presented in the paper.