NASA's SmallSat & Cubesat Fleet

Released Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Updated Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 at 12:47AM

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- Technical support:
- Amy Moran
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NASA's current SmallSat and CubeSat fleet

Small spacecraft and satellites help NASA advance scientific and human exploration, reduce the cost of new space missions, and expand access to space. Through technological innovation, small satellites enable entirely new architectures for a wide range of activities in space with the potential for exponential jumps in transformative science.

The CSLI or CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats by the numbers

Earth Planets & Moons Sun

CubeSat Fleet Hyperwall Satellite

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Technical support
- Amy Moran (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]

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NASA's Biological & Physical Sciences Fleet

Sept. 23rd, 2022
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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Operating and Future Science fleet

Aug. 30th, 2021
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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Timeline of Current and Future Earth Science Missions

Jan. 31st, 2020
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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NASA's Planetary Fleets, Including Mars, Venus, Discovery Missions, and Small Body Missions

Aug. 30th, 2018
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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NASA's Heliophysics Fleet

Dec. 6th, 2016
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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NASA's Astrophysics Fleet

Dec. 6th, 2016
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

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NASA Science Facilities on the International Space Station

Oct. 21st, 2013
(updated Dec. 5th, 2023)

The International Space Station offers a unique vantage point for observing the Earth's ecosystems with hands-on and automated equipment. These options enable astronauts to observe and explain what they witness in real time. Station crews can observe and collect camera images of events as they unfold and may also provide input to ground personnel programming the station's automated Earth-sensing systems. This flexibility is an advantage over sensors on unmanned spacecraft, especially when unexpected natural events such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.A wide variety of Earth-observation payloads can be attached to the exposed facilities on the station's exterior; already, several instruments have been proposed by researchers from the partner countries. The station contributes to humanity by collecting data on the global climate, environmental change and natural hazards using its unique complement of crew-operated and automated Earth-observation payloads. ||

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NASA Earth Science Division Missions

July 22nd, 2013
(updated Dec. 6th, 2023)

In order to study the Earth as a whole system and understand how it is changing, NASA develops and supports a large number of Earth observing missions. These missions provide Earth science researchers the necessary data to address key questions about global climate change. Missions begin with a study phase during which the key science objectives of the mission are identified, and designs for spacecraft and instruments are analyzed. Following a successful study phase, missions enter a development phase whereby all aspects of the mission are developed and tested to insure it meets the mission objectives. Operating missions are those missions that are currently active and providing science data to researchers. Operating missions may be in their primary operational phase or in an extended operational phase.Missions begin with a study phase during which the key science objectives of the mission are identified, and designs for spacecraft and instruments are analyzed. Following a successful study phase, missions enter a development phase whereby all aspects of the mission are developed and tested to insure it meets the mission objectives. ||

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