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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Arduino-based CubeSat science project</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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title="NanoSatisfi">NanoSatisfi LLC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nanosatisfi.com/">Nanosatisfi.com</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spacecraft type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CubeSat" title="CubeSat">1U CubeSat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1 kilogram (2.2 lb)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">3 August 2013, 19:48:46<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2013-08-03UTC19:48:46Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H-IIB" title="H-IIB">H-IIB</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tanegashima_Space_Center" title="Tanegashima Space Center">Tanegashima</a> <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex" title="Yoshinobu Launch Complex">Y2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/JAXA" title="JAXA">JAXA</a>, <a href="/wiki/NanoRacks" class="mw-redirect" title="NanoRacks">NanoRacks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deployed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISS">ISS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deployment date</th><td class="infobox-data">19 November 2013, 12:18:00<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2013-11-19UTC12:18Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Planned</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ArduSat</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Arduino" title="Arduino">Arduino</a> based <a href="/wiki/Nanosat" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanosat">nanosatellite</a>, based on the <a href="/wiki/CubeSat" title="CubeSat">CubeSat</a> standard. It contains a set of Arduino boards and sensors. The general public will be allowed to use these Arduinos and sensors for their own creative purposes while they are in space.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ArduSat is created by <a href="/wiki/NanoSatisfi" class="mw-redirect" title="NanoSatisfi">NanoSatisfi LLC</a>, an aerospace company which in the words of <a href="/wiki/Phil_Plait" title="Phil Plait">Phil Plait</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has "the goal to democratize access to space" and was founded by 4 graduate students from the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_University" title="International Space University">International Space University</a> in 2012. </p><p>ArduSat is the first satellite which will provide such open access to the general public to space.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of several <a href="/wiki/Crowdfunded_satellites" title="Crowdfunded satellites">crowdfunded satellites</a> launched during the <a href="/wiki/2010s" title="2010s">2010s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently the project evolved to the company Because Learning.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline_of_the_project">Timeline of the project</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ArduSat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Timeline of the project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg/250px-ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg/330px-ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg/500px-ISS-36_HTV-4_berthing_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Aug. 9, 2013 - The International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) as it approaches the station, carrying ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X among 3.6 tons of science experiments.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kibo_completed_view1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kibo_completed_view1.jpg/220px-Kibo_completed_view1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kibo_completed_view1.jpg/330px-Kibo_completed_view1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kibo_completed_view1.jpg/440px-Kibo_completed_view1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The Japanese Experiment Module Kibo laboratory and Exposed Facility, from which the CubeSats are launched via the ISS.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_(c).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg/220px-ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg/330px-ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg/440px-ISS-38_Nanosatellites_deployment_%28c%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption>ArduSat-1, ArduSat-X and PicoDragon photographed from the ISS after their launch on Nov. 19, 2013.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10%">Date</th> <th>Event </th></tr> <tr> <td>June 15, 2012</td> <td>Launch of the ArduSat <a href="/wiki/Crowdfunding" title="Crowdfunding">crowdfunding</a> campaign on <a href="/wiki/KickStarter" class="mw-redirect" title="KickStarter">KickStarter</a>. The goal was to obtain $35000 in funding. </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 15, 2012</td> <td>After 30 days of campaign, the project obtained a total pledge of $106330, from 676 "backers". </td></tr> <tr> <td>August, 2012</td> <td>Design of the ArduSat payload prototype.<sup id="cite_ref-fuzzy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuzzy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 27, 2012</td> <td>High-altitude test of the ArduSat payload prototype.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The ArduSat payload prototype was carried to 85,000 feet on a high-altitude balloon. During the flight, which took a little over two hours, the payload ran sample programs, ran tests on the sensors, and even snapped some pictures in the upper stratosphere."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 20, 2012</td> <td>An agreement is signed between NanoSatisfi and <a href="/wiki/NanoRacks" class="mw-redirect" title="NanoRacks">NanoRacks</a> for the deployment of the first two small satellites under the ArduSat program via the <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/JAXA" title="JAXA">JAXA</a>, one in summer 2013, the other in fall 2013. That makes ArduSat "the first U.S. Commercial Satellite Deployment from the International Space Station"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 2012</td> <td>Design of "an engineering model of the satellite with flight-hardware equivalent components".<sup id="cite_ref-fuzzy_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuzzy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 20–21, 2013</td> <td>ArduSat is placed as a challenge in <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://spaceappschallenge.org/">International Space Apps Challenge</a>. The objective of the challenge is to extend the functionality of the ArduSat platform, presented as "an open satellite platform offering on-demand access to Space". 22 projects were submitted to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130810113616/http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenge/ardusat/">ArduSat Challenge</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 14, 2013</td> <td>Release of the first version of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/ArduSat/ArduSatSDK">ArduSatSDK</a> on <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a>. This <a href="/wiki/Software_development_kit" title="Software development kit">SDK</a> is made available for the general public to propose and develop experiments for the ArduSat platform. </td></tr> <tr> <td>May–July 2013</td> <td>Assembly and testing of the final version of ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X.<sup id="cite_ref-fuzzy_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuzzy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 3, 2013</td> <td>Launch of the ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X aboard <a href="/wiki/Kounotori_4" title="Kounotori 4">Kounotori 4</a> by the <a href="/wiki/H-IIB" title="H-IIB">H-IIB</a> Launch Vehicle No. 4 from <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex" title="Yoshinobu Launch Complex">Y2</a> in Japan, at 19:48:46 UTC<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 9, 2013</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Kounotori_4" title="Kounotori 4">Kounotori 4</a> (HTV-4) is captured by the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a>' robotic arm <a href="/wiki/Canadarm_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadarm 2">Canadarm 2</a> at 11:22 UTC, led towards a ready-to-latch position on the earth-facing port of the <a href="/wiki/Harmony_node" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmony node">Harmony node</a>, and finally installed on its berthing port at 18:38 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aug. 30 - Sept. 3, 2013</td> <td>Along with the cargo contained in the HTV-4 Pressurized Logistics Carrier (PLC),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X are transferred into the ISS.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nov. 15, 2013</td> <td>Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins installs the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Experiment_Module" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Experiment Module">Japanese Experiment Module</a> Small Satellite Orbital Deployer on the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform.<sup id="cite_ref-Expedition38_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Expedition38-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nov. 19, 2013</td> <td>ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X are launched from the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Experiment_Module" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Experiment Module">Kibo Experiment Module</a>'s Exposed Facility, (along with the PicoDragon CubeSat). Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata uses the lab's airlock table to pass the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform outside to Kibo's Exposed Facility. The Japanese robotic arm then unberthes the platform from the Small Fine Arm airlock attach mechanism and maneuvers it into position to release the satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr. 15, 2014</td> <td>ArduSat X re-entered the atmosphere </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr. 16, 2014</td> <td>ArduSat 1 re-entered the atmosphere </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_features">Technical features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ArduSat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Technical features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ArduSat-1_&_ArduSat-X"><span id="ArduSat-1_.26_ArduSat-X"></span>ArduSat-1 & ArduSat-X</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ArduSat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: ArduSat-1 & ArduSat-X"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ArduSat project currently consists in two identical satellites: ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10%">Category</th> <th>Specifications </th></tr> <tr> <td>General Architecture</td> <td><b>1U CubeSat</b> : the satellites implements the standard 10×10×10 cm basic <a href="/wiki/CubeSat" title="CubeSat">CubeSat</a> architecture. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Computing features</td> <td><b>Arduino-based</b> : The ArduSat is equipped with 16 processor nodes (<a href="/wiki/ATmega328" title="ATmega328">ATmega328</a>P) and 1 supervisor node (ATmega2561) (see <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for features). The processor nodes are dedicated to the computing of the experiments (each on one node), the supervisor uploads the code to the processor nodes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sensors</td> <td>The Arduino processors may sample data from the following sensors  : <ul><li>one digital 3-axis <b>magnetometer</b> (MAG3110)</li> <li>one digital 3-axis <b>gyroscope</b> (ITG-3200)</li> <li>one 3-axis <b>accelerometer</b> (ADXL345)</li> <li>one <b>infrared temperature sensor</b> with a wide sensing range (MLX90614)</li> <li>four digital <b>temperature sensors</b> (TMP102) : 2 in the payload, 2 on the bottomplate</li> <li>two <b>luminosity sensor</b> (TSL2561) covering both infrared and visible light : 1 on the bottomplate camera, 1 on the bottomplate slit</li> <li>two <b>geiger counter</b> tubes (LND 716)</li> <li>one optical <b>spectrometer</b> (Spectruino)</li> <li>one 1.3MP <b>camera</b> (C439)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coding</td> <td>The experiments for ArduSat are developed in <b>C/C++</b> for AVR/Arduino, using the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/ArduSat/ArduSatSDK">ArduSatSDK</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Communication</td> <td>ArduSat is equipped with a <b>half-duplex UHF transceiver</b>, operating in the 435–438 MHz <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio_frequency_allocations" title="Amateur radio frequency allocations">amateur radio satellite band</a>. It implements <a href="/wiki/Forward_Error_Correction" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward Error Correction">Forward Error Correction</a> (FEC) and <a href="/wiki/Viterbi_coding" class="mw-redirect" title="Viterbi coding">Viterbi coding</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/CCSDS" class="mw-redirect" title="CCSDS">CCSDS</a> standards.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>ArduSat-1 : 437.325 MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink</li> <li>ArduSat-X : 437.345 MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink</li></ul> <p>Both satellites have a Morse beacon (FM-modulated 800 Hz tones) that is transmitted at 20 WPM every two or three minutes on 437.000 MHz. The beacon will be structured in the following format:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>ArduSat-1 beacon: Battery voltage (uint16_t), RX_counter (number of received valid data packets, uint32_t), TX_counter (number of sent valid data packets, uint32_t), "WG9XFC-1″</li> <li>ArduSat-X beacon: Battery voltage (uint16_t), RX_counter (number of received valid data packets, uint32_t), TX_counter (number of sent valid data packets, uint32_t), "WG9XFC-X"</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ArduSat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output 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title="2014 in spaceflight">2014 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2482" title="Kosmos 2482">Kosmos 2482</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2483" title="Kosmos 2483">Kosmos 2483</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2484" title="Kosmos 2484">Kosmos 2484</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JSE_Reda_4" class="mw-redirect" title="JSE Reda 4">JSE Reda 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jissho_Eisei" class="mw-redirect" title="Jissho Eisei">Jissho Eisei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STSat-2C" title="STSat-2C">STSat-2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TDRS-11" title="TDRS-11">TDRS-11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-2" title="SpaceX CRS-2">SpaceX CRS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-241" title="USA-241">USA-241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_117_West_A" title="Eutelsat 117 West A">Satmex 8</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-08M" title="Soyuz TMA-08M">Soyuz TMA-08M</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Anik G1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bion-M_No.1" title="Bion-M No.1">Bion-M No.1</a> (Aist 2, BeeSat-2, BeeSat-3, SOMP, <a href="/wiki/Dove-2" title="Dove-2">Dove-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/OSSI-1" title="OSSI-1">OSSI-1</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_A-ONE" title="Antares A-ONE">Cygnus Mass Simulator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dove_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Dove 1">Dove 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_(satellite)" title="Alexander (satellite)">Alexander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graham_(satellite)" title="Graham (satellite)">Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_(satellite)" title="Bell (satellite)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-19M" title="Progress M-19M">Progress M-19M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaofen_1" title="Gaofen 1">Gaofen 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/TurkSat-3USat" title="TurkSat-3USat">TurkSat-3USat</a>, <a href="/wiki/NEE-01_Pegaso" title="NEE-01 Pegaso">NEE-01 Pegaso</a>, CubeBug-1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2485" title="Kosmos 2485">Kosmos 2485</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Zhongxing 11 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PROBA-V" title="PROBA-V">PROBA-V</a>, <a href="/wiki/VNREDSat-1" title="VNREDSat-1">VNREDSat-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESTCube-1" title="ESTCube-1">ESTCube-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_3D" title="Eutelsat 3D">Eutelsat 3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-242" title="USA-242">USA-242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-243" title="USA-243">USA-243</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-09M" title="Soyuz TMA-09M">Soyuz TMA-09M</a></u></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-6" title="SES-6">SES-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein_ATV" title="Albert Einstein ATV"><i>Albert Einstein</i> ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2251%E2%80%932500)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)">Kosmos 2486</a> / <a href="/wiki/Persona_(satellite)" title="Persona (satellite)">Persona №2</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Shenzhou_10" title="Shenzhou 10">Shenzhou 10</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurs-P_No.1" title="Resurs-P No.1">Resurs-P No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O3b" title="O3b">O3b</a> × 4 (PFM, FM2, FM4, FM5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2251%E2%80%932500)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)">Kosmos 2487</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kondor_(satellite)" title="Kondor (satellite)">Kondor № 202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interface_Region_Imaging_Spectrograph" title="Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph">IRIS</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1A" title="IRNSS-1A">IRNSS-1A</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uragan-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Uragan-M">Uragan-M</a> 48, 49, 50</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MUOS-2" class="mw-redirect" title="MUOS-2">MUOS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 15</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiyan_(satellite)" title="Shiyan (satellite)">Shiyan 7</a>, Chuangxin 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat-4A_F4" title="Inmarsat-4A F4">Inmarsat-4A F4</a>, <a href="/wiki/INSAT-3D" title="INSAT-3D">INSAT-3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-20M" title="Progress M-20M">Progress M-20M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kounotori_4" title="Kounotori 4">Kounotori 4</a> (TechEdSat-3, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">ArduSat-1</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">ArduSat-X</a>, <a href="/wiki/PicoDragon" title="PicoDragon">PicoDragon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-244" title="USA-244">USA-244</a></li> <li>Arirang-5</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-245" title="USA-245">USA-245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_25B/Es%27hail_1" title="Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1">Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/GSAT-7" title="GSAT-7">GSAT-7 / INSAT-4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos-4" class="mw-redirect" title="Amos-4">Amos-4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 17 A, B, C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Environment_Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer">LADEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonets-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonets-M">Gonets-M</a> No.5, <a href="/wiki/Gonets-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonets-M">Gonets-M</a> No.6, <a href="/wiki/Gonets-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonets-M">Gonets-M</a> No.7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisaki_(satellite)" title="Hisaki (satellite)">Hisaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-246" title="USA-246">USA-246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_Orb-D1" title="Cygnus Orb-D1">Cygnus Orb-D1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun III-03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou-1">Kuaizhou-1</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-10M" title="Soyuz TMA-10M">Soyuz TMA-10M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASSIOPE" title="CASSIOPE">CASSIOPE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University_Satellite" title="Cornell University Satellite">CUSat</a>, POPACS 1, 2, 3, <a href="/wiki/Drag_and_Atmospheric_Neutral_Density_Explorer" title="Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer">DANDE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2E" title="Astra 2E">Astra 2E</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 16</a></li> <li>Sirius FM-6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission" title="Mars Orbiter Mission">Mars Orbiter Mission</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-11M" title="Soyuz TMA-11M">Soyuz TMA-11M</a></u></li> <li>Globus-1M No.13L</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAVEN" title="MAVEN">MAVEN</a></li> <li>ORS-3, STPSat-3, Black Knight 1, CAPE-2, ChargerSat-1, COPPER, DragonSat-1, Firefly (satellite), Ho'oponopono-2, Horus, KySat-2, NPS-SCAT, ORSES, ORS Tech 1, 2, <a href="/wiki/PhoneSat" title="PhoneSat">PhoneSat</a> 2.4, <a href="/wiki/Prometheus_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prometheus (satellite)">Prometheus</a> × 8, SENSE A, B, SwampSat, <a href="/wiki/TJ3Sat" class="mw-redirect" title="TJ3Sat">TJ<sup>3</sup>Sat</a>, Trailblazer-1, <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Lunar_CubeSat" title="Vermont Lunar CubeSat">Vermont Lunar CubeSat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DubaiSat-2" title="DubaiSat-2">DubaiSat-2</a>, STSAT-3, SkySat-1, UniSat-5 (Dove 4, <a href="/wiki/ICube-1" title="ICube-1">ICube-1</a>, HumSat-D, PUCP-Sat 1 (Pocket-PUCP), BeakerSat-1, <a href="/wiki/$50SAT" title="$50SAT">$50SAT</a>, QBScout-1, WREN), <a href="/wiki/AprizeSat" title="AprizeSat">AprizeSat</a> 7, 8, <a href="/wiki/Lem_(satellite)" title="Lem (satellite)">Lem</a>, WNISat-1, GOMX-1, CubeBug-2, <a href="/wiki/Delfi-n3Xt" title="Delfi-n3Xt">Delfi-n3Xt</a>, Dove 3, First-MOVE, <a href="/wiki/FUNcube-1" title="FUNcube-1">FUNcube-1</a>, HINCube-1, KHUSat-1, KHUSat-2, <a href="/wiki/NEE-02_Krysaor" title="NEE-02 Krysaor">NEE-02 Krysaor</a>, <a href="/wiki/OPTOS" title="OPTOS">OPTOS</a>, Triton 1, UWE-3, VELOX-P2, <a href="/wiki/ZACUBE-1" class="mw-redirect" title="ZACUBE-1">ZACUBE-1</a>, BPA-3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarm_(spacecraft)" title="Swarm (spacecraft)">Swarm</a> A, B, C</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiyan_(satellite)" title="Shiyan (satellite)">Shiyan 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-21M" title="Progress M-21M">Progress M-21M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_3" title="Chang'e 3">Chang'e 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yutu_(rover)" title="Yutu (rover)">Yutu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-8" title="SES-8">SES-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-247" title="USA-247">USA-247</a> / <a href="/wiki/Future_Imagery_Architecture" title="Future Imagery Architecture">Topaz</a>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a 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(satellite)">Strela-3M 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2251%E2%80%932500)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)">Kosmos-2491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekspress_AM5" title="Ekspress AM5">Ekspress AM5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aist_1" title="Aist 1">Aist 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2251%E2%80%932500)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)">Kosmos 2491</a> / SKRL-756 1, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(2251%E2%80%932500)" title="List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)">Kosmos 2492</a> / SKRL-756 2</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).<br /><u>Crewed flights</u> are underlined. 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