Largest database of nanosatellites, over 4400 nanosats and CubeSats

Summary

MOTIVATION I believe the era of nanosatellites is still to come. We are only in the beginning. Greatly more launches, novel technologies, big constellations and thrilling exploration missions all over the Solar System. Thanks to miniaturized subsystems and payloads, we will be able to visit many more moons and asteroids. Being bound to fit into a (CubeSat) box empowers creativity and innovation. It is easy to switch to a larger (custom) platform and even cheaper in some cases, but advanced R&D will benefit in the long-term. Many missions that were thought to be impossible with CubeSats are now demonstrated or planned. "Just because a spacecraft is small, it doesn’t make it easy. A highly constrained spacecraft can push the engineering, push the ingenuity of the team in a way that, in every way, is comparable to some of these big missions that we’re doing." - Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA Associate Administrator SOURCES Updates every 3-4 months. Doing the best to keep track when information is accessible. Always attempting to find and link the original sources. TERMS OF USE You are very welcome to use the figures. Please credit the author and source, e.g. "Erik Kulu, Nanosats Database, www.nanosats.eu". Open to collaboration in win-win scenarios, please reach out.