Cubesat 12U Satellite Bus
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
The Cubesat 12U bus accounts for 70 cataloged objects, of which 44 are in orbit and 43 are active. 23 have reentered. Most are built by TERRAN. The largest operator on this bus is FLEET. The first launched in 2016, the most recent in 2026.
44
In orbit
43
Active
70
Total launched
23
Reentered
Cubesat 12U launched per year
Still in orbit Since reentered Click a year to list its satellites.
Typical specifications
Most common values across cataloged Cubesat 12U satellites.
| Manufacturer | TERRAN |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Technology |
| Launch mass | 20 kg |
| Dry mass | 20 kg |
| Length | 0.3 m |
| Diameter | 0.2 m |
| Span | 0.3 m |
| Shape | Box |
| Power | Solar cells, batteries |
| Propulsion | ? |
| Design life | 3 years |
| Equipment | ? |
| Typical orbit | 96 min period, 98° inclination |
Top operators
FLEET 4 AFRL 3 European Space Agency 2 LMSSD 2 OCOSB 2 OMNISP 2 SDA/GACO 2 SMC/USAFA 2 TYVAK 2 USPACE 2 ADVSP/ARC 1 Aerospace Corporation 1 AFRL/VIA 1 AFSMC 1 ALIENA 1
Top countries
US 22 CN 8 TBD 7 AU 4 RU 4 D 2 FR 2 SG 2 SPN 2 AUS 1 B 1 BGR 1 CZ 1 ESA 1 F 1
Cubesat 12U satellites
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| Name | NORAD | COSPAR | Owner | Launched | Orbit | Status | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-RADCUBE | 68541 | 2026-069D | KASA | Apr 2, 2026 | 1405 min, 28.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SWC-1 | 68540 | 2026-069C | SAUDSA | Apr 1, 2026 | 1414 min, 28.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| TACHELES | 68539 | 2026-069B | DLR | Apr 2, 2026 | 1406 min, 28.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SPOQC | 68423 | 2026-067H | HWU | Mar 30, 2026 | 95 min, 97.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| LPNTSAT-001 | 68408 | 2026-065A | ESA | Mar 28, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| MR-1 | 67557 | 2026-015B | OCOSB | Jan 22, 2026 | 106 min, 89.0° | Active | ◉ |
| MR-2 | 67556 | 2026-015A | OCOSB | Jan 22, 2026 | 106 min, 89.0° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT AZ | 67295 | 2025-313AZ | SPUT | Dec 28, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT AP | 67285 | 2025-313AP | ANBEL | Dec 28, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT X Zorkiy-2M No. 7 | 67269 | 2025-313X | SPUT | Dec 28, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT W | 67268 | 2025-313W | SPUT | Dec 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT V Zorkiy-2M VPE | 67267 | 2025-313V | SPUT | Dec 28, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT E | 67252 | 2025-313E | SPUT | Dec 28, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT DP | 66775 | 2025-276DP | MBRSC | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| GENA-OT-1 | 66774 | 2025-276DN | ORORA/UBWM | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| SPEQTRE | 66769 | 2025-276DH | RAL/SPEQ | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| E3TESTER | 66662 | 2025-274N | KARI | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| LIDE | 64869 | 2025-154A | TYVI/PICO | Jul 23, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| PADRE | 64559 | 2025-135AH | UCB/GSFC | Jun 23, 2025 | 96 min, 97.8° | Active | ◉ |
| SOAP | 63263 | 2025-052BF | USPACE | Mar 15, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| PANDORE | 63244 | 2025-052AL | USPACE | Mar 15, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| CENTAURI-8 | 62714 | 2025-009DK | FLEET | Jan 14, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| SATGUS | 62713 | 2025-009DJ | CRUNCH | Jan 14, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| Centauri 8 Centauri 8 | 62704 | 2025-009CZ | FLEET | Jan 14, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| Centauri 7 Centauri 7 | 62702 | 2025-009CX | FLEET | Jan 14, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| Saturnin-1 Saturnin-1 | 62620 | 2025-009M | VZCR/VZLU | Jan 14, 2025 | 92 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| ASRTU-1 (AO-123) ASRTU-OSCAR-123 | 61781 | 2024-199AY | AMGU/HARB | Nov 4, 2024 | 94 min, 97.3° | Active | ◉ |
| ERNST Ernst | 60528 | 2024-149BN | FRAUN | Aug 16, 2024 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| CURIUM ONE Curium One | 60242 | 2024-128H | PTS | Jul 9, 2024 | 95 min, 62.0° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT C Zorkiy-2M No. 6 | 59775 | 2024-092C | SPUT | May 16, 2024 | 94 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| CENTAURI-6 Centauri 6 | 59451 | 2024-066K | FLEET | Apr 7, 2024 | 96 min, 45.6° | Active | ◉ |
| RROCI-2 RROCI-2 | 59106 | 2024-043J | SFSSC/ORISS | Mar 4, 2024 | 96 min, 97.9° | Active | ◉ |
| PE2_FLT1 (TYVAK-0261) Pony Express-2 SV1 | 59105 | 2024-043H | TYVAK | Mar 4, 2024 | 96 min, 97.8° | Active | ◉ |
| PE2_FLT2 (TYVAK-0262) Pony Express-2 SV2 | 59104 | 2024-043G | TYVAK | Mar 4, 2024 | 96 min, 97.8° | Active | ◉ |
| ZORKIY-2M 2 Zorkiy-2M No. 2 | 59064 | 2024-039P | SPUT | Feb 29, 2024 | 88 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| DALIAN-1 LIANLI Dalian 1 Lianli | 58816 | 2023-063C | DALIAN | May 10, 2023 | 89 min, 41.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| MANTIS MANTIS | 58257 | 2023-174B | OCOS/ESA | Nov 11, 2023 | 89 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| PVCC PVCC | 58025 | 2023-155K | ESA | Oct 9, 2023 | 95 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| ORB-12 STRIDER ORB-12 STRIDER | 57483 | 2023-109C | ALIENA | Jul 30, 2023 | 95 min, 5.0° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT AL PHI-DEMO | 57200 | 2023-091AL | MBRSC | Jun 27, 2023 | 93 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| ZORKIY-2M 1 Zorkiy-2M | 57177 | 2023-091M | SPUT | Jun 27, 2023 | 95 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| AFRL-XVI XVI | 56942 | 2023-084L | AFRL/VIA | Jun 12, 2023 | 88 min, 97.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| LUMELITE-4 LUMELITE-4 | 56309 | 2023-057B | NUS | Apr 22, 2023 | 95 min, 10.0° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT G Jilin-1 Mofang 02A07 | 55254 | 2023-007G | CGSTL | Jan 15, 2023 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT F Jilin-1 Mofang 02A04 | 55253 | 2023-007F | CGSTL | Jan 15, 2023 | 88 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT E Jilin-1 Mofang 02A03 | 55252 | 2023-007E | CGSTL | Jan 15, 2023 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| LINUSS2 LINUSS2 | 55247 | 2022-144H | LMSSD | Nov 1, 2022 | 1454 min, 5.5° | Active | ◉ |
| LINUSS1 LINUSS1 | 55246 | 2022-144G | LMSSD | Nov 1, 2022 | 1454 min, 5.5° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT C Dianci Zuzhuang shiyan 1 | 53301 | 2022-087C | CAS | Jul 27, 2022 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SLINGSHOT 1 Slingshot 1 | 52947 | 2022-074D | AERO | Jul 2, 2022 | 88 min, 45.0° | Reentered | ◉ |
| RECURVE Recurve | 52944 | 2022-074A | AFRL | Jul 2, 2022 | 88 min, 45.0° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CAPSTONE CAPSTONE | 52914 | 2022-070A | ADVSP/ARC | Jun 28, 2022 | 1408 min, 39.1° | Active | ◉ |
| OMNI-L2 Spark-2 | 52771 | 2022-057AR | OMNISP | May 25, 2022 | 97 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| OMNI-L1 Spark-1 | 52157 | 2022-033A | OMNISP | Apr 1, 2022 | 97 min, 97.8° | Active | ◉ |
| ASCENT ASCENT | 51287 | 2021-118E | AFRL | Dec 7, 2021 | 1423 min, 4.2° | Active | ◉ |
| MONOLITH Monolith | 49052 | 2021-068A | STP | Jul 29, 2021 | 95 min, 37.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ARTHUR-1 Arthur | 48953 | 2021-059CC | ASPLB | Jun 30, 2021 | 88 min, 97.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| LINCS2 LINCS 2 | 48903 | 2021-059AA | SDA/GACO | Jun 30, 2021 | 88 min, 97.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| LINCS1 LINCS 1 | 48902 | 2021-059Z | SDA/GACO | Jun 30, 2021 | 88 min, 97.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| TYVAK-0173 EG-3 | 48892 | 2021-059P | ECHOAU | Jun 30, 2021 | 97 min, 96.0° | Active | ◉ |
| TDO-4 TDO 4 | 48620 | 2021-042C | SMC/USAFA | May 18, 2021 | 88 min, 26.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| TDO-3 TDO 3 | 48619 | 2021-042B | SMC/USAFA | May 18, 2021 | 89 min, 26.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| YUANGUANG Yuanguang | 47296 | 2020-102A | HBUT | Dec 22, 2020 | 87 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| BY70-3 Taiyuan | 46839 | 2020-079N | CAST | Nov 6, 2020 | 88 min, 97.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| TDO-2 OrCa | 45464 | 2020-022A | AFRL | Mar 26, 2020 | 625 min, 26.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ANGELS ANGELS | 44876 | 2019-092D | CNES | Dec 18, 2019 | 88 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| IHOPSAT-TD 1HOPSAT-TD | 44859 | 2019-089H | HERA | Dec 11, 2019 | 95 min, 37.0° | Active | ◉ |
| TDO-1 TDO | 44482 | 2019-051B | AFSMC | Aug 8, 2019 | 604 min, 25.8° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CAPELLA-1-DENALI Denali | 43791 | 2018-099AK | CAPSP | Dec 3, 2018 | 88 min, 97.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AX-1 (AOXIANG ZHIXING) Aoxiang zhixing | 41625 | 2016-042B | SELM | Jun 25, 2016 | 88 min, 40.8° | Reentered | ◉ |
Frequently asked questions
How many Cubesat 12U satellites are there?
The catalog lists 70 objects built on the Cubesat 12U bus. 44 are in orbit and 23 have reentered.
How many Cubesat 12U satellites are in orbit?
44 Cubesat 12U objects are currently in orbit, of which 43 carry an active status.
Who builds the Cubesat 12U bus?
The Cubesat 12U bus is most commonly built by TERRAN.
When did the first Cubesat 12U satellite launch?
The first cataloged Cubesat 12U satellite launched in 2016, and the most recent in 2026.