The past year has seen a shortage of launches for Amateur Radio CubeSats.
Abe Bonnema from ISIS provides details of upcoming launch opportunities.
Cubesat
Many of you are looking for launch opportunities for your CubeSats (or nanosats), but launches for CubeSats have been quite scarce over the past year, unfortunately. As many of you know, we – ISIS / ISILaunch Services – have been working towards creating more regular, affordable access to space for CubeSats and nanosats for a few years already.
Recently, we have teamed with Spaceflight Services from the United States to create a global launch services offering, combining US and non-US opportunities and customers, and we have a cooperation with CalPoly on a particular launch opportunity for several CubeSats. These efforts are now starting to bear fruit; with the very recent and upcoming signing of a number of agreements (more details soon), a significant number of launch opportunities is now available.
Since these opportunities can contain a limited number of CubeSats, a timely, proper coordination of allocation, interfaces, frequencies and other aspects is required. We would therefore like to call for your interest for the following launch opportunities;
| Payload Type Available | ||||||||||
| Date | Orbit | Vehicle | 1U | 2U | 3U | 6U | 12U | 24U | Micro | ESPA |
| Q4 2011 | 250 x 265 km, 51.6° | US | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| end 2011 | ~700km, SSO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Q1 2012 | ~2000×36000 GTO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Q1 2012 | 650-700km, SSO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mid 2012 | 450-500 km, 65° | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Q3 2012 | 750 km, 55° | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| H2 2012 | 600-700 km, SSO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| end 2012 | 600-700 km, SSO | Indian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Q1 2013 | 450-550 km, 79° | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Q1 2013 | 450-500 km, 98° | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Q1 2013 | 650-500 km, SSO | European | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| H1 2013 | ~2000×36000 GTO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| H1 2013 | 325×1500 km, 80° | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Q3 2013 | 620 km, SSO | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| H2 2013 | 450-550 km, 79° | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Q4 2013 | 620 km, SSO | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Q4 2013 | 600-650 km, SSO | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Q1 2014 | GTO / GSO | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Q1 2014 | Low Lunar Orbit | US | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| H1 2014 | 450-550 km, 79° | Russian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
In case you would like to be launched on one of these opportunities, please contact us at:
Abe Bonnema (a.r.bonnema at isispace.nl)
Michiel van Bolhuis (m.f.vanbolhuis at isispace.nl)
Arthur Overlack (a.e.overlack at isispace.nl)
We would be grateful to provide with more details and pricing information about the different launch opportunities, as well as our backup and flexible ‘Ticket to Space’ approach or even launch insurance options for CubeSats.
When inquiring, please make sure to provide some basic information on your organisation, your mission objectives, launch period and orbit expectations, your satellite (type, mass, deployables, what frequencies, etc) and any other information that may be relevant.
You are also most welcome to visit us at our office in Delft, when passing through the Netherlands (for instance to ESA ESTEC), or when you have connecting flights through Amsterdam Airport. Another nice opportunity to come to Delft may be the Delft Nanosatellite Symposium on September 1st, organized together with Delft University of Technology to celebrate our 5th anniversary this year, having grown from a 5-person startup in 2006 to the 30+ people nanosatellite specialist company we are now.
Looking forward to launching your CubeSat on one of the upcoming opportunities.
It’s our mission to launch yours…
Best regards,
Abe Bonnema
Marketing Director
ISIS – Innovative Solutions In Space BV
phone: +31 (0)15 256 9018
mobile: +31 (0)6 4120 6289
e-mail: a.r.bonnema at isispace.nl
web: http://www.isispace.nl/