rocket lab – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:57:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Small Satellites are Expanding https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/04/small-satellites-are-expanding Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:57:58 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=104833 Satellites come in all sizes and shapes. A small satellite or SmallSat is commonly considered to be a satellite that weighs less than 500 kg. 

As a basic application of various satellite sizes by mass, the common distinction:     

Lower LimitUpper Limit(kg)ClassificationExamples
1000Large satellitesHubble Space Telescope / Inmarsat-4A F4 
5001000Medium satellitesO3b
0500Small satellitesSpaceX StarLink
Short Summary of Satellite sizes

CubeSats are smaller yet. 

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