Missions
What's up there.
Spacecraft the Libre Space Foundation has flown, is flying, or is preparing to fly. Live state is maintained on the SatNOGS DB.
Operational
07
Inactive (in orbit)
01
Decayed
05
Mission patches
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QUBIK · PICOBUS Firefly Alpha -
SIDLOC ARIANE-6 Ariane 6 · VA262 · 2024 -
PHASMA LAMARR & DIRAC · Transporter-15 · 2025 -
PICOBUS v2 maiden flight Transporter-18 · 2026 -
SIDLOC UARX SIDLOC-PQ · Transporter-18 · 2026
| Name | NORAD | Launched | Decayed | State | Orbit | Launcher | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPSat | 42716 | 2017-04-18 | 2018-11-12 | DECAYED | 400 km LEO | Cygnus OA-7 → NanoRacks | DB ↗ |
| QUBIK-1 — Lost on Firefly Alpha maiden flight — launch vehicle failed on ascent. | — | 2021-09-03 | 2021-09-03 | DECAYED | — | Firefly Alpha FLTA001 (DREAM) | DB ↗ |
| QUBIK-2 — Lost on Firefly Alpha maiden flight — launch vehicle failed on ascent. | — | 2021-09-03 | 2021-09-03 | DECAYED | — | Firefly Alpha FLTA001 (DREAM) | DB ↗ |
| QUBIK-3 | 99337 | 2022-10-01 | 2022-10-03 | DECAYED | LEO | Firefly Alpha FLTA002 | DB ↗ |
| QUBIK-4 | 99336 | 2022-10-01 | 2022-10-03 | DECAYED | LEO | Firefly Alpha FLTA002 | DB ↗ |
| SIDLOC-01 — Hosted payload on the Ariane 6 upper stage. In orbit but no longer transmitting — battery exhausted. | 60239 | 2024-07-09 | — | INACTIVE (NO BATTERY) | 600 km LEO | Ariane 6 (VA262) | DB ↗ |
| PHASMA-LAMARR | 66673 | 2025-11-28 | — | OPERATIONAL | ~550 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-15 (via Exolaunch) | DB ↗ |
| PHASMA-DIRAC | 66681 | 2025-11-28 | — | OPERATIONAL | ~550 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-15 (via Exolaunch) | DB ↗ |
| SIDLOC PQ-03 | 98204 | 2026-10-01 | — | TRANSMITTING | ~515 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-18 (via UARX Space OSSIE-D) | DB ↗ |
| SIDLOC PQ-04 | 98203 | 2026-10-01 | — | TRANSMITTING | ~515 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-18 (via UARX Space OSSIE-D) | DB ↗ |
| SIDLOC PQ-05 | 98202 | 2026-10-01 | — | TRANSMITTING | ~515 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-18 (via UARX Space OSSIE-D) | DB ↗ |
| SIDLOC PQ-06 | 98201 | 2026-10-01 | — | TRANSMITTING | ~515 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-18 (via UARX Space OSSIE-D) | DB ↗ |
| NIS-PQ (QUBIK-5) — Built by LSF for a Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the open-source QUBIK bus. | 98225 | 2026-10-01 | — | OPERATIONAL | ~515 km SSO | SpaceX Falcon 9 — Transporter-18 (via UARX Space OSSIE-D) | DB ↗ |
Notes on current state:
- SIDLOC-01 remains in orbit but is no longer transmitting — on-board battery is exhausted.
- PHASMA-LAMARR and PHASMA-DIRAC are both operational and transmitting.
- SIDLOC PQ-03 to PQ-06 and NIS-PQ (QUBIK-5) launched together on 2026-10-01 aboard SpaceX Transporter-18 and were deployed from 2026-10-02 by LSF's PICOBUS v2 PocketQube deployer on board UARX Space's OSSIE-D. The four SIDLOC PocketQubes beacon on 401.500 MHz; NIS-PQ, built for a Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Astana, Kazakhstan, downlinks telemetry on 435.240 MHz.
- NORAD IDs listed for the Transporter-18 satellites are provisional and will change once official catalogue numbers are assigned. The SatNOGS DB links stay valid.
- QUBIK-3 and QUBIK-4 completed their mission and have since decayed.