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Size: 1218
Comment:
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Size: 1698
Comment:
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| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
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| || nanosatellite || 1 to 10 kg || 1U to 6U cubesats || | || nanosatellite || 1 to 10 kg || 1U to 6U cubesats || |
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| || '''giga-yotta-yottasatellite'''|| 10 to 100 exatonnes || 73 exatonne moon || || || || || || '''gigasatellite''' || 1 to 10 kilotonnes || 2030 tonne Space Shuttle launch stack || || '''megasatellite''' || 100 to 1000 tonne || 420 tonne International Space Station || || '''kilosatellite''' || 10 to 100 tonne || 94 tonne Space Shuttle orbiter with full payload || || '''unisatellite''' || 1 to 10 tonne || 5.9 tonne Boeing 702HP comsat || || '''millisatellite''' || 0.1 to 1 tonne || || microsatellite || 10 to 100 kg || || nanosatellite || 1 to 10 kg || || picosatellite || 0.1 to 1 kg || || femtosatellite || 10 to 100 grams || || '''attosatellite''' || 1 to 10 grams || 5g server sky || |
|| '''giga-yotta-yottasatellite''' || 10 to 100 exatonnes || 73 exatonne Moon of Earth || || || || || || '''gigasatellite''' || 1 to 10 kilotonnes || 2030 tonne Space Shuttle launch stack || || '''megasatellite''' || 100 to 1000 tonne || 420 tonne International Space Station || || '''kilosatellite''' || 10 to 100 tonne || 94 tonne Space Shuttle orbiter with full payload || || '''unisatellite''' || 1 to 10 tonne || 5.9 tonne Boeing 702HP comsat || || '''millisatellite''' || 0.1 to 1 tonne || || microsatellite || 10 to 100 kg || || nanosatellite || 1 to 10 kg || || picosatellite || 0.1 to 1 kg || || femtosatellite || 10 to 100 grams || || '''attosatellite''' || 1 to 10 grams || 5g server sky || || '''milli-yoctosatellite''' || 1 to 10 milligrams || 3 milligram thinned integrated circuit die || |
Small Satellites and Silly Nomenclature
Sadly, the nomenclature for small satellites misappropriates the "three orders of magnitude" metric prefixes, like so:
microsatellite |
10 to 100 kg |
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nanosatellite |
1 to 10 kg |
1U to 6U cubesats |
picosatellite |
0.1 to 1 kg |
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femtosatellite |
10 to 100 grams |
extending this nomenclature:
giga-yotta-yottasatellite |
10 to 100 exatonnes |
73 exatonne Moon of Earth |
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gigasatellite |
1 to 10 kilotonnes |
2030 tonne Space Shuttle launch stack |
megasatellite |
100 to 1000 tonne |
420 tonne International Space Station |
kilosatellite |
10 to 100 tonne |
94 tonne Space Shuttle orbiter with full payload |
unisatellite |
1 to 10 tonne |
5.9 tonne Boeing 702HP comsat |
millisatellite |
0.1 to 1 tonne |
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microsatellite |
10 to 100 kg |
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nanosatellite |
1 to 10 kg |
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picosatellite |
0.1 to 1 kg |
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femtosatellite |
10 to 100 grams |
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attosatellite |
1 to 10 grams |
5g server sky |
milli-yoctosatellite |
1 to 10 milligrams |
3 milligram thinned integrated circuit die |