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| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
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| || microsatellite || 10 to 100 kg || || nanosatellite || 1 to 10 kg || 1U to 6U cubesats || || picosatellite || 0.1 to 1 kg || || femtosatellite || 10 to 100 grams || |
|| microsatellite || 1 ||10 to 100 kg || || nanosatellite || 0 || 1 to 10 kg || 1U to 6U cubesats || || picosatellite || -1 ||0.1 to 1 kg || || femtosatellite || -2 || 10 to 100 grams || |
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| || '''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 || |
|| '''giga-yotta-yottasatellite''' || 22 || 10 to 100 exatonnes || 73 exatonne Moon of Earth || || '''mega-yotta-yottasatellite''' || 21 || 1 to 10 exatonnes || || '''kilo-yotta-yottasatellite''' || 20 || 0.1 to 1 exatonnes || || '''yotta-yottasatellite''' || 19 || 10 to 100 exatonnes || || '''zetta-yottasatellite''' || 18 || 1 to 10 petatonnes || || '''exa-yottasatellite''' || 17 || 0.1 to 1 petatonnes || || '''peta-yottasatellite''' || 16 || 10 to 100 teratonnes || || '''tera-yottasatellite''' || 15 || 1 to 10 teratonnes || || '''giga-yottasatellite''' || 14 || 0.1 to 1 teratonnes || || '''mega-yottasatellite''' || 13 || 10 to 100 gigatonnes || || '''kilo-yottasatellite''' || 12 || 1 to 10 gigatonnes || || '''yottasatellite''' || 11 || 0.1 to 1 gigatonnes || || '''zettasatellite''' || 10 || 10 to 100 megatonnes || || '''exasatellite''' || 9 || 1 to 10 megatonnes || || '''petasatellite''' || 8 || 0.1 to 1 megatonnes || || '''terasatellite''' || 7 || 10 to 100 kilotonnes || || '''gigasatellite''' || 6 || 1 to 10 kilotonnes || 2030 tonne Space Shuttle launch stack || || '''megasatellite''' || 5 || 0.1 to 1 kilotonnes || 420 tonne International Space Station || || '''kilosatellite''' || 4 || 10 to 100 tonnes || 94 tonne Space Shuttle orbiter with full payload || || '''unisatellite''' || 3 || 1 to 10 tonnes || 5.9 tonne Boeing 702HP comsat || || '''millisatellite''' || 2 || 0.1 to 1 tonne || || microsatellite || 1 || 10 to 100 kg || || nanosatellite || 0 || 1 to 10 kg || || picosatellite || -1 || 0.1 to 1 kg || || femtosatellite || -2 || 10 to 100 grams || || '''attosatellite''' || -3 || 1 to 10 grams || 5g server sky || || '''zeptosatellite''' || -4 || 0.1 to 1 gram || || '''yoctosatellite''' || -5 || 10 to 100 milligrams || || '''milli-yoctosatellite''' || -6 || 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 |
1 |
10 to 100 kg |
|
nanosatellite |
0 |
1 to 10 kg |
1U to 6U cubesats |
picosatellite |
-1 |
0.1 to 1 kg |
|
femtosatellite |
-2 |
10 to 100 grams |
extending this nomenclature:
giga-yotta-yottasatellite |
22 |
10 to 100 exatonnes |
73 exatonne Moon of Earth |
mega-yotta-yottasatellite |
21 |
1 to 10 exatonnes |
|
kilo-yotta-yottasatellite |
20 |
0.1 to 1 exatonnes |
|
yotta-yottasatellite |
19 |
10 to 100 exatonnes |
|
zetta-yottasatellite |
18 |
1 to 10 petatonnes |
|
exa-yottasatellite |
17 |
0.1 to 1 petatonnes |
|
peta-yottasatellite |
16 |
10 to 100 teratonnes |
|
tera-yottasatellite |
15 |
1 to 10 teratonnes |
|
giga-yottasatellite |
14 |
0.1 to 1 teratonnes |
|
mega-yottasatellite |
13 |
10 to 100 gigatonnes |
|
kilo-yottasatellite |
12 |
1 to 10 gigatonnes |
|
yottasatellite |
11 |
0.1 to 1 gigatonnes |
|
zettasatellite |
10 |
10 to 100 megatonnes |
|
exasatellite |
9 |
1 to 10 megatonnes |
|
petasatellite |
8 |
0.1 to 1 megatonnes |
|
terasatellite |
7 |
10 to 100 kilotonnes |
|
gigasatellite |
6 |
1 to 10 kilotonnes |
2030 tonne Space Shuttle launch stack |
megasatellite |
5 |
0.1 to 1 kilotonnes |
420 tonne International Space Station |
kilosatellite |
4 |
10 to 100 tonnes |
94 tonne Space Shuttle orbiter with full payload |
unisatellite |
3 |
1 to 10 tonnes |
5.9 tonne Boeing 702HP comsat |
millisatellite |
2 |
0.1 to 1 tonne |
|
microsatellite |
1 |
10 to 100 kg |
|
nanosatellite |
0 |
1 to 10 kg |
|
picosatellite |
-1 |
0.1 to 1 kg |
|
femtosatellite |
-2 |
10 to 100 grams |
|
attosatellite |
-3 |
1 to 10 grams |
5g server sky |
zeptosatellite |
-4 |
0.1 to 1 gram |
|
yoctosatellite |
-5 |
10 to 100 milligrams |
|
milli-yoctosatellite |
-6 |
1 to 10 milligrams |
3 milligram thinned integrated circuit die |