Small Satellites and Silly Nomenclature

microsatellite

1

10 to 100 kg

Astrid 1

nanosatellite

0

1 to 10 kg

1U to 6U cubesats

picosatellite

-1

0.1 to 1 kg

0.75 kg Tubesat

femtosatellite

-2

10 to 100 grams

5g Kicksat sprite called a femtosatellite???

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

508 kg Sputnik 2

microsatellite

1

10 to 100 kilograms

84 kg Sputnik 1

nanosatellite

0

1 to 10 kilograms

1U to 6U cubesats

picosatellite

-1

0.1 to 1 kilograms

750 gram Tubesat

femtosatellite

-2

10 to 100 grams

attosatellite

-3

1 to 10 grams

5g server sky thinsat, Kicksat sprite

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