= Small Satellites and Silly Nomenclature =
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Sadly, the nomenclature for small satellites misappropriates the "three orders of magnitude" metric prefixes, like so:

|| 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???     ||

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     || 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       ||