Nanosatellite
A small, low-mass satellite class that puts real orbital capability within reach of national programmes.
A nanosatellite is a very small, low-mass satellite, a class that has transformed access to space by cutting the cost of putting genuine capability into orbit. For new space nations, nanosatellite programmes serve double duty: the spacecraft delivers a useful mission while national engineers learn design, integration, test and operations on hardware their country owns. Constellations then grow incrementally as ambition and budget allow.
How this plays out in programmes
For a nation new to space, a nanosatellite programme does double duty, and that is exactly why Unstrat favours it as a starting point. The spacecraft delivers a useful mission while national engineers learn design, integration, test and operations on hardware their country owns, capability and skills built together. The advantage is a realistic path to sovereign space: constellations grow incrementally as ambition and budget allow, rather than demanding everything at once. Owning the spacecraft and the expertise to run it protects the mission and keeps tasking under national control from the outset. Sourcing components from independent manufacturers keeps the programme free of a single power's export strings. As the accountable single channel, Unstrat structures the build so the knowledge stays in-country. Localisation arrangements are scoped per programme, subject to export controls and end-use approvals.