UASAT

UASAT
Country/ies of originUkraine Ukraine
TypeSatellite internet constellation
StatusUnder development
Constellation size
Nominal satellites120
Current usable satellites1
First launch1 October 2026
Websiteuasat.com

UASAT is a low-earth orbit satellite internet constellation of Ukraine. The project aims to launch 120 satellites into orbit by 2027, with the first satellite launched in October 2026, and is intended to reduce the country's reliance on foreign constellations such as Starlink. Manufacturing will be supported by the Danish company GomSpace until the satellites can be manufactured domestically in Ukraine.

Transporter-18 encapsulation

Description

The constellation is planned to operate at an altitude of 550 km, and will provide coverage over Europe, North Africa, and portions of the Middle East. Terminals will use the Hughes Network Systems Jupiter 3 DVB-S2X platform in the Ka band, with anticipated download and upload speeds of up to 100Mbit/s and 10Mbit/s respectively. The terminals will also be expected to be compatible with Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb platforms.

History

Ukraine filed an application with the International Telecommunication Union to register the UASAT-NANO satellite network in December 2025. UASAT founder Dmytro Stetsenko states that the first satellite is scheduled to launch in October 2026. The first satellite was launched on 1 October 2026 aboard the Falcon 9 rideshare mission Transporter-18.

Satellites

List of UASAT satellites
Name COSPAR ID Launch date Launch vehicle Ref
UASAT-NANO 2026-227BW 1 October 2026, 18:32 UTC Falcon 9 Transporter-18

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Roman Kohanets (11 March 2026). "Ukraine's First UASAT Constellation Set to Reach 300 Satellites". United24. Archived from the original on 13 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Kateryna Levitska (12 March 2026). "SpaceX запустить перший із 300 українських супутників UASAT цієї осені". ITC (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "GomSpace and STETMAN Establish UASAT Joint Venture for Ukrainian Sovereign Communications – SatNews". satnews.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Schumann, Thomas (23 April 2026). "GomSpace Enters Joint Venture in Ukraine to Develop Sovereign Satellite Communications". Space Denmark. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ukraine Plans $1.1 Billion Satellite Constellation to Reduce Reliance on Starlink". Kyiv Post. 25 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation - NASA". Retrieved 13 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Vladyslav Khomenko (16 March 2026). "Ukrainian UASAT-NANO Satellites to Be Manufactured in Denmark With Future Localization in Ukraine". Militarnyi. Archived from the original on 20 March 2026.
  8. ↑ Roman Kohanets (20 February 2026). "Ukraine Begins Developing UASAT-NANO Military Satellite Network, Launching ITU Regulatory Process". United24. Archived from the original on 24 February 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Transporter-18". SpaceX. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Wall, Mike (1 October 2026). "SpaceX launches Google AI satellite, 129 other payloads on 2nd leg of spaceflight tripleheader (video)". Space. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Davenport, Justin (1 October 2026). "Starfish Otter, other payloads launch on Transporter 18". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "SatNOGS DB - UASAT-NANO". db.satnogs.org. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  13. ↑ Find UASAT-Nano
  14. ↑ "UASAT-Nano". Polaris Intelligence. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  15. ↑ "Track UASATNANO (NORAD ID: 100951) live with Satcat". www.satcat.com. Retrieved 21 October 2026.