SmallSat Community Resources
Resource Collection
SmallSat Community Resources
A collection point for both NASA and other government agency documentation, references, plan templates, and conference material related to small spacecraft. Recommendations for this page? Contact us! agency-smallsat-institute@mail.nasa.gov
- Small Spacecraft Technology Program Guidebooks
- CubeSat 201
- NASA Small Spacecraft Strategic Plan
- NASA Engineering Network – Small Spacecraft Community of Practice (NASA only access)
- NPR 7120.8A: NASA Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements
- NPR 7120.5E: NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements (Updated w/Change 17)
- NASA Science Mission Directorate Class-D Tailoring/Streamlining Decision Memorandum
- Guidance on the Application of NASA Science Mission Directorate Class-D Tailoring/Streamlining Decision Memorandum for AOs
- Orbital Debris Assessment Report (ODAR)
- Direction to Protect Command Link and Other Aspects of Robotic Spacecraft (FIPS-140-2)
- Spectrum Guidance for NASA Small Satellite Missions
- Spectrum 101: An Introduction to National Aeronautics and Space Administration Spectrum Management
- STMD Solicitations
- STMD Awards
- Events
- Flight Opportunities Community of Practice
- Decadal Survey
- JPSS-2 – LOFTID Best Practices Report (April 10 2023)
- NASA SmallSat/CubeSat Fleet Missions Database
- RideShare 101
- SMD Rideshare Users Guide with Do No Harm – Generic Version (Revision 6, Effective July 17, 2026)
- Launch Portal
- NASA-STD-1006: Space System Protection Standard
- NASA-SPD-32: SMD Rideshare Policy
- SMD Solicitations
SMD Awards
- Nov 12, 2021 NASA Awards Challenge Prizes to Startup Companies
- Jun 25, 2021 Three Projects Awarded Under the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) Program
- Dec 29, 2020 NASA Approves Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth’s Aurora
- Aug 28, 2020 NASA Selects Proposals for New Space Environment Missions
- Mar 30, 2020 NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms
- Mar 16, 2020 NASA Selects Proposals to Study Volatile Stars, Galaxies, Cosmic Collisions
- Feb 13, 2020 NASA Selects Four Possible Missions to Study the Secrets of the Solar System
- Sept 3, 2019 NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather EUVST, AETHER, EZIE
- Aug 15, 2019 SETH SolarCruiser NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space
- Aug 13 2019 SIHLA GLIDE NASA Selects Proposals to Further Study the Fundamental Nature of Space
- Jul 1, 2019 RELEASE 19-053 NASA Selects 12 New Lunar Science, Technology Investigations (LSITP)
- Jun 20, 2019 TRACERS, PUNCH: RELEASE 19-047 NASA Selects Missions to Study Our Sun, Its Effects on Space Weather
- Jun 19, 2019 SIMPLEx JANUS, EscaPADE, Lunar Trailblazer: Small Satellite Concept Finalists Target Moon, Mars and Beyond
- Sept 12, 2018 NASA Astrophysics Eyes Big Science with Small Satellites
- Feb 5, 2018 PreFIRE: New NASA Space Sensors to Address Key Earth Science Questions
- Aug 2, 2017 PUNCH TRACERS AWE SUNRISE NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment
Past Presentations
- Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Mission Concepts
- Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies – Overview
- Mars Ion and Sputtering Escape Network (MISEN)
- Aeolus – A 2017 Planetart Science Deep Space SmallSat Study
- Mars Aerosol Tracker (MAT)
- Phobos/Deimos Regolith Ion Sample Mission (PRISM): Determining Origins
- Chariot to the Moons of Mars – A NASA Planetary Sciences Deep Space SmallSat Studies Mission Concept
- CubeSat UV Experiment (CUVE) – Unveil Venus’ UV Absorber with CubeSat UV Mapping Spectrometer
- Cupid’s Arrow: a small satellite to measure noble gases in Venus atmosphere
- Venus Airglow Measurements and Orbiter for Seismicity (VAMOS)
- SAEVe: A Long Duration Small Sat Class Venus Lander
- JUMPER: JUpiter MagnetosPheric boundary ExploreR
- SNAP – Small Next-generation Atmospheric Probe – A Multiprobe Flagship Mission to Explore Ice Giant Uranus
- Ross (neé, CAESAR)
- APEX – Asteroid Probe Experiment
- Primitive Object Volatile Explorer (PrOVE) – Waypoints and Opportunistic Deep Space Missions to Comets
- Cube X – CubeSat X-ray Telescope for Lunar Elemental Abundance Mapping & Millisecond X-ray Pulsar Navigation
- The Lunar Water Assessment, Transport, Evolution, and Resource (WATER) Small Satellite Mission Concept
- Miniature Lunar Volatiles (MiLuV) Mission: Using a LIDAR Spectrometer to Map Lunar Volatiles
- Bi-Sat Observations of the Lunar Atmosphere above Swirls (BOLAS): Tethered SmallSat Investigation of Hydration and Space Weather
- IRREGULAR MARE PATCH EXPLORATION LANDER (IMPEL) – An Innovative Strategy for Exploring the Lunar Surface
- Mars Micro Orbiter (MMO)
- 2021 SmallSat Virtual Forum Report
- Access to Space Workshop — Download the report
HEOMD Awards
- Feb 20, 2020 NASA Announces Next Round of Candidates for CubeSat Space Missions
- May 23, 2019 NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Lunar Gateway Power, Propulsion
HEOMD in the News
Small Satellite Conference 2026
- 2024 SciTech Forum
- Small Satellite Conference 2024
- NASA Town Hall
- NASA Short Talks
- Session 1 – NASA Leadership Panel – Opportunities for the SmallSat Community
- Session 2 – NASA Collaborations and Partnerships
- Session 3 – Infusion Stories – Utilizing NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Mechanisms to Develop Technology
- Session 4 – SmallSat Development Roadmap from Education to Flight
- Session 5 – University SmallSat Updates
- NASA Participation Guide 2024
- Small Satellite Conference 2023
- NASA Side Meetings
- NASA Short Talks
- NASA Participation Guide 2023
- Small Satellite Conference 2022
- NASA Town Hall
- Ask Me Anything Panels
- NASA Short Talks
- NASA Participation Guide 2022
- Small Satellite Conference 2021
- NASA Technical Presentations (NASA Ames Research Center Engineering Directorate)
- V&V for Autonomy
- Starling Mission: ROMEO Experiment for Autonomous Swarm Control
- Small Satellite Conference 2020
Adapting Mission Assurance Workshop 2022
Sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Space Dynamics Laboratory
- NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program
- NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative
- NASA Earth Science Technology Office
- NASA Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office
- NASA Ames SmallSat Portal
- NASA Goddard CubeSat Program
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory CubeSat Portal
- NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate
- NASA Science Mission Directorate
- Other Announcements of Opportunity
