Research and educational project Space-π

Project of the «Planet Sentinel» program, organized with the support of the Innovation Promotion Fund

Space-π is a research and educational project connecting scholars, students, universities and private companies. Space-π allows students to learn how to design small satellites, create a payload and carry out a a space experiment. Scholars study space data receiving systems and in-orbit satellite control technologies.

Scholars work together with university professors, professional designers, programmers, engineers — all those who build satellite platforms, payloads and ground receiving stations in real life.

10 000 +
Scholars
35
SC in orbit
30
Educational organisations
15
Cities

Space-π life stages

Space-π aims to form within a few years a constellation of 100 CubeSats to involve more talented scholars in the space technologies sphere. By now, Space-π successfully launched 45 smallsats.

Start of the Space-π project
1-st launch from Baikonur cosmodrome
Launch from ISS
2-d launch from Baikonur cosmodrome
2-d launch from Vostochny cosmodrome
4-th launch preparation

Satellite platforms

Space-π cooperates with many Russian manufacturers of satellite platforms. Project participants can choose the most suitable platform for satellite development. You can learn more about all platforms of small spacecraft in the «Catalog» section.

Payloads

Space-π makes it possible to carry out various space experiments in Earth orbit due to the variety of payloads offered by the partner companies. You can learn more about all payloads for smallsats in the «Catalog» section.

Earth remote sensing
AIS
Spectrometer
Probe microscope
ADS-B
Camera-telescope
IoT
Radiation detectors
Radio transmitters
Engines
Space laboratory

Space-π satellites

Space-π brings together talented scholars, students and space industry specialists to implement the most diverse and interesting space experiments. We are proud of our participants and their projects, read more about each of the project in the «Cyclopedia» section.

UmKA-1
The UmKA-1 satellite is equipped with a high-power telescope Leptonar-20955K and an astronomical digital camera PlayerOne Saturn-C SQR. The smallsat is designed for shooting planets, stars and nebulae.
Siren
The «Lilac» satellite accommodates a module with live lilac sprouts on board to study their growth during space flight. The lilac sprout of the Great Victory variety has become the most remote living plant from planet Earth (a record for Russia) — 530,118 km above sea level.
Geoscan-Edelveis
The «Geoscan-Edelveis» satellite conducted flight tests of a gas propulsion system in orbit, it was the first time such test carried out by Russian satellite. The spacecraft studies the possibility of nanosatellites moving to lower orbits to reduce the amount of space debris.
StratoSat TK-1
The «StratoSat TK-1» smallsat is a deployer for 6 picosats. Each picosat operates with an independent power supply system and has a radio transmitter and a camera on board.