CTC-0 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	CTC 0 (CTC-0)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	8U
Status	Operational? (News on 2024-12-27. Not received by SatNOGS in the recent days as of 2024-12-28 but could be many reasons)
Launched	2024-12-21
NORAD ID	?
Deployer	EXOpod Nova 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Bandwagon-2)
Organization	Spacecoin (Space Telecommunications, Inc)
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Headquarters	US
Manufacturer	AIVT by EnduroSat
Operator	?
Oneliner	Demonstrating space-enabled text messaging to a specialized handheld antenna but ultimately directly to standard smartphones.
Description	Demonstrating space-enabled text messaging to a specialized handheld antenna but ultimately directly to standard smartphones. For Spacecoin, the Creditcoin blockchain platform would help manage a constellation of small satellites by securely tracking operations and facilitating payments without a central authority. CTC, the shorthand symbol — or ticker — for Creditcoin, functions as the transaction medium within the network. CTC-1 slated to launch next year would be 16U, according to Spacecoin, and the venture plans to start transitioning from nanosatellites to microsatellites to significantly boost performance from CTC-2.
Notes	Spacecoin likely operates under "Space Telecommunications, Inc" legal entity.
Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Photo sources	[1] [2]
COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - EnduroSat
Subsystems sources	[1]
On the same launch	CroCube CTC-0 Djibouti-1B LASARSat OWLSAT-3 OWLSAT-4 OWLSAT-5 OWLSAT-6 OWLSAT-7 OWLSAT-8 OWLSAT-9 OWLSAT-10 OWLSAT-11 OWLSAT-12 Pleiades - Orpheus SC1 Tomorrow-S3 Tomorrow-S4 XCUBE-1

Last modified: 2024-12-31