Satellites of Bulgaria

This is a list of satellites developed by Bulgaria.

Satellites

Large/Micro/Cube/Nano satellites

Satellite	Developed by	Type	Launch Date	Launch Site	Launcher	Mass	Status	Note
Bulgaria 1300	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	Scientific	7 August 1981	Plesetsk Cosmodrome	Vostok-2M	1,500 kg (3,300 lb)	Decommissioned	[1]
BulgariaSat-1	SSL(Space Systems Loral)	Communications	23 June 2017	Kennedy Space Center	Falcon 9	3,669 kg (8,089 lb)	In Service	[2]
EnduroSat One	EnduroSat	Educational, Amateur Radio	29 June 2018	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	1.33 kg (2.9 lb)	Decommissioned	[3]
SPARTAN	EnduroSat	Multi-payload	30 June 2021	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	[4]
Platform 1	EnduroSat	Technology Demonstration	25 May 2022	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	[5]
Platform 2	EnduroSat	Space Weather and Propulsion Demonstration	3 January 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	[6]
Platform 3	EnduroSat	5G IoT Connectivity Demonstration	15 April 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	[7]
TAIFA-1	EnduroSat	Earth Observation	15 April 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	6 kg (13 lb)	In Service	Developed for Kenyan Space Agency and SayariLabs. [8]
Platform 5	EnduroSat	Multi-payload	11 November 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	[9]
OSW Cazorla	EnduroSat	Scientific Research and Technology Demonstration	11 November 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	6 kg (13 lb)	In Service	Developed for Odyssey SpaceWorks. [10]
Barry	EnduroSat	Orbital Robotics Demonstration	11 November 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	24 kg (53 lb)	In Service	Developed for Rogue Space Systems. [11]
Pearl-1C, 1H	EnduroSat	Communications	11 November 2023	Cape Canaveral	Falcon 9	12 kg (26 lb)	In Service	Developed for Foxconn. [12]
Balkan-01	EnduroSat	Earth Observation	Mid 2024 and after	N/A	N/A	20 kg (44 lb)	Planned	Part of The Balkan Constellation project in which will be launched 120 nano/cube satellites. [13]
ESPA	EnduroSat/ Vyoma GmbH	Space Observation	End of 2024 and after	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned	EnduroSat will build 12 ESPA microsatellites for Vyoma's Space Situational Awareness Constellation project. [14]
BOTSAT-1	EnduroSat/ Botswana International University of Science and Technology	Earth Observation	February 2025	Space Launch Complex	Falcon 9	N/A	Planned	Will be Botswana's first satellite. [15]
Platform 6	EnduroSat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned	Planned to be launched. [16]
Platform 7	EnduroSat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned
Platform 8	EnduroSat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned
Platform 9	EnduroSat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned
Platform 10	EnduroSat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Planned

References

1. "Bulgaria 1300".
2. "BulgariaSat-1".
3. "Мисия ЕндуроСат Едно - Първата българска кюбсат мисия". EnduroSat One Mission (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-07-02.
4. Kulu, Erik. "SPARTAN". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
5. Kulu, Erik. "Platform-1". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
6. EnduroSat (2023-01-04). "Platform-2 is in orbit | Shared Satellite Service by EnduroSat". EnduroSat. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
7. Kulu, Erik. "Platform-3". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
8. "SatNOGS DB - TAIFA-1". db.satnogs.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
9. Kulu, Erik. "Platform-5". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
10. "SatNOGS DB - OSW Cazorla". db.satnogs.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
11. Kulu, Erik. "Barry". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
12. "PEARL 1C, 1H". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
13. "The Balkan Constellation". EnduroSat. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
14. EnduroSat (2023-08-09). "EnduroSat to build Vyoma's space situational awareness constellation". EnduroSat. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
15. Levy, Jean (2024-07-03). "BOTSAT-1 To Become Botswana's First Software-Defined Satellite". EnduroSat. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
16. Kulu, Erik. "EnduroSat - Satellite Constellation". NewSpace Index. Retrieved 2024-07-09.