Centauri 2 [Fleet Space]
Official name CENTAURI 2
Alternative name Centauri 2
Cospar ID 2018-096D
Norad ID 43722
Launch date 2018-11-29
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-CA
Country/Organization Australia
Type application Communication M2M/IoT
Operator Fleet Space Technologies
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date 2023-03-20
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 5
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.3
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors Fleet Space Technologies; Pumpkin (bus)
Propulsion ?
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Centauri 1 and 2 are pathfinder satellites for Fleet Space Technologies' planned network for global satellite connectivity to the Internet-of-Things (IoT).

The Centauri satellites are built to the 3U CubeSat form factor.

Two initial satellites were launched in 2018 as secondary payloads. Centauri 2 was launched on an Indian PSLV rocket, while Centauri 1 flew on a SpaceX Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5).

The next generation satellites, beginning with Centauri 3, are larger 6U CubeSats.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CENTAURI 2 2018-096D 2018-11-29 SRI PSLV-CA with HySIS, BlackSky 1, Flock-3r 1, ..., 16, Lemur-2 84, ..., 87, CICERO 8, Hiber 1, HSAT 1, CASE, FACSAT 1, InnoSat 2, Reaktor Hello World, 3Cat 1
CENTAURI-1 2018-099BD 2018-12-03 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, BlackSky 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R