| AprizeSat | |
| Manufacturer: | SpaceQuest, Ltd. |
| Country: | United States |
| Operator: | SpaceQuest, LatinSat, exactEarth, SpaceQuest |
| Applications: | Identification and tracking for ships, containers and vehicles |
| Spacecraft Bus: | Aprize |
| Design Life: | 10 years |
| Launch Mass: | 13kg (29lb) |
| Dimensions: | 250x |
| Volume: | 0.015m2 |
| Power: | 7.7 W minimum |
| Equipment: | Omnidirectional UHF radio |
| Orbits: | Low Earth orbit |
| Status: | Operational |
| Built: | 12 |
| Launched: | 12 |
| First: | 20 December 2002 |
| Last: | 19 June 2014 |
AprizeSat is an American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation.[1], twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.[2]
| Satellite name | Launch date | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LatinSat 1 | 2002-12-20 | Operational | |
| LatinSat 2 | 2002-12-20 | Operational | |
| LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1) | 2004-06-29 | Operational | |
| LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2) | 2004-06-29 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-3 | 2009-07-29 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-4 | 2009-07-29 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-5 | 2011-08-17 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-6 | 2011-08-17 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-7 | 2013-11-21 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat-8 | 2013-11-21 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat 9 | 2014-06-19 | Operational | |
| AprizeSat 10 | 2014-06-19 | Operational |