Cassini (CubeSat mission)

Cassini is a planned European small-satellite mission by the Dutch company ISISpace, awarded one of the first two launch contracts under the Flight Ticket Initiative on 27 August 2025. The initiative is run jointly by ESA and the European Union and offers subsidised flight opportunities to European companies and organisations that want to demonstrate new satellite technologies in orbit. Cassini will consist of three small satellites carrying payloads for companies across Europe under the In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Verification programmes, which ESA and the European Union manage together. The reported payload hosts are IENAI Space, EICAS Automazione, Arcsec, INVENT, IEAP-CTU, Deimos, SkyLabs and Astrolight. It is to fly aboard an Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket from Andoya Spaceport in Norway, with launches expected from 2026 onwards.