Many students contributed significantly to InnoCube, including development, integration, and operation of the satellite's amateur radio payload.
InnoCube also served as a platform for further research, including the Würzburg follow-up project 'Learning Attitude Control (LeLar)', which tested a ground-trained AI-based attitude controller in space.
After the scientific mission concludes at the end of June 2026, InnoCube will continue to be operated by the student operational team StudOps at TU Berlin.
InnoCube's primary payloads include the wireless satellite bus SKITH, which replaces traditional cable connections with robust software, and the novel Wall#E battery, a solid-state battery made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
InnoCube is the 31st satellite of TU Berlin and was developed in collaboration with the Chair of Information Technology for Aerospace at Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and the Space Technology department at Technische Universität Berlin.
The InnoCube project combines university research with practical teaching and allows students to participate in the development, operation, and evaluation of a real satellite mission.
InnoCube has completed over 5,400 Earth orbits and tested innovative technologies.
InnoCube regularly transmitted beacon signals in Morse code through its amateur radio payload, which were received by amateur radio operators and space enthusiasts on multiple continents.
The test conducted on October 30 involved the 3U nano-satellite 'InnoCube', where the research team's developed AI agent successfully executed attitude control commands.
The focus of LeLaR is on designing, training, and testing an AI-based attitude controller aboard the InnoCube nanosatellite in space.
The InnoCube satellite was developed in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin as a platform for innovative space technologies.
The test was conducted on the 3U nanosatellite InnoCube between 11:40 and 11:49 MEZ on October 30, 2025.
The attitude control developed within the LeLaR project at the University of Würzburg was tested on the nanosatellite InnoCube.
InnoCube features a wireless satellite bus called SKITH (Skip The Harness) that replaces traditional wiring with wireless data transmission, saving mass and reducing risk of faults.
The core achievement of the LeLaR project is the design and successful on-orbit deployment of an AI controller on InnoCube.
InnoCube incorporates two payloads for amateur radio experiments and is being considered for joint radio astronomical experiments.
InnoCube is a CubeSat with dimensions of 34 centimeters in length and 10 by 10 centimeters in width and depth.
InnoCube carries an innovative wireless data transmission system and a novel battery.
InnoCube measures approximately half the size of a shoebox and weighs only 4.5 kilograms.
InnoCube was launched on January 14, 2025, at 11:09 AM local time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with a Falcon 9 rocket.