# SumbandilaSat bus
*bus . products*

Mission-specific SunSpace small-satellite bus used for South Africa's SumbandilaSat/ZA-002 mission.

## Specifications
- **product status**: retired
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: sunspace
- **bus**: {"platform_class":"micro"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: sunspace
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"retired","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"sunspace","description":"Mission-specific SunSpace small-satellite bus used for South Africa's SumbandilaSat/ZA-002 mission.","bus":"{\"platform_class\":\"micro\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
SumbandilaSat bus is the mission-specific small-satellite bus used for SumbandilaSat / ZA-002. The mission was a South African Earth-observation satellite developed and produced locally, and it deorbited on 2021-12-10 after about three years of operational service.[^sansa-sumbandila-farewell] The bus is micro-class by the 81 kg spacecraft mass.[^gunter-sumbandila] The spacecraft was locally developed and produced in South Africa, with SunSpace / Stellenbosch heritage associated with the bus.[^sansa-sumbandila-farewell][^gunter-sumbandila]

## Compositional position
- sumbandila-sat (missions) --[mission_buses]--> SumbandilaSat bus

## Sources
- [sansa-sumbandila-farewell] | Farewell to SumbandilaSat, SANSA | https://www.sansa.org.za/2022/02/farewell-to-sumbandilasat-a-proudly-south-african-satellite/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26 | author=South African National Space Agency
- [gunter-sumbandila] | Sumbandila / ZA-002, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sumbandila.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26
  Lower-tier spacecraft mass, dimensions, and builder cross-check.

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