# ZACube-1 1U CubeSat bus
*bus . products*

Candidate stub for the CPUT/F-SATI 1U CubeSat platform flown by ZACube-1.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: cput
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"1U CubeSat","platform_class":"nano","cubesat_units":"1U"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: cput
- **attributes**: {"product_status":"operational","manufacturer":"cput","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"1U CubeSat\",\"platform_class\":\"nano\",\"cubesat_units\":\"1U\"}","kind":"bus","deployment_context":"orbital","description":"Candidate stub for the CPUT/F-SATI 1U CubeSat platform flown by ZACube-1."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
ZACube-1 1U CubeSat bus is the nanosatellite bus flown by ZACube-1 / TshepisoSat. The spacecraft is a CPUT/F-SATI 1U CubeSat used for space-weather research and technology demonstration.[^wiki-zacube-1][^gunter-zacube-1] The bus is nano-class by the 1U CubeSat form factor and 1.2 kg launch mass.[^wiki-zacube-1][^gunter-zacube-1] The same spacecraft also carries the ZA 003 identifier.[^gunter-zacube-1]

## Compositional position
- zacube-1 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> ZACube-1 1U CubeSat bus

## Sources
- [wiki-zacube-1] | ZACube-1 mission summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZACube-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26
- [gunter-zacube-1] | ZACUBE 1 (TshepisoSat, ZA 003), Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zacube-1.htm | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-26
  Lower-tier spacecraft catalogue cross-check.

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