Launched in January 2023 on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission, Connecta T1.2 extended Plan-S’s IoT experimentation with a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) payload. Different waveforms can be uploaded to the satellite, turning it into a flexible in-orbit laboratory for IoT connectivity research.

The mission also carried a deployable selfie camera, capturing a distinctive video of Earth in the background and demonstrating the team’s ability to integrate and operate innovative payload concepts in orbit.