The lab supports and leads smallsat missions proposed by ASU students, faculty, and partners.
 ASU/IPL Alum Jaime Sanchez
de la Vega with Lightcube (2022) |
 AASU IPL Student Engineer oversees DORA vibration testing
(2023)) |
 A ASU IPL Student Engineers Sam Cherian and
Christopher McCormick working on SPARCS) |
Interplanetary Lab Mission Roster
| Mission Name | Date | Mission | Size | IPL Contribution | Funding |
| Phoenix | 2016 - 2020 | Thermal imager, CSLI | 3U | Entirely Student Powered, Faculty PI/Advised | NASA USIP |
| Lightcube | 2017 - 2023 | Naked Eye flash, CSLI | 1U | Entirely Student powered, Faculty Oversight | II Internal |
| DORA | 2019 - 2024 | Novel laser receiver, Low frequency radio testbed | 3U | AIT and Operations | NASA SSTP |
| SPARCS | 2017 - 2026 (as of 2024) | UV Space Telescope | 6U | Iridium Integration, AIT and Operations Support | NASA SMD |