NEXTSat, or Next Generation Satellite and Commodities Spacecraft (NEXTSat/CSC) was an American technology demonstration satellite which was operated as part of the Orbital Express programme.

It was used as a target spacecraft for a demonstration of autonomous servicing and refueling operations performed by the ASTRO satellite.

[2] Launched in March 2007, it was operated for four months, and then deactivated in orbit.

NEXTSat was a 224-kilogram (494 lb) spacecraft,[2] which was built by Ball Aerospace around the RS-300 satellite bus.

[4] It was operated in low Earth orbit; on 9 March 2007, it had a perigee of 490 kilometres (300 mi), an apogee of 498 kilometres (309 mi), 46.0 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 94.49 minutes.