The BioSat mission is divided into two phases: The Plant Phase and The SDR Phase. The goal of The Plant Phase is to grow an Arabidopsis Thaliana plant in space. A camera will be placed inside the satellite to capture the entire process, starting with seeds and hopefully ending with a grown plant. The SDR Phase will begin after the plant has died. The main goal of this phase is to use an SDR (Software Defined Radio) to measure the radio frequency in the amateur radio band. However, the communication between the satellite and the ground will be done by an S-Band Radio instead.

The satellite is a highly complex system made up of multiple subsystems, each contributing a critical function. Some of the hardware components include reaction wheels, magnetorquers, solar panels, sun sensors, a heatsink, an electrical power system, a BioBox to keep the plant safe and an On-Board Computer built completely by Orbit.