It's fairly common nowadays. Companies like Nanoracks [1] specialize in this.
Obviously this can only be done for cubesats.
They are put into orbit simply by being ejected at the right angle and speed from the ISS.
They are put into orbit simply by being ejected at the right angle and speed from the ISS.
I didn't realize launching satellites had become so turnkey now where you don't have all the friction of dealing with NASA or any large space agency.
Nanoracks has an interesting list of customers, like Adidas and Double-Tree by Hilton?!
Probably the cheapest way to launch things. However, SpaceX has no interest in dealing with everybody that wants to launch a cubsat so you have to go to an integrator.