NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

This One's for Pickering

Launch Time
Sun Dec 16, 2018 06:33 UTC

Rocket

Electron/Curie
Image Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab
Status: Active
Price: $7.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN
Payload to LEO: 320 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 18.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m
Fairing Height: 4.05 m

Mission Details

ELaNa XIX

The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is a NASA program to promote "access to space for small satellites, CubeSats, developed by the NASA Centers and programs, educational institutions and non-profit organizations giving CubeSat developers access to a low-cost pathway to conduct research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education or operations."

The payloads on this flight are:
- ALBus
- CeREs
- CHOMPTT
- Da Vinci
- ISX
- NMTSat
- Rsat-P
- Shields 1
- STF 1
- CubeSail A & B
- TOMSat EagleScout
- TOMSat R3
- SHFT 1

Payloads: 14
Total Mass: 56.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Stats

2018

106th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

4th mission
3rd mission of 2018
3rd successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission

Electron

4th mission
3rd mission of 2018
3rd successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission