NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Look Ma, No Hands

Launch Time
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:12 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

BRO 1

The French UNSEENLABS constellation aims to deliver precise, reliable, and secure maritime data, enabling organizations to monitor their own vessels and observe those that present risks, such as pirates and illegal vessels.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

BlackSky 4

BlackSky Global 4 is the fourth of sixty high resolution earth observation microsatellites in the BlackSky constellation. This constellation will provide real-time earth observation. the constellation is built by Blacksky, a SpaceFlight Subsidiary, and the satellites are produced by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 56.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pearl White 1 & 2

Pearl White 1 and 2 are two Air Force Space Command 6U CubeSats built as on-orbit testbeds for emerging technologies. The objective of this mission is to test new technologies including propulsion, power, communications, and drag capabilities for potential applications on future spacecraft.

The Cubesats were built by Tiger Innovations Inc., Herndon, Virginia. They are designed for a one-year lifetime. Tiger Innovations Inc. will operate the spacecraft for the life of the program under the direction and oversight of AFSPC.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 16.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2019

59th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

8th mission
4th mission of 2019
7th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission

Electron

8th mission
4th mission of 2019
7th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission