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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:48:00
Friday October 28, 2011
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership or Suomi NPP, previously known as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) and NPP-Bridge, is a weather satellite operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
2,128 kilograms
The ELaNa initiative has made partnerships with universities in the US to design and launch small research satellites called CubeSats because of their cube shape. These low-cost CubeSat missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies that may be useful in future space missions, while university students get to be involved in all phases of the mission, from instrument and satellite design, to launch and monitoring. The 5 following cube sat are part of the mission: (NPOESS Preparatory Project) RAX-2, M-Cubed, Explorer-1 Prime, DICE, AubieSat-1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
5 Payloads
Agency
ULARocket
Height: 38.9m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,844 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 8.9m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
9
151st
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2011
55th
Mission
10th
Mission of 2011
64th
Orbital launch attempt