Suomi NPP / ELaNa III

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:48:00

Friday October 28, 2011

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Suomi NPP

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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

ELaNa III

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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

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7920-10C

Active 1997 to 2017

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Rocket

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

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Delta II


151st

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2011

United Launch Alliance


55th

Mission

10th

Mission of 2011

2011


64th

Orbital launch attempt