NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ICESat-2 & Others

Launch Time
Sat Sep 15, 2018 13:02 UTC

The final flight of the Delta II

Rocket

Delta II 7420-10C
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,020 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,099 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 38.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 8.9 m

Mission Details

ICESat-2

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2), part of NASA's Earth Observing System, is a planned satellite mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice freeboard, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,514.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

ELFIN A & B

ELFIN (Electron Losses and Fields Investigation) or ELFIN A is a 3U CubeSat mission under development by the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences department at UCLA in collaboration with the Aerospace Corporation to explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the radiation belts.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Polar Orbit

SurfSat

The SurfSat (Surface charging Satellite) is a 2U CubeSat mission developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF) to measure plasma-induced surface charging and electrostatic discharge.

It will take in-situ measurements of the ground current waveforms from chosen common spacecraft dielectric material samples, measure the spacecraft and material potentials, and will use a Langmuir probe system to measure the ambient plasma environment.

Payloads: 1
Polar Orbit

CP 7 (DAVE)

CP 7 or DAVE (Damping And Vibrations Experiment) is a collaboration between Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems and PolySat. The payload is a particle-dampening experiment designed to measure its frequency response in microgravity.

PolySat is developing a 1U CubeSat for this technical feasibility demonstration, which may lead to future applications in spacecraft vibration mitigation. Particle dampeners hold the promise of providing superior performance at a reduced cost compared to existing technologies.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2018

70th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

130th mission
7th mission of 2018
129th successful mission
125th consecutive successful mission

Delta II

155th mission
1st mission of 2018
153rd successful mission
100th consecutive successful mission