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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:19:00
Tuesday December 7, 2021
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STPSat-6 is an advanced satellite for national security and science missions that delivers operational NUclear DETonation (NUDET) detection capabilities, high-bandwidth laser communications services, and new technology demonstrations in space domain awareness, weather, and NUDET detection. STPSat-6‘s nine payloads include the NNSA’s (National Nuclear Security Administration) Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System (SABRS), NASA’s Laser communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), and seven Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) payloads that demonstrate cutting edge space technologies.
Geostationary Earth Orbit
1 Payload
2,572 kilograms
LDPE-1 is a medium class satellite bus that hosts six ports for connecting a wide array of ESPA-class prototype payloads. LDPE can insert separable space vehicles into geosynchronous (GEO) orbit or host dedicated payloads on the ring itself until test completion, in this mission the bus carries four experiments, which could be either hosted or deployable. The experiments have not yet been disclosed.
Geostationary Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
ULAPrice
$153.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 62.2m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 18,850 kg
GTO: 8,900 kg
Liftoff Thrust
12,141 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 26.5m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
5
90th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2021
147th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2021
125th
Orbital launch attempt