NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STP-3

Launch Time
Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:19 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 551
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Active
Price: $153.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 12,141 kN
Payload to LEO: 18,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,900 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 5
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Mission Details

STPSat 6

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,572.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

LDPE 1 (ROOSTER 1)

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.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2021

125th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

147th mission
5th mission of 2021
146th successful mission
142nd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

90th mission
4th mission of 2021
89th successful mission
80th consecutive successful mission