NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STP-27VPB/Above the Clouds

Launch Time
Thu Jan 13, 2022 22:52 UTC

Rocket

LauncherOne
Image Credit: Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit
Status: Retired
Price: $12.0 million
Payload to LEO: 500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 16.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.3 m

Mission Details

PAN A/B (ELaNa 29)

The PAN (Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation) is a technology demonstration series of satellite aimed to test autonomous docking operations between CubeSats.
The form factor is a 3U CubeSat and are probably the most complex CubeSats ever made to date, they will test new algorithms for rendezvous and docking as well as new magnetic docking technology and new GPS-based docking systems that could lead to a simplification of standard docking hardware.

PAN started as a collaboration between NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Cornell University.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 10.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

STORK-3

OptIcal satellite for SatRevolution, of the company’s 14-satellite STORK constellation.

The STORK 3U CubeSats features an imager with a ground resolution of up to 5 m.
Other 2U cubesats of the constellation are able to host customer's payloads.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

SteamSat-2

SteamSat-2 is a technology demonstrated for SteamJet Space System (UK)’s innovative water-fueled thrusters for in-space propulsion.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Adler 1

Austrian Debris Detection Low Earth Reconnoiter is an Austrian satellite with the aim to better understand space debris in LEO. It features a radar and 2 deployable piezoelectric wings

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

TechEdSat 13

TechEdSat-13, from NASA’s Ames Research Center, is a 3U nanosatellite that carries a unique artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) module featuring the first orbital flight of a neuromorphic processor.
In addition, there is a unique exo-atmospheric brake that will help rapidly de-orbit this and future nanosatellites. With this exo-brake technology, TechEdSat-13 will help address the accumulation and efficient disposal of orbital debris. This effort also helps to set the stage for autonomous navigation for nanosatellites to drop from orbit and reach their planned destination on Earth.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

GEARRS 3

Globalstar Experiment And Risk Reduction Satellite is a nanosatellite to test the communications with Globalstar's communication network. It also features a totally independent black box able to communicate essential data to the ground even if the satellite itself fails.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Cosmic Girl, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA

Stats

2022

3rd orbital launch attempt

LauncherOne

4th mission
1st mission of 2022
3rd successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission