Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:01:00
Saturday October 1, 2022
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Second demonstration flight of Firefly Alpha. Firefly was able to achieve orbit for the first time, however, the educational payloads on-board were deployed in a lower orbit than expected.
The 3U CubeSat will collect flight data during the mission and make it available to the educational community for analysis and comparison to data collected on other flights and vehicles.
Retrograde Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
2 kilograms
The TechEdSat-15 (TES-15) mission is a NASA-owned, in coordination with San Jose State, 3U CubeSat. The TES-15 design is a ‘hot,’ articulated exo-brake that allows for de-orbit targeting through drag-modulation and deeper penetration into the atmosphere to validate COM systems for future Entry Design Landing (EDL) system flights. The exo-brake will deploy after the CubeSat is ejected from its dispenser to deorbit the CubeSat.
Retrograde Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
4 kilograms
An 8P Pocketqube deployer to be used to deploy 6 picosatellites into space and test the world’s first fully free and open-source telecommunications constellation GENESIS-G & GENESIS-J (AMSAT Spain). Objective: Technology demonstration for radio-amateurs, micro sub-joule pulsed plasma thruster & test platform to build heritage for future missions FOSSASAT-1B. Objective: Communication & Remote sensing Technology Demonstrator of LoRa telecommunications, ADCS demonstration, & low-resolution earth imager experiment. Qubik-1 & Qubik-2 (Libre Space). Objective: Communication Technology Demonstrator performing multiple telecommunication experiments
Retrograde Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
6 kilograms
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2022
126th
Orbital launch attempt