NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Stronger Together

Launch Time
Thu Mar 16, 2023 22:38 UTC

Rocket

Electron/Curie
Image Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab
Status: Active
Price: $7.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN
Payload to LEO: 320 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 18.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m
Fairing Height: 4.05 m

Mission Details

Capella 9 & 10

The mission dubbed "Stronger Together" carries Capella Space's Capella 9 and 10 satellites. The improved satellites are about twice as large as the Capella 1 (Denali) prototype to accommodate a bigger sensor aperture for the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that can provide high-contrast, low-noise high-resolution sub-0.5 meter imagery. For this, it features a new 3.5-meter aperture deployed mesh-based reflector antenna.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 224.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Stats

2023

39th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

34th mission
2nd mission of 2023
31st successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission

Electron

34th mission
2nd mission of 2023
31st successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission