Status
Success
Stronger Together
Launch Time
Thu Mar 16, 2023 22:38 UTC
Thu Mar 16, 2023 22:38 UTC
Rocket
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
Stronger Together
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 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Stats
2023
38th 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