NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

INCUS

Launch Time
NET October, 2026

First Alpha launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

Rocket

Alpha
Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly
Status: Active
Price: $15.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 801 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,030 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.48 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.2 m
Fairing Height: 5.0 m
Details

Mission Details

INCUS

Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) will include three SmallSats flying in tight coordination to study why convective storms, heavy precipitation, and clouds occur exactly when and where they form.

Payloads: 3
Total Mass: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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