Mission Status
This One's For Pickering
Last Updated: 1 hour ago
SUCCESS
Orbit Achieved
NASA
Sunday, December 16, 2018 06:33 AM UTC
Source: YouTube
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Name Origin
This mission honors William Pickering, a pioneering New Zealand-born scientist who led NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was instrumental in early U.S. space exploration.
"This One's For Pickering"
Mission Overview
NASA's signed a Venture Class Launch Services contract with Rocket Lab to launch 10 cubesats as a part of CubeSat Launch Initiative Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. Cubesats are: ALBus / CeREs / CHOMPTT / Da Vinci / ISX / NMTSat / RSat-P / Shields 1 / STF 1 / CubeSail A / CubeSail B /TOMSat EagleScout / TOMSat R3 / SHFT 1
Technical Details
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-1A
Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Target Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Mission Type
Dedicated Rideshare
Payload Mass
78 kg
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