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July 2, 2022 at 6:53 AM UTC

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July 2, 2022 at 6:53 AM UTC

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Mojave Air and Space Port

Air launch to orbit · 35.0594, -118.1520

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July 2, 2022 at 5:00 AM UTC
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July 2, 2022 at 9:00 AM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 3:54 AM UTC

Mission description

Launch contracted by the U.S. Space Force for the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), with payloads provided by the DoD Space Test Program (STP) as part of the Space Force’s STP-28A mission. It will carry seven satellites from multiple government agencies that are experiments intended to demonstrate novel modular satellite bus, space domain awareness, and adaptive radio frequency technologies. The target orbit is approximately 500 km above the Earth’s surface at 45 degrees inclination.

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Vehicle

LauncherOne

One

Height

16 m

Diameter

1.6 m

LEO capacity

500 kg

Successful launches

4

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Mojave Air and Space Port

Air launch to orbit

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Mission updates

Adding launch NET June 30 UTC

May 9, 2022 at 2:52 PM UTC · Nosu

Adding launch window

June 9, 2022 at 7:22 AM UTC · Nosu

GO for launch

June 27, 2022 at 8:36 AM UTC · Nosu

Pushing T-0 to account for takeoff and climb

June 29, 2022 at 9:02 PM UTC · Nosu

Scrubbed due to propellant temperature issues

June 30, 2022 at 4:33 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin