SSO-A
The largest rideshare mission flown from a US launch vehicle to that point: SSO-A, arranged by the broker Spaceflight Inc., carried 64 satellites for 34 customers from 17 countries. The manifest included 15 microsatellites and 49 cubesats from commercial operators, universities, and research agencies, deployed via two SHERPA dispensers into sun-synchronous orbit.
LIFTOFF
DEC 03 2018launched fromSLC-4EVandenberg
aboardFalcon 9 B5F9-064intoLEO
Booster
B1046.3
Landed on drone ship · JRTI
Payloads · 56
- 01
SSO-A (SmallSat Express) (SHERPA)
Satellite dispenser
- 02
BlackSky Global 2
Earth observation
- 03
Capella 1 (Denali)
Earth observation (radar)
- 04
ESEO
Education
- 05
Eu:CROPIS
Life sciences
- 06
eXCITe / SeeMe constellation
Technology demonstration (satlets)
- 07
FalconSat 6
Technology demonstration
- 08
ICEYE X2
Earth observation (radar)
- 09
SkySat 14, 15
Earth observation
- 10
STPSat 5
Technology demonstration
- 11
Aistechsat 2
Earth observation
- 12
Astrocast 0.1
Technology demonstration
- 13
Audacy Zero
Technology demonstration
- 14
BlackHawk
Technology demonstration
- 15
BRIO
Technology demonstration
- 16
Centauri 2
Technology demonstration
- 17
CSIM-FD
Heliophysics
- 18
Eaglet 1
Earth observation
- 19
Enoch
Space art
- 20
Elysium Star 2
Space burial
- 21
ExseedSat 1
Amateur radio
- 22
Flock-3s 1-3
Earth observation
- 23
Fox 1C
Technology demonstration
- 24
Hawk 1-3
SIGINT, traffic monitoring
- 25
Hiber-2
Communications
- 26
ICE-Cap
Technology demonstration
- 27
ITASAT-1
Earth observation
- 28
IRVINE02
Education
- 29
JY1-Sat
Amateur radio
- 30
K2SAT
Technology demonstration
- 31
KazSTSAT
Earth observation
- 32
KazSciSat
Earth observation
- 33
Al-Farabi 2
Earth observation
- 34
KNACKSAT
Technology demonstration
- 35
Landmapper-BC 4
Earth observation
- 36
MinXSS 2
Heliophysics
- 37
MOVE II
Technology demonstration
- 38
NEXTSat 1
Technology demonstration
- 39
Orbital Reflector
Art
- 40
OrbWeaver 1, 2
Technology demonstration
- 41
ORS 7A, 7B (Polar Scout 1, 2)
Communications
- 42
PW-Sat 2
Technology demonstration
- 43
RAAF M1
Technology demonstration
- 44
RANGE A, B
Technology demonstration
- 45
ROSE 1
Technology demonstration
- 46
SeaHawk 1
Earth observation
- 47
Sirion Pathfinder 2
Technology demonstration
- 48
SNUGLITE
Amateur radio, Technology demonstration
- 49
SNUSAT 2
Earth observation
- 50
SpaceBEE 5-7
Communications
- 51
SPAWAR-CAL O, R, OR
Calibration
- 52
Suomi-100
Technology demonstration
- 53
THEA
Technology demonstration
- 54
VESTA
Technology demonstration
- 55
VisionCube
Thermospheric research
- 56
WeissSat 1
Technology demonstration