Transporter-17
Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, carrying 81 payloads; eight were held inside orbital transfer vehicles for later deployment.
City Labs' BOHR (Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability) CubeSat became the first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite to reach orbit, and the first payload cleared under the FAA's nuclear launch licensing framework. Its NanoTritium betavoltaic cells convert the energy from tritium's radioactive decay directly into electricity - a source that needs no sunlight and will continue generating power for decades.
LIFTOFF
JUL 07 2026launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg
aboard Falcon 9 B5 Transporter-17 into SSO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Booster
B1097.11
Landed on drone ship · OCISLY
Payloads · 4
- 01
CAS500-4
Earth observation
- 02
GRUS-3 x 7
Earth observation
- 03
SunCET
Science
- 04
CubIXSS
Science

