Launch time13 Jun 202005:12:12 UTC
success
Orbit: LEO
Launch of the ELaNa 32 mission, plus additional payloads. ANDESITE will conduct magnetospheric research using an experimental fractionated formation of eight picosatellites, to be deployed after reaching orbit. Three NRO payloads were deployed as part of RASR-2.
Rocket Electron
launched from Mahia, LC-1ANew Zealand
Payloads
Name | Purpose | Mass | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
ANDESITE Mule + Node × 8 | Auroral science / Technology demonstration | - | - |
M2 Pathfinder | Technology demonstration | - | - |
Photon (Pathfinder) | Flight test | - | - |
USA-301 | Reconnaissance | - | - |
USA-302 | Reconnaissance | - | - |
USA-303 | Reconnaissance | - | - |