Mission at-a-glance:
- Customers: Hawkeye 360, Astrocast, Aerospacelab, In-Space Missions, Kleos Space, Loft Orbital, Lynk Global, NearSpace Launch, OQ Technology, Orbit Fab, Orbital Sidekick, Spire Global, Swarm Technologies, undisclosed
- Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
- Total spacecraft: 38
- Notable: Spaceflight will launch two Sherpa OTVs, including the industry’s first-ever electric propulsion OTV (Sherpa-LTE1)
Spaceflight Inc. launched 38 customer payloads to Sun Synchronous orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, marking its 41st mission. The company purchased three ports on the mission, dubbed ‘SXRS-5’ by Spaceflight, and managed the launch integration and mission management services for 38 payloads, including microsatellites, cubesats and a hosted payload.
The mission also represented the first time the company flew two different orbital transportation vehicles (OTVs) and the launch of the industry’s first-ever electric propulsion vehicle, Sherpa-LTE1.
This brings Spaceflight’s total number of spacecraft launched to 384. That’s a lot of smallsats!
Lift-off!
Sherpa-FX2 and Sherpa-LTE1 poised for deployment
Sherpa-FX2 and Sherpa-LTE1 separates successfully 4 seconds apart.