Vandenberg Space Force Base to launch eight small satellites Wednesday evening
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Firefly Aerospace and Vandenberg Space Force Base have rescheduled the launch of a Venture Class Launch Services Demo 2 carrying eight CubeSats originally scheduled for 9:03 p.m. Monday to 9:04 p.m. Wednesday.
The 'Noise of Summer' mission (Alpha FLTA005) is part of the Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 contracts to launch small satellites, or CubeSats, awarded to three companies including Firefly Black LLC of Cedar Park, Texas by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The eight CubeSats on this mission were selected through NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative which provides opportunities to satellite developers at domestic educational institutions and non-profits.
The eight CubeSats and their origins are listed below:
- CatSat from the University of Arizona
- KUbeSat-1 from the University of Kansas
- MESAT1 from the University of Maine
- R5-S4 from the NASA Johnson Space Center
- R5-S2-2.0 from the NASA Johnson Space Center
- Serenity from Teachers in Space
- SOC-i from the University of Washington
- TechEdSat-11 (TES-11) from the NASA Ames Research Center
Firefly Aerospace will host a live stream of the launch in collaboration with NASASpaceflight that begins 30 minutes before launch and can be watched here.
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