Name | ORCA-8 (Unknown DARPA CubeSat) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | Reentry 2022-08-08. Was operational? (No news found as of 2020-04-10, but likely operational) |
Launched | 2019-12-05 |
NORAD ID | 45126 |
Deployer | Slingshot / Equalizer [SEOPS] |
Launcher | Falcon 9 (CRS-19) (SEOPS-2) |
Deployment | Deployed from Cygnus on 2020-02-01 |
Organisation | DARPA |
Institution | Military |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | US |
Launch brokerer | SEOPS |
Costs | $4.5 million for the program |
Oneliner |
A CubeSat for DARPA, the U.S. military’s research and development arm, was also deployed from the Slingshot device. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2023-06-03
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