Payload
MANDRAKE 2 ABLE
OperationalPayloadLEO
MANDRAKE 2 ABLE is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) payload satellite, launched on June 30, 2021 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 30, 2021 at 07:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 406 km
- Periapsis
- 399 km
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- Orbital period
- 92.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Manufacturer
- Astro Digital/SA Photonics
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 23 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-059AE
- NORAD catalog №
- 48907
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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