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Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is an initiative created by NASA to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.[1] The program is managed by the Launch Services Program (LSP) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Overview
The ELaNa initiative has made partnerships with universities in the US to design and launch small research satellites called CubeSats (because of their cube shape). These low-cost CubeSat missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies that may be useful in future space missions, while university students get to be involved in all phases of the mission, from instrument and satellite design, to launch and monitoring.
A CubeSat has a cubic shape measuring 10 × 10 × 10 cm (1 unit or 1U), and can be fabricated of multiple cubic units such as 2U, 3U and 6U, and weighing 1.33 kg per unit. Because of the high cost incurred by launching them to orbit, ELaNa's satellites are launched as secondary payload on other missions that have mass and space to spare. Since the launch waiting list has grown considerably, another initiative was launched in 2015 in partnership with the private industry to develop launch vehicles dedicated to CubeSats exclusively. A new company is called Rocket Lab and their launch vehicle is the Electron rocket.[2] This agreement with NASA, enables the company to use NASA resources such as personnel, facilities and equipment for commercial launch efforts.[2][3] In 2015, NASA contracted two other companies for this purpose: Firefly Space Systems and Virgin Galactic.[4] Nevertheless, NASA CubeSats will continue to hitch rides as secondary payloads in larger rockets whenever possible.
As of August 2017, NASA's ELaNa initiative has selected 151 CubeSat missions, 49 of which have been launched into space.[5]
Missions
ELaNa mission numbers are based on the order they are manifested; due to the nature of launching, the actual launch order differs from the mission numbers.
Launched missions
Launch date (UTC) | Mission name | CubeSats deployed | Main mission and CubeSats included |
Launch vehicle | Launch site |
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4 March 2011 | ELaNa 1[6] | Шаблон:Center | (Glory) Hermes, Explorer-1 Prime, KySat-1[7] * launch failure |
Taurus XL | VAFB, LC-576 |
28 October 2011 | ELaNa 3[8] | Шаблон:Center | (NPOESS Preparatory Project) RAX-2, M-Cubed, Explorer-1 Prime, DICE, AubieSat-1 | Delta II 7920-10 | VAFB, SLC-2 West |
13 September 2012 | ELaNa 6[9] | Шаблон:Center | (NROL-36) CXBN, CP5, CINEMA, CSSWE[10] |
Atlas V 401 | VAFB, SLC-3 East |
20 November 2013 | ELaNa 4[11][12][13] | Шаблон:Center | (ORS-3[14]) H-2, KySat-2, ChargerSat-1, SwampSat, Trailblazer, TJ3Sat, DragonSat-1, CAPE-2, PhoneSat 2.4, COPPER, DragonSat-1, Vermont Lunar[15] | Minotaur I | MARS, LP-0A |
6 December 2013 | ELaNa 2[16][17] | Шаблон:Center | (NROL-39) CUNYSAT-1, IPEX, M-Cubed-2, FIREBIRD-1A/1B |
Atlas V 501 | VAFB, SLC-3 East |
22 February 2014 | ELaNa 5[18][19] | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-3) ALL-STAR, PhoneSat 2.5, KickSat, SporeSat, TSAT[20] |
Falcon 9 / Dragon | CCAFS, SLC-40 |
28 October 2014 | ELaNa 8 | Шаблон:Center | Cygnus CRS Orb-3 CHARM * launch failure |
Antares 130 / Cygnus | MARS, LP-0A |
31 January 2015 | ELaNa 10[21][22] | Шаблон:Center | (Soil Moisture Active Passive) GRIFEX, EXOCUBE, FIREBIRD-2 A/B[23] |
Delta II 7320 | VAFB, SLC-2 West |
20 May 2015 | ELaNa 11[24] | Шаблон:Center | (Boeing X-37#OTV-4) LightSail-A |
Atlas V 501 | CCAFS, SLC-41 |
8 October 2015 | ELaNa 12[25][26] | Шаблон:Center | (NROL-55) Fox-1, BisonSat, ARC, LMRST-Sat[27] |
Atlas V 401 | VAFB, SLC-3 East |
4 November 2015 | ELaNa 7[28][29] | Шаблон:Center | (ORS-4[30]) Argus, PrintSat[31] * launch failure[32] |
Super Strypi | Pacific Missile Range Facility |
6 December 2015 | ELaNa 9[33][34] | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus CRS Orb-4) MinXSS, STMSat-1, CADRE |
Atlas V 401 / Cygnus | CCAFS, SLC-41 |
18 April 2017 | ELaNa 17[35] | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus CRS OA-7) CXBN-2, IceCube, CSUNSat-1[36] |
Atlas V 401 / Cygnus | CCAFS, SLC-41 |
14 August 2017 | ELaNa 22 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-12) ASTERIA, Dellingr, OSIRIS-3U[37][38] |
Falcon 9 / Dragon | CCAFS, SLC-40 |
12 November 2017 | ELaNa 13 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus CRS OA-8E) ISARA, EcAMSat[38] |
Antares 230 | MARS, LP-0A |
18 November 2017 | ELaNa 14 | Шаблон:Center | (JPSS-1) MiRaTA, MakerSat-0, RadFxSat, EagleSat-1 |
Delta II 7920 | VAFB, SLC-2 West |
21 May 2018 | ELaNa 23 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus CRS OA-9E) HaloSat, TEMPEST-D1, EQUiSat, MemSat, CANOP, RadSat, RainCube, SORTIE, CubeRTT |
Antares 230 / Cygnus | MARS, LP-0A |
15 September 2018[39] | ELaNa 18 | Шаблон:Center | (ICESat-2) DAVE, ELFIN*, ELFIN, SurfSat |
Delta II 7420 | VAFB, SLC-2 West |
17 November 2018 | ELaNa 16 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus CRS OA-10E) KickSat-2 |
Antares 230 / Cygnus | MARS, LP-0A |
3 December 2018 | ELaNa 24 | Шаблон:Center | (SSO-A mission managed by Spaceflight Industries) IRVINE02, WeissSat-1 |
Falcon 9 | VAFB, SLC-4E |
5 December 2018 | ELaNa 21 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-16) TechEdSat-8, UNITE |
Falcon 9 | CCAFS, SLC-40 |
16 December 2018 | ELaNa 19 | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Flatlist | Electron | Mahia, LC-1A |
17 April 2019 | ELaNa 26 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-11) CAPSat, HARP, Virginia CubeSat Constellation |
Antares 230 | MARS, LP-0A |
25 June 2019 | ELaNa 15 | Шаблон:Center | (Space Test Program-2) ARMADILLO, LEO (CP9), StangSat[40] |
Falcon Heavy | KSC, LC-39A |
25 July 2019 | ELaNa 27 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-18) RFTSat |
Falcon 9 | CCAFS, SLC-40 |
2 November 2019 | ELaNa 25A | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-12) Argus-02, HARP, HuskySat I, Phoenix, RadSat-U, SOCRATES, SwampSat II[38] |
Antares 230+ | MARS, LP-0A |
5 December 2019 | ELaNa 25B and ELaNa 28 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-19) ELaNa 25B: AzTechSat 1, SORTIE, CryoCube 1 ELaNa 28: CIRiS, EdgeCube |
Falcon 9 | CCAFS, SLC-40 |
14 February 2020 | ELaNa 30 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-13) TechEdSat-10 (TES-10) |
Antares 230+ | MARS, LP-0A |
13 June 2020 | ELaNa 32 | Шаблон:Center | ANDESITE | Electron | Mahia, LC-1A |
3 October 2020 | ELaNa 31 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-14) Bobcat-1, NEUTRON-1, SPOC |
Antares 230+ | MARS, LP-0A |
17 January 2021[41] | ELaNa 20 | Шаблон:Center | CACTUS-1, CAPE-3, EXOCUBE-2, MiTEE, PICS 1, PICS 2, PolarCube, Q-PACE, RadFXSat-2, TechEdSat-7. | LauncherOne | Cosmic Girl, Mojave |
24 January 2021[42] | ELaNa 35 | Шаблон:Center | (Nanosatellites) PTD-1 |
Falcon 9 | CCAFS |
20 February 2021 | ELaNa 33 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-15) IT-SPINS |
Antares 230+ | MARS, LP-0A |
3 June 2021 | ELaNa 36 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-22) RamSat |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
29 August 2021[43] | ELaNa 37 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-23) CAPSat, PR-CuNaR2, SPACE HAUC |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
27 September 2021[44] | ELaNa 34 | Шаблон:Center | (Landsat 9) CUTE, CuPID |
Atlas V 401 | CCSFS, SLC-41 |
21 December 2021[45] | ELaNa 38 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-24) DAILI, GASPACS, PATCOOL, TARGIT |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
13 January 2022[46] | ELaNa 29 | Шаблон:Center | (STP-27VP) PAN-A, B |
LauncherOne | Cosmic Girl, Mojave |
10 February 2022[47] | ELaNa 41 | Шаблон:Center | (VCLS Demo-2A) BAMA-1, INCA, QubeSat, R5-S1 * launch failure |
Rocket 3 | CCSFS, SLC-46 |
19 February 2022[48] | ELaNa 44 | Шаблон:Center | (Cygnus NG-17) NACHOS |
Antares 230+ | MARS, LP-0A |
2 July 2022[49] | ELaNa 39 | Шаблон:Center | (STP-S28A) GPX2, CTIM-FD |
LauncherOne | Cosmic Girl, Mojave |
15 July 2022[50] | ELaNa 45 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-25) BeaverCube, CapSat-1, D3, JAGSAT |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
22 November 2022[51] | ELaNa 49 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-26) MARIO, petitSat, SPORT, TJREVERB |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
15 March 2023[52] | ELaNa 50 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-27) ARKSat-1, LightSail |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
15 April 2023[53] | ELaNa 40 | Шаблон:Center | (Transporter-7) CIRBE |
Falcon 9 | VSFB, SLC-4E |
15 April 2023[53] | ELaNa 47 | Шаблон:Center | (Transporter-7) LLITED-A, LLITED-B |
Falcon 9 | VSFB, SLC-4E |
Future missions
List of future missions:[54][55]
Launch date (UTC) | Mission name | No. of CubeSats | Main mission and CubeSats included |
Launch vehicle | Launch site |
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1 March 2024 | ELaNa 57 | Шаблон:Center | (Transporter-10) M3 |
Falcon 9 | VSFB, SLC-4E |
March 2024 | ELaNa 43 | Шаблон:Center | (VCLS Demo-2FB) CatSat, KUbe-Sat-1, MESAT-1, OwlSat, R5-S2-2.0, R4-S4, REAL, Serenity, SOCi, TechEdSat-11 |
Firefly Alpha | VSFB, SLC-2W |
4 April 2024 | ELaNa 51 | Шаблон:Center | (SpaceX CRS-30) Big Red Sat-1, BurstCube, DORA, EagleSat-2, Foras Promineo, HyTi, SNoOPI |
Falcon 9 | KSC, LC-39A |
June 2024 | ELaNa 48 | Шаблон:Center | (VA262) CURIE A, CURIE B |
Ariane 6 | Kourou |
June 2024 | ELaNa 53 | Шаблон:Center | (Transporter-11) Dione |
Falcon 9 | TBA |
October 2024 | ELaNa 56 | Шаблон:Center | (USSF-62) TRYAD-1, TRYAD-2 |
Falcon 9 | VSFB, SLC-4E |
TBA | ELaNa 42 | Шаблон:Center | (?) R5-S3, R5-S5, R5-S6 |
TBA | TBA |
TBA | ELaNa 46 | Шаблон:Center | (?) TechEdSat-12 |
TBA | TBA |
TBA | ELaNa 52 | Шаблон:Center | (?) APEX, CANVAS |
TBA | TBA |
TBA | ELaNa 55 | Шаблон:Center | (?) INCA-2 |
TBA | TBA |
References
External links
- ELaNa Home page Шаблон:Webarchive at NASA
- Past ELaNa missions at NASA
- Upcoming ELaNa missions at NASA
- CubeSat Launch Initiative at NASA
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