Overview
Most satellites launched via Electron are intended for commercial use (72.0%) and for the purpose of communications (31.7%).
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Highlights on some of the satellites launched via Electron:
Second heaviest satellite launched by Air Force Research Laboratory into space at 20 kg
A military satellite, Monolith is operated by Air Force Research Laboratory of USA for the purpose of technology development.
Delivered via Electron (launch vehicle) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, it was launched into space on 29 July 2021 and orbits the Earth as a non-polar inclined LEO satellite. Monolith was constructed by Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University (USA).
Monolith has a launch mass of 20 kg and orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2021-068A and NORAD ID 49052.
The satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 598km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 609km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 7.89E-04 and it orbits at an inclination of 37 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
RAAF M2 Pathfinder is a civil and military satellite operated by University of New South Wales and Department of Defence (Australia) for the purpose of technology development.
Delivered via Electron (launch vehicle) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, it was launched into space on 13 June 2020 and orbits the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite. RAAF M2 Pathfinder was constructed by University of New South Wales (Australia).
RAAF M2 Pathfinder has a launch mass of 9 kg and orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2020-037E and NORAD ID 45727.
Taking 97 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 586km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 602km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 1.15E-03 and it orbits at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Compare RAAF M2 Pathfinder with Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D-03 from China.
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Full datasets: All satellites by launch date | The Heaviest Satellites That Are Launched to Space
By Use Type: Civil-use satellites | Commercial satellites | Government satellites | Military satellites
By Country: USA | UK | France | Germany | Japan | China | Russia | Australia | Canada
By Orbit Class/Type: LEO satellites | MEO satellites | GEO satellites | Elliptical orbit | Polar orbit | Equatorial orbit | Non-polar inclined orbit | Sun-synchronous orbit | Molniya orbit
By Operators: SpaceX | EUTELSAT | SES | European Space Agency (ESA) | Planet Labs | Iridium | Spire Global | OneWeb | Swarm Technologies | NASA - Dataset of Satellites Launched (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) - Dataset of Satellites Launched
By Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Delta 2 | Dnepr | Electron | Falcon Heavy | Long March 2C | Long March 2D | Long March 3B | Pegasus | Proton | Proton M | PSLV | Rokot | Soyuz | Soyuz-2.1b | Vega
By Launch Vehicle: Cape Canaveral | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Guiana Space Center | International Space Station | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Taiyuan Launch Center | Vandenberg AFB | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Boeing Satellite Systems | Airbus Defense and Space | EADS Astrium | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems | Space Systems/Loral | Surrey Satellite Technology | Technical University Berlin | Thales Alenia Space
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