Electron | Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2)

Launch information

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Mission description

Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) is a mission for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It will test a prototype reflect array antenna which is intended to improve radio communications in small spacecraft.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2)’.

Launch image Electron | Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: March 28, 2019, 11:27 p.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2) (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
44073 R3D2 LEO 39.51 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Two Thumbs Up (DARPA R3D2)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#5839

To this date

Location Launch

#5

To this date

Pad Launch

#5

To this date

Agency Launch

#5

To this date

Orbital Launch

#19

Year 2019

Location Launch

#1

Year 2019

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2019

Agency Launch

#1

Year 2019

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