Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)

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Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.

Mission type: Dedicated Rideshare · Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket: Electron · Provider: Rocket Lab

Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · View on map (opens in new tab)