5 May 2019, 06:00 UTC
That's a Funny Looking Cactus (STP-27RD)
Electron's "That's a Funny Looking Cactus" mission (STP-27RD) launched three U.S. Air Force Space Test Program smallsats: SPARC-1, an avionics and software-defined-radio experiment; Falcon ODE, a debris-tracking payload for the Air Force Academy; and Harbinger, a York Space Systems commercial satellite for the Army.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 161 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 89 Electron flights
- Date and time
- 5 May 2019, 06:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Electron
- Builder
- Rocket Lab
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2019-026
- Launches in 2019
- 29th of 102
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