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Celestis 20 (CPAC 20)
Celestis 20 [ULA]
Celestis, now renamed Space Services Inc. (SSI), is the first company to offer space burials. The Celestis payloads are small containers (CPAC, Celestis Payload Attached Container), which are bolted to the last stage of the launch vehicle, in this case a Vulcan Centaur VC2S. The containers were mounted inside the avionics compartment.
The containers contain small aluminum capsule about the size of a lipstick, containing symbolic 7 g of cremated remains.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Space burial |
| Operator: | SSI |
| Contractors: | SSI |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | Cylindrical containers bolted to upper stage |
| Propulsion: | None in orbit |
| Power: | None in orbit |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | heliocentric orbit |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestis 20 (CPAC 20, Enterprise Flight) | 2024-006B | 08.01.2024 | CC SLC-41 | Vulcan Centaur VC2S | with Peregrine 1 |
Further Celestis missions:
