
CNCE Blk. 1 [MDA]
The CNCE Blk.1 (CubeSat Network Communications Experiment Block 1) satellites by the Missile Defense Agency will replicate an advanced on-orbit concept of operations involving satellite-to-satellite communications and satellite-to-ground communications in the space environment.
The CNCE Blk 1 satellites will support experiments in autonomous mesh networking. They will mimic two suborbital interceptor kill vehicles and test communications between them.
Two of these, CNCE 1 and CNCE 3, were launched on a shared LauncherOne rocket in 2021.
Two more improved CNCE Blk 2 satellites, called CNCE 4 and CNCE 5 were launched in May 2022.
Satellite |
COSPAR |
Date |
LS |
|
Launch Vehicle |
Remarks |
CNCE 1 |
2021-058E |
30.06.2021 |
Mo RW12/30 |
|
LauncherOne |
with HALO-Net Free Flyer, Gunsmoke-J 4, CNCE 3, Brik-2, STORK 4, STORK 5 |
CNCE 2 |
- |
202x |
|
|
|
with ? |
CNCE 3 |
2021-058D |
30.06.2021 |
Mo RW12/30 |
|
LauncherOne |
with HALO-Net Free Flyer, Gunsmoke-J 4, CNCE 1, Brik-2, STORK 4, STORK 5 |
CNCE 4 |
2022-057AM |
25.05.2022 |
CC SLC-40 |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Lemur-2 152, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1 |
CNCE 5 |
2022-057AN |
25.05.2022 |
CC SLC-40 |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Lemur-2 152, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1 |