Sherpa-FX [Spaceflight Inc.]
The Sherpa-FX, developed by Spaceflight Inc., is a free flying satellite deployer.
The first mission is Sherpa-FX 1, which will deploy following satellites: Hawk 2A, 2B, 2C, Astrocast 0101, ..., 0105, PTD 1, ARCE 1A, 1B, 1C, Prometheus-2 10. The Umbra-SAR 2001 satellite, which was also to be deployed, has been replaced by a non-seperable mass model. In addition to the separable payloads, there will be up to four, approximately 1U-sized, hosted payloads. These hosted payloads will be non-separating and will deorbit with the Sherpa-FX1 structure. The planned hosted payloads consist of the following:
SOARS (Space Object Automated Reporting Systems), a payload to be provided by Keplerian Technologies that consists of a UHF transponder to communicate with that company’s ground stations. It had originally been planned to be launched as SOARS on the maiden Astra Rocket-3.0 launch, but it has also been removed from the Sherpa-FX 1 mission.
Nation: | Italy |
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Type / Application: | Satellite deployment |
Operator: | Spaceflight Inc. |
Contractors: | Spaceflight Inc. |
Equipment: | CubeSat deployers |
Configuration: | ION mk01 platform |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 150 kg |
Orbit: | 500 km SSO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Sherpa-FX 1 | 2021-006 | 24.01.2021 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.0 R1-1, ..., R1-10, QPS-SAR 2, Capella 3, 4, ICEYE X8, X9, XR 1, GHGSat C2, Hawk 2A, 2B, 2C, ION-SCV 002, Aurora Insight Charlie, Hiber 4, ASELSAT, PIXL 1, SOMP 2b, IDEASSat, YUSAT 1, UVSQ-SAT, V-R3x 1, 2, 3, Flock-4s 1, ..., 48, Kepler 8, ..., 15, Astrocast 0101, ..., 0105, SpaceBEE 40, ..., 75, Lemur-2 130, ..., 137, PTD 1, Prometheus-2 10, ARCE 1A, 1B, 1C | |
Sherpa-FX 2 | - | 2021 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with |