What will be the payloads transported by SpaceX Transporter-8?
SpaceX Transporter-8 Launches 72 Payloads Marking 200th Booster Landing
SpaceX has done it again! On June 29, 2021, the private space exploration company successfully launched its Transporter-8 mission, marking the 200th landing of a booster. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying a record 72 payloads, making it SpaceX’s most extensive rideshare mission to date.
The Success of Transporter-8
The Transporter-8 mission is yet another achievement for SpaceX, joining the long list of successful landings the company has completed to date. The Falcon 9 booster that lifted off on June 29 was used for the company’s previous launch, Starlink-25, which occurred just 10 days earlier. The success of Transporter-8 is a testament to the durability and effectiveness of SpaceX’s rockets and the company’s rigorous testing procedures.
72 Payloads to Boost Space Exploration:
The primary objective of Transporter-8 was to deliver a record 72 payloads into orbit. The payloads were a combination of government and commercial satellites, CubeSats, and custom spacecraft. The payloads will conduct a range of tasks, from monitoring forest fires to detecting iceberg movements, advancing space exploration to new heights.
SpaceX Soars Ahead
The success of the Transporter-8 mission marks another milestone for SpaceX and highlights the company’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of space exploration. With the increasing demand for new space-based technologies, SpaceX’s latest mission reinforces the company’s market dominance in the global space sector.
List of Payloads:
- Arcus satellite
- SpacesEye
- Lemur-2 NSOF-2
- HawkEye 360 satellites x 3
- ICEYE SAR satellites x 3
- Rocket Lab ELROI x 2
- Planet satellites x 3
- BlackSky satellites x 4
- Criobiomass
- Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY)
- OLED
- Ferroelectric RAM microcontroller
- OCSD spacecraft
- DIME (Deployable Investigation of Mars Ecology) |
- Phoenix CubeSat
- NO-133-140 cubesat series x 8
- Pine Satellite
- Zenith
- Mojave Broadband CubeSat
- Green Fuel in-space Thruster Test
- General Atomics Satellite Inspector
- Firefly Alpha Payload Adapter System (PAS)
- NCESSE Cesium clock
- Deep Space Atomic Clock
- S-Mount Satellite
- Navy’s Satellite Electromagnetic Structure and Dynamics III (EMSD III) Satellite
- Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- University of Illinois 2U cubesat
- Ionosphere Connection Explorer (ICON) payload
- Advanced Space
- University of South Australia cubesat
- Space Environment Express – Articulation
- Andesite
- Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) technology demonstration CubeSats
- Nanosatellite 7
- Omni Neonatal
- Radixsat
- SAIL-M/CADRE cubesat duo
- TETRA-1
- Carbonite 3
- SAVER-TCP
- FalconSat-9
- WISE-FT JAMMS1
- BRICSAT-2
- FLASHLiLi
- Q-PACE
- NASA Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
- CATIE Mount
- University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign interferometer cubesat
- S3VI-003 Nanosatellite
- Ad Iunctum 4
- California Polytechnic State University CubeSat
- QB50 CYGNUS
- NASA Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration
- Harmful Algal Bloom / Coastal Water Quality Sensor
- Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration CubeSat
- Aerospace Corporation smallsat spread spectrum transmitter (SST)
- CU Aerospace CubeSat
- Sentinel-2B (DEA)
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) sun photometer
- PhiSat-2
- SourceSat
- Cornell University Geosynchronous Fourier Transform (GEO-FT) interferometer cubesat
- Satellite scatterometry (S-MIST) and (S-Cubed)
- British built GNSS receiver
- Twin Astro E-44 Total Ionizing Dose (TID) Experiment
- UVC LED Test Hardware
In Conclusion, SpaceX’s success with the Transporter-8 mission showcases the company’s continued innovation and contribution towards the advancement of space exploration. With numerous payloads and futuristic transport vehicles, SpaceX’s achievements continue to cement its place as a dominant force in the space industry.
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