| Spacecraft | RROCI (EWS RROCI, Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 12U |
| Status | Reentry 2023-01-03. Deployment failure or similar and re-entered with the upper stage. |
| Launched | 2023-01-03 |
| NORAD ID | Deployment failure |
| Deployer | Mercury [Maverick] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (Transporter-6) |
| Entity name | U.S. Space Force |
| Institution | Military |
| Entity type | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | US |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Orion Space Solutions |
| Operator | Orion Space Solutions |
| Launch brokerer | Maverick |
| Partners | U.S. Space Force's EWS |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate an Electro-Optical / Infrared (EO/IR) LEO-based cloud characterization solution that supports U.S. warfighter operations. |
| Description |
Electro Optical/Infrared Weather System Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager (EWS RROCI). United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SMC) sought a commercial prototype EWS mission capable of characterizing global clouds in near real-time to support Department of Defense operations. SMC selected Orion Space Solutions (OSS), in collaboration with Lockheed Martin; Science and Technology Corporation; Pumpkin, Inc.; and Atmospheric & Environmental Research (AER), for the first phase of the EWS mission to design, develop, and demonstrate its eight (8)-channel RROCI prototype. OSS’ imagery utilizes commercial off-theshelf systems to produce cloud characterization, mitigate weather risk, provide theater weather, and compare payload outputs to existing satellite data from a 12U satellite meeting USSF mission requirements. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
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| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Steerable Solar Arrays, Propulsion |
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Last modified: 2024-05-29
