Xplore (OrbAstro) Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	OrbAstro-TC1 (TR1, Xplore, OrbAstro ORB-6)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Operational? (No news found and object not identified but that is common for OrbAstro. Last checked 2023-12-16)
Launched	2023-11-11
NORAD ID	?
Deployer	EXOpod Nova 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-9)
Entity name	Xplore
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation (HQ)	US
Nation (AIT)	UK
Manufacturer	AIVT by Orbital Astronautics
Operator	Orbital Astronautics
Oneliner	Xplore will utilize OrbAstro's satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions, beginning with OrbAstro's ORB-6 platform.
Description	Xplore will utilize OrbAstro's satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions, beginning with OrbAstro's ORB-6 platform. Xplore will fly novel Earth and astronomical observation imagers, with a first launch scheduled for late 2022.
Notes	NB! Unclear about the satellite size and mission. These were already in the database and were originally scheduled for 2022. CelesTrak has these OrbAstro TC1 and PC1 satellites separately, but SpaceX has only listed OrbAstro-TR1. Will need to ask personally.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - OrbAstro
On the same launch	Barry BRO-10 BRO-11 Connecta T3.1 Connecta T3.2 Djibouti-1A Flock-4q 1 Flock-4q 2 Flock-4q 3 Flock-4q 4 Flock-4q 5 Flock-4q 6 Flock-4q 7 Flock-4q 8 Flock-4q 9 Flock-4q 10 Flock-4q 11 Flock-4q 12 Flock-4q 13 Flock-4q 14 Flock-4q 15 Flock-4q 16 Flock-4q 17 Flock-4q 18 Flock-4q 19 Flock-4q 20 Flock-4q 21 Flock-4q 22 Flock-4q 23 Flock-4q 24 Flock-4q 25 Flock-4q 26 Flock-4q 27 Flock-4q 28 Flock-4q 29 Flock-4q 30 Flock-4q 31 Flock-4q 32 Flock-4q 33 Flock-4q 34 Flock-4q 35 Flock-4q 36 GENMAT-1 Hello Test 1 Hello Test 2 HERON Mk II IRIS-C2 JINJUSat-1 KAFASAT Lemur-2 175 Ella1 Lemur-2 176 GHGSat A Lemur-2 177 GHGSat B Lemur-2 178 GHGSat C Lemur-2 179 Mango Two Lemur-2 180 Mango Two Lemur-2 171 (SNC 1) Lemur-2 172 (SNC 2) Lemur-2 173 (SNC 3) Lemur-2 174 (SNC 4) MANTIS NinjaSat Observer-1 A OMNI-LER1 ORB-6 Digantara Outpost Mission 2 PEARL 1C PEARL 1H Picacho PLATERO Platform-5 ProtoMéthée-1 STORK-7 Tiger-5 Tiger-6 Veronika Xplore (OrbAstro) CRYPTO3 EPICHyper-3 Intuition-1 Lemur-2 181 NANAZ OSW Cazorla PICO-1A-1 PICO-1A-2 PICO-1A-3 PICO-1A-4 PICO-1A-5 PICO-1A-6 PICO-1A-7 PICO-1A-8 PICO-1A-9 Ymir-1 Hades-D (Hydra-1) ROM-3 Spaceant-D Tartan Artibeus-2 Unicorn-2J Unicorn-2K Exo-0 Time We’ll Tell

Last modified: 2024-04-28