NAOS Mission

Mission patch NAOS

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

26 Aug, 6:53pm

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Launch Service Provider

Booster

B1063

27th flight (82d since last use)

Landing

Return to Launch Site (Landing Zone 4)

Success

Mission

NAOS

Mission Type

Destination

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.

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Last Update: Successful deployment of all payloads

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