2026 · Rocket Lab
Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
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The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe’s own global navigation system. This launch will lift 2 “Pathfinder A” satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 28, 2026 at 09:14 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Mission
- Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit