Payload
HAWK-6A
OperationalPayloadLEO
HAWK-6A is a HawkEye 360 payload satellite, launched on January 24, 2023 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 24, 2023 at 11:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 500 km
- Periapsis
- 495 km
- Inclination
- 40.5°
- Orbital period
- 94.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- HawkEye 360
- Manufacturer
- Unitas SFL/HawkEye 360
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 31 kg
- Dry mass
- 30 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-011D
- NORAD catalog №
- 55327
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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