Payload
MONOLITH
OperationalPayloadLEO
MONOLITH is a Air Force Research Laboratory payload satellite, launched on July 29, 2021 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 29, 2021 at 06:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 541 km
- Periapsis
- 537 km
- Inclination
- 37.02°
- Orbital period
- 95.42 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Manufacturer
- Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 20 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 49052
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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