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NPOESS Prep Project

SuccessfulLEO

Date2011-10-28

Launch vehicleDelta 7920-10C

OperatorULA

Launch siteVandenberg Space Force Base · Site guide →

CountryUnited States

OrbitLEO

COSPAR2011-061

Payloads6

Payloads deployed (6)

1 of these are still tracked in the live catalogue.

NPP · National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/NASA
DICE-1 · Orbital Register 2024-1162
DICE-2 · Orbital Register 2024-0666
Radio Aurora Explorer · Orbital Register 2024-1591
AubieSat-1 · Orbital Register 2024-0790
Explorer 1 Prime Unit 2 · Orbital Register 2024-0954

6 objects from this launch are entered in the Orbital Register, the record of every flight that has ended.

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