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Zuma

completedLaunch 2018-001
Launched 1/8/2018LEOService CXSat LEO D
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
USA 280
retired
Earth Observation
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
1/8/2018
Launch ID
2018-001
Launch Profile
Sat LEO D
Service Type
CX
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT4
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
4
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Terran Orbital built the ten satellite buses on its Zuma Platform smallsat-class spacecraft.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 4, 2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission

Lady Rocket Foundation runs the Zuma initiative, which aims to provide firefighters and police in California with affordable access to high-resolution optical imagery.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Oct 29, 2021Exodus Orbitals pivots to satellite leasing model after launch delay

The Falcon 9 first stage used on the 2018-05-22 launch first flew in January carrying the classified Zuma payload.

GeneralValue 3.7May 23, 2018SpaceX achievements generate growing interest in reusable launchers

The Falcon 9 first stage used on 2018-05-22 was a reused booster that previously launched Northrop Grumman’s Zuma mission in January.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 22, 2018SpaceX launches five Iridium satellites and twin science spacecraft