Slingshot 1, MISR-B, and a government customer satellite were launched aboard Virgin Orbit on 2022-07-01.
Slingshot 1 is the first Blue Canyon 12U CubeSat bus carrying 19 payloads to low Earth orbit.
Slingshot 1 is a 12U cubesat built by The Aerospace Corporation using a bus from Blue Canyon Technologies and carries 19 technology demonstration payloads including a modular plug-and-play interface.
STP-28A will carry seven experimental satellites from multiple government agencies and Aerospace Corporation’s Slingshot 1 modular satellite bus.
Aerospace Corp. funded most of the 19 payloads on Slingshot 1 and a few payloads are from customers.
Slingshot 1 is a small satellite built by Aerospace Corp. on a bus from Blue Canyon Technologies.