ELFIN

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2018-070ELaunched 9/15/2018

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: ICESAT-2
Launch Vehicle: Delta 7420-10C
Launch Date: 9/15/2018
Last Contact: 9/17/2022

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 456 km
Inclination: 93.04 deg
Dry Mass: 4 kg
Total Mass: 4 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Science Exploration
Payload Category: SCI
Payload Class: A

Organizations

Operator: UCLA
Manufacturer: UCLA

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2018-070E
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/877*

Track

Mentions

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All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

UCLA students began establishing remote access for operation of the NASA-funded ELFIN cubesats soon after ELFIN launched in 2018 alongside NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 17, 2020Flying cubesats from home: Pandemic accelerates trend toward remote operations