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Aurora Propulsion TechnologiesManufacturer
Aurora Propulsion TechnologiesThere and Back Again
5/2/2022
As of June 28, 2022, Planet4589 reported that three E-Space demo satellites launched on the Rocket Lab Electron had not been identified and that five other satellites from that launch were also still outstanding, naming Copia, TRSI-2, AuroraSat-1, MyRadar-2, and Unicorn-2 among the outstanding satellites.
AuroraSat-1 is scheduled to launch in December 2020 onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Rocket Lab will launch AuroraSat-1 for Aurora Propulsion Technologies on an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula in 2021-10-01 as part of a rideshare mission.
Aurora announced in December 2020 that AuroraSat-1 was manifested to launch on the first Vigoride tug by Momentus, then scheduled to launch in January 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with Aurora Propulsion Technologies on 2021-08-16 to launch the AuroraSat-1 spacecraft on an Electron in the fourth quarter of 2021.