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PHOENIX

retired
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Launched 4/18/2017
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
2 kg
Total Mass
2 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

National Cheng Kung University

Manufacturer

National Cheng Kung University
Launch Mission

Zarya

11/20/1998

Entity Mentions
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Trident Aerospace's ISR Services company based in Phoenix supports critical law enforcement operations in Latin America.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSource

Virgin Galactic expects to start assembling the first Delta-class vehicles at a new factory near Phoenix in 2024 with test flights in 2025.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSourceMay 9, 2023

Each Rocket Lab satellite will feature the next-generation Phoenix infrared sensor payload for missile defense.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSource

Each satellite will feature Rocket Lab’s next-generation Phoenix infrared sensor payload.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSource

HTV-X1 unit will carry the Next-Generation Space Solar Cell On-Orbit Demonstration SDX to measure the output of the PHOENIX ultra-high-efficiency solar cell and perovskite solar cells to confirm normal operation in orbit.

Mentioned as: PHOENIXSourceFeb 4, 2026

Once Unity flights end, staff who work on the vehicles at Spaceport America in New Mexico will move to a new factory near Phoenix that the company expects to complete in the second quarter of 2024 to help assemble the first Delta-class vehicles.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSourceNov 8, 2023

Geost was selected by Sierra Space to provide 18 infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 satellites, consisting of 16 Mercury missile warning and missile tracking payloads and two Phoenix fire control payloads.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSourceJan 16, 2024

GEOST will provide Sierra Space with two Phoenix fire control payloads for multi-domain missile defense on the SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 2 program.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSourceFeb 6, 2024

GEOST will provide Sierra Space with two Phoenix fire control payloads for multi-domain missile defense on Tracking Layer Tranche 2.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSourceFeb 8, 2024

The article was updated on 19 September to clarify that BentoBox is a payload platform that will initially be launched aboard the Phoenix return capsule provided by ATMOS Space Cargo.

Mentioned as: PhoenixSource

Space Cargo Unlimited, which is developing the orbit manufacturing platform 'BentoBox', signed a contract with ATMOS Space Cargo for an integrated mission involving their reusable capsule 'PHOENIX' on November 12, 2025.

Mentioned as: PHOENIXSource