Beskrivning : Rocket Lab Electron launch 9:
The mission was nicknamed “As The Crow Flies”, which was a reference to Astro Digital`s Corvus platform of satellites that range from 6U and 16U CubeSats to ESPA Class spacecraft. (Corvus is also a genus of birds that includes the crow). This was Astro Digital`s first flight with Rocket Lab.
The payload for Electron`s ninth launch was the Palisade technology demonstrator, a 16U CubeSat that features an onboard propulsion system, an Astro Digital-provided communications system, and an advanced version of Advanced Solutions Incorporated`s MAX Flight Software. The mass of the satellite has not been revealed.