Past ELaNa Launches
ELaNa 48
Launch Date: July 9, 2024
Mission: ESA (European Space Agency) Ariane 6, Kourou, French Guiana
One CubeSat mission deployed:
- CURIE (3U) – University of California at Berkeley
ELaNa 43
Launch Date: July 3, 2024
Mission: Firefly Noise of Summer Alpha FLTA005 Rocket VCLS Demo-2, Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Eight CubeSats missions deployed:
- CatSat (6U) – University of Arizona, Tucson
- KUbeSat-1 (3U) – University of Kansas, Lawrence
- MESAT-1 (3U) – University of Maine, Orono
- R5-S2-2.0 (6U) – NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- R4-S4 (6U) – NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- Serenity (3U) – Teachers in Space, Nanuet, New York
- SOC-I (2U) – University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- TechEdSat-11 6(U) – NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
ELaNa 51
Launch Date: March 12, 2024
Mission: CRS-30 SpaceX Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Four CubeSats missions deployed:
- Big Red Sat-1 (1U) – University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- BurstCube (6U) – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- HyTI (6U) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
- SNoOPI (6U) – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
ELaNa 57
Launch Date: March, 4, 2024
Mission: Transporter-10 SpaceX Falcon 9, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
One CubeSat mission deployed:
- M3 (3U) – Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
ELaNa 40 and 47
Launch Date: April 15, 2023
Mission: Transporter 7 – SpaceX Falcon 9, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
2 CubeSat Missions deployed:
- CIRBE – University of Colorado at Boulder
- LLITED – The Aerospace Corporation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, and University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
ELaNa 50
Launch Date: March 14, 2023
Mission: CRS-27 – SpaceX Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
2 CubeSat missions deployed:
- ARKSat-1 – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- LightCube – Arizona State University, Tempe
ELaNa 49
Launch Date: Nov. 26, 2022
Mission: CRS-26 – SpaceX Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
4 CubeSat Missions to be deployed
- MARIO – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- petitSat – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- SPORT – NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
- TJREVERB – Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, Virginia
ELaNa 45
Launch Date: July 14, 2022
Mission: CRS-25 – SpaceX Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
5 Cubesat Missions Scheduled to be deployed
- BeaverCube – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- CapSat-1 – The Weiss School, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- CLICK A – NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California
- D3 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
- JAGSAT – University of South Alabama, Mobile
ELaNa 39
Launch Date: July 2, 2022
Mission: STP-28 – Virgin Orbit LauncherOne, Mojave Air and Space Port, California
2 CubeSat missions deployed:
- GPX2 – NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
- CTIM-FD – University of Colorado at Boulder
ELaNa 44
Launch Date: Feb. 19, 2022
Mission: NG-17 – Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 Cubesat Mission deployed
- NACHOS – Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico
ELaNa 41
Launch Date: Feb. 10, 2022
Mission: Astra Space Inc., VCLS Demo-2
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- BAMA-1 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- INCA – New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
- QubeSat – University of California, Berkeley
- R5-S1 – NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
ELaNa 29
Launch Date: Jan. 13, 2022
Mission: Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne – Mojave Air and Space Port, California
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- PAN – Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
ELaNa 38
Launch Date: Dec. 21, 2021
Mission: SpaceX CRS-24 – Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
4 CubeSat Missions deployed
- DAILI – Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California
- GASPACS – Utah State University, Logan
- PATCOOL – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- TARGIT – Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
ELaNa 37
Launch Date: Aug. 29, 2021
Mission: SpaceX CRS-23 – Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- PR-CuNaR2 – Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón
- SPACE HAUC – University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- CAPSat – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in cooperation with the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada
ELaNa 34
Launch Date: Sept. 27, 2021
Mission: Landsat-9 – Atlas V, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
2 CubeSat Missions deployed
- CUTE – University of Colorado at Boulder
- CuPID – Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
ELaNa 35
Launch Date: Jan. 24, 2021
Mission: SpaceX Transporter-1 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- PTD-1 – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
ELaNa 31
Launch Date: Oct. 2, 2020
Mission: NG-14 – Cygnus, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- Bobcat-1- Ohio University, Athens
- NEUTRON-1 – University of Hawaii-Mānoa, Honolulu
- Spectral Ocean Color Satellite (SPOC) – University of Georgia, Athens
ELaNa 33
Mission: NG-15 – Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 CubeSat Mission deployed on June 29, 2021
External Deployment
- IT-SPINS – Montana State University, Bozeman
ELaNa 36
Launch Date: June 3, 2021
Mission: SpaceX 22 – Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- RamSat – Oak Ridge Public Schools (Robertsville Middle School), Oak Ridge, Tennessee
ELaNa 20
Launch Date: Jan. 17, 2021
Mission: Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne – Mojave, California
9 CubeSat Missions deployed
- PolarCube – University of Colorado at Boulder
- MiTEE – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- CACTUS-1 – Capitol Technology University, Laurel, Maryland
- Q-PACE – University of Central Florida, Orlando
- TechEdSat-7 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
- RadFXSat-2 – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- EXOCUBE – California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
- CAPE-3 – University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- PICs – Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
ELaNa 32
Launch Date: June 13, 2020
Mission: “Don’t Stop Me Now” Rideshare, Rocket Lab Launch Complex-1, NZ
- ANDESITE – Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
ELaNa 30
Launch Date: Feb. 14, 2020
ISS Deployment Date: July 13, 2020
Mission: NG-13-Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- TechEdSat-10 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
ELaNa 28
Launch Date: Dec. 5, 2019
ISS Deployment Date: Feb. 1, 2020
Mission: SpaceX-19 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
2 CubeSat Missions deployed
- CIRiS – Utah State University, Logan
- EdgeCube – Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
ELaNa 25B
Launch Date: Dec. 5, 2019
ISS Deployment Date: Feb. 19, 2020
Mission: Space X-19 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- AzTechSat-1 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
- SORTIE – Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, Boulder, Colorado
- CryoCube – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
ELaNa 25A
Launch Date: Nov. 2, 2019
Deployment Dates: Jan. 31, 2020 (Cygnus) and Feb. 19, 2020 (ISS)
Mission: NG-12 – Antares II, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
7 CubeSat Missions deployed
- Argus-02 – St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- HARP – University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Phoenix – Arizona State University, Tempe
- RadSat-U – Montana State University, Bozeman
- SOCRATES – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
External Cygnus Deployments
- HuskySat I – University of Washington, Seattle
- SwampSat II – University of Florida, Gainesville
ELaNa 27
Launch Date: July 25, 2019
Cygnus Deployment Date: Aug. 7, 2019
Mission: SpX-18 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- RFTSat – Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho
ELaNa XV
Launch Date: June 25, 2019
Mission: Space Test Program STP-2 – Falcon 9 Heavy, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- ARMADILLO – University of Texas at Austin
- LEO (CP9) – California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo
- StangSat – Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida
Elana 26
Launch Date: April 17, 2019
ISS Deployment Date: July 3, 2019
Mission: NG-11 – Antares II, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- Virginia CubeSat Constellation – Old Dominion Research Foundation, Norfolk, Virginia
ELaNa XIX
Launch Date: Dec. 16, 2018
Mission: Rocket Lab Flight 4, Electron, Mahia, New Zealand
10 CubeSat Missions launched
- ALBUS – NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland
- CeREs – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- CHOMPTT – University of Florida, Gainesville
- CubeSail – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- DaVinci – North Idaho STEM Charter Academy, Rathdrum, Idaho
- ISX – SRI International / California Polytechnic University, Menlo Park, California
- NMTSat – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
- RSat – United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
- Shields-1 – NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
- STF-1 – West Virginia University / NASA IV&V, Morgantown
ELaNa 21
Launch Date: Dec. 5, 2018
ISS Deployment Date: Jan.31, 2019
Mission: SpaceX-16 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
2 CubeSat Missions deployed
- TechEdSat-8 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
- UNITE – University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
ELaNa 24
Launch Date: Dec. 3, 2018
Mission: Spaceflight Industries SSO-A – Falcon 9, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
2 CubeSat Missions launched
- IRVINE02 – University High School, Irvine, California
- WeissSat-1 – Weiss School, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
ELaNa 16
Launch Date: Nov. 17, 2018
ISS Deployment Date: Feb. 13, 2019
Mission: NG-10 – Antares II, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 CubeSat Mission deployed
- KickSat-2 – Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
ELaNa XVIII
Launch Date: Sept. 15, 2018
Mission: Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) – Delta II, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
3 CubeSat Missions launched
- DAVE – California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California
- ELFINA/B – University of California, Los Angeles, California
- SurfSat – University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
ELaNa 23
Launch Date: May 21, 2018
ISS Deployment Date: July 13, 2018
Mission: OA-9 – Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
7 CubeSat Missions deployed
- EQUiSat – Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- CubeRTT – The Ohio State University, Columbus
- HaloSat – University of Iowa, Iowa City
- MemSat – Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
- RadSat-G – Montana State University, Bozeman
- RainCube – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
- TEMPEST-D,1 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins
ELaNa XIV
Launch Date: Nov. 18, 2017
Mission: Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 – Delta II, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
4 CubeSat Missions launched
- RadFxSat – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- EagleSat – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona
- MiRaTA – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- MakerSat – Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho
ELaNa XIII
Launch Date: Nov. 12, 2017
ISS Deployment Date: Nov. 20-Dec. 6, 2017
Mission: OA-8/OA-8E – Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- ISARA – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
ISARA Fact Sheet 25Apr17 - EcAMSat – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
EcAMSat Fact Sheet 31Oct17 - TechEdSat-6 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
ELaNa 22
Launch Date: Aug. 14, 2017
ISS Deployment Date: Nov. 20, 2017
Mission: SpaceX-12 – Falcon 9, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- ASTERIA – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Dellingr – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- OSIRIS-3U – Pennsylvania State University, University Park
ELaNa XVII
Launch Date: April 18, 2017
ISS Deployment Date: May 16-18, 2017
Mission: OA-7 – Cygnus/Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- IceCube – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- CXBN-2 – Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
- CSUNSat-1 – California State University, Northridge
ELaNa-IX
Launch Date: Dec. 6, 2015
ISS Deployment Date: May 16, 2016
Mission: OA-4 – Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
3 CubeSat Missions Deployed
- CADRE – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan
- MinXSS – University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
- STMSat-1 – St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, Virginia
ELaNa-VII
Launch Date: Nov. 3, 2015
Mission: ORS-4 – Super Strypi, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii
2 CubeSat Missions lost, launch failed
- Argus – St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.
- PrintSat – Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.
ELaNa-XII
Launch Date: Oct. 8, 2015
Mission: NROL-55 – Atlas V, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
4 CubeSat Missions deployed
- BisonSat – Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana
- Fox-1A – AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Kensington, Maryland
- ARC-1 – University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- LMRSTSat – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
ELaNa-XI
Launch Date: May 20, 2015
Mission: AFSPC-5/ULTRASat – Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
1 CubeSat Mission Deployed
- LightSail-A – The Planetary Society, Pasadena, California
ELaNa-X
Launch Date: Jan. 31, 2015
Mission: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Delta II, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
3 CubeSat Missions deployed
- FIREBIRD II A,B – Montana State University, Bozeman
- GRIFEX – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
- EXOCUBE – California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo, California
ELaNa-VIII
Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2014
Mission: ORB-3 – Antares, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
1 CubeSat Mission lost, launch failed
- RACE – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
ELaNa-V
Launch Date: April 18, 2014
Mission: SpaceX-3 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
5 CubeSat Missions deployed
- ALL-STAR – University of Colorado at Boulder
- TSAT – Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
- KickSat – Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- PhoneSat 2.5 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
- SporeSat – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
ELaNa-II
Launch Date: Dec. 6, 2013
Mission: NROL-39 – Atlas V, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
4 CubeSat Missions deployed
- FIRBIRD I-A/B – Montana State University, Bozeman
- IPEX – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
- CUNYSAT – Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
- M-Cubed-2/COVE – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ELaNa-IV
Launch Date: Nov. 19, 2013
Mission: Operationally Responsive Space-3 (ORS-3) – Minotaur, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
11 CubeSat Missions deployed
- KySat-2 – University of Kentucky, Lexington
- COPPER – St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Trailblazer – University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- TJ3Sat – Thomas Jefferson High School, Arlington, Virginia
- CAPE-2 – University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Ho`oponopono-2 (H-2) – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
- DragonSat-1 – Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- SwampSat – The University of Florida, Gainesville
- ChargerSat-1 – University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Vermont Lunar – Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, Vermont
- PhoneSat 2.4 – NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley
ELaNa VI
Launch Date: Sept. 13, 2012
Mission: NROL-36 – Atlas V, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
4 CubeSat Missions deployed
- CSSWE – University of Colorado at Boulder
- CINEMA – University of California at Berkeley
- CP-5 – California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo
- CXBN – Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
ELaNa-III
Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2011
Mission: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) – Delta II, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
5 CubeSat Missions deployed
- Explorer-1[Prime] – Montana State University, Bozeman
- M-Cubed/COVE – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- DICE – Utah State University, North Logan
- Rax-2 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- AubieSat-1 – Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
ELaNa-I
Launch Date: March 4, 2011
Mission: Glory – Taurus XL, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
3 CubeSat Missions lost, booster failed to achieve orbital velocity
- Explorer-1[Prime] – Montana State University, Bozeman
- HERMES – University of Colorado at Boulder
- KySat-1 – University of Kentucky, Lexington