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Educational Launch of Nanosatellites

{{Short description|NASA educational satellite program}}

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Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is an initiative created by NASA to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.[https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/elana_feature.html ELaNa: Educational Launch of Nanosatellites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601160242/https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/elana_feature.html |date=1 June 2023 }} NASA, 2017 {{PD-notice}} The program is managed by the Launch Services Program (LSP) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and Firefly Aerospace are planning to launch eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 43, targeting no earlier than Wednesday, June 26. {{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Educational Launch of Nanosatellites – Small Satellite Missions |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/category/educational-launch-of-nanosatellites/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |language=en-US}}

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, in a mission dubbed “Noise of Summer,” will lift off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Overview

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The ELaNa initiative has made partnerships with universities in the US to design and launch small research satellites called CubeSats (because of their cube shape). These low-cost CubeSat missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies that may be useful in future space missions, while university students get to be involved in all phases of the mission, from instrument and satellite design, to launch and monitoring.

A CubeSat has a cubic shape measuring 10 × 10 × 10 cm (1 unit or 1U), and can be fabricated of multiple cubic units such as 2U, 3U and 6U, and weighing 1.33 kg per unit. Because of the high cost incurred by launching them to orbit, ELaNa's satellites are launched as secondary payload on other missions that have mass and space to spare. Since the launch waiting list has grown considerably, another initiative was launched in 2015 in partnership with the private industry to develop launch vehicles dedicated to CubeSats exclusively. A new company is called Rocket Lab and their launch vehicle is the Electron rocket.[http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2015/07/31/rocket-lab-signs-nasa-partnership-to-tap-launch-resources/ Rocket Lab Signs NASA Partnership to Tap Launch Resources] Caleb Henry 31 July 2015. This agreement with NASA, enables the company to use NASA resources such as personnel, facilities and equipment for commercial launch efforts.[https://www.science.org/content/article/rocket-lab-poised-provide-dedicated-launcher-cubesat-science Rocket Lab poised to provide dedicated launcher for CubeSat science] Adam Mann, Science Magazine 6 December 2017 In 2015, NASA contracted two other companies for this purpose: Firefly Space Systems and Virgin Galactic.{{cite web|title=NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Contracts for CubeSat Satellites|url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-venture-class-launch-services-contracts-for-cubesat-satellites|publisher=NASA|author1=Kathryn Hambleton|author2=George H. Diller|date=14 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015}} {{PD-notice}} Nevertheless, NASA CubeSats will continue to hitch rides as secondary payloads in larger rockets whenever possible.

As of August 2017, NASA's ELaNa initiative has selected 151 CubeSat missions, 49 of which have been launched into space.[https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-cubesat-launch-initiative-broadens-access-to-space-for-educators-nonprofits NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative Broadens Access to Space for Educators, Nonprofits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211215755/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-cubesat-launch-initiative-broadens-access-to-space-for-educators-nonprofits/ |date=11 December 2022 }}, NASA, 3 August 2017 {{PD-notice}}

Missions

{{Update|date=July 2024}}

ELaNa mission numbers are based on the order they are manifested; due to the nature of launching, the actual launch order differs from the mission numbers.

= Launched missions =

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class="wikitable sticky-header"
scope="col" | Launch date (UTC)

! scope="col" | Mission name

! scope="col" | CubeSats deployed

! scope="col" | Main mission and
CubeSats included

! scope="col" | Launch vehicle

! scope="col" | Launch site

4 March 2011

| ELaNa 1{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/627973main_513455main_CubeSatFactsheet_Final.pdf|title=CubeSat ELaNa Launch on Glory Mission|website=nasa.gov|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228125723/https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/627973main_513455main_CubeSatFactsheet_Final.pdf|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|3 *}}

| (Glory) Hermes, Explorer-1 Prime, KySat-1[http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa_I_Glory_CubeSat_Factsheet_2011_Final.pdf ELaNa-I] NASA, {{PD-notice}}
* launch failure

| Taurus XL

| VAFB, LC-576

28 October 2011

| ELaNa 3{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/627975main_65121-2011-CA000-NPP_CubeSat_Factsheet_FINAL.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|5}}

| (NPOESS Preparatory Project) RAX-2, M-Cubed, Explorer-1 Prime, DICE, AubieSat-1

| Delta II 7920-10

| VAFB, SLC-2 West

13 September 2012

| ELaNa 6{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/687141main_CubeSat_fact_sheet_ELaNa_VI.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030234600/http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/687141main_CubeSat_fact_sheet_ELaNa_VI.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2012|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|4}}

| (NROL-36)
CXBN, CP5, CINEMA, CSSWE[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa_VI_L36_CubeSat_Factsheet.pdf CUBESAT ELaNa VI LAUNCH ON L-36 Mission], NASA {{PD-notice}}

| Atlas V 401

| VAFB, SLC-3 East

20 November 2013

| ELaNa 4{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa-IV-Factsheet-508%281%29.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web |url=http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-3_Payloads_A004.pdf|title=All ORS-3 payloads|access-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210004612/http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-3_Payloads_A004.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-10|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=NASA Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites and latest PhoneSat as Part of CubeSat Launch Initiative|date=13 April 2015|url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-helps-launch-student-built-satellites-and-latest-phonesat-as-part-of-cubesat-launch|publisher=NASA|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919225035/http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-helps-launch-student-built-satellites-and-latest-phonesat-as-part-of-cubesat-launch/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|12}}

| (ORS-3{{cite web|url=http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-3_Factsheet_B003.pdf|title=ORS-3 Mission Fact Sheet|access-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210012638/http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-3_Factsheet_B003.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-10|url-status=dead}}) H-2, KySat-2, ChargerSat-1, SwampSat, Trailblazer, TJ3Sat, DragonSat-1, CAPE-2, PhoneSat 2.4, COPPER, DragonSat-1, Vermont Lunar[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa_IV_ORS3_CubeSat_Factsheet_2013_Final.pdf CubeSat ELaNa IV Launch on ORS-3], NASA {{PD-notice}}

| Minotaur I

| MARS, LP-0A

6 December 2013

| ELaNa 2{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNA-II-FactSheet-v4.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207195154/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNA-II-FactSheet-v4.pdf|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|title=ELaNa II Mission Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites|date=13 April 2015|url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/elana-ii-mission-helps-launch-student-built-satellites|publisher=NASA|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103184828/http://www.nasa.gov/content/elana-ii-mission-helps-launch-student-built-satellites/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|4}}

| (NROL-39)
CUNYSAT-1, IPEX, M-Cubed-2, FIREBIRD-1A/1B

| Atlas V 501

| VAFB, SLC-3 East

22 February 2014

| ELaNa 5{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa_V_Spx3_CubeSat_Factsheet_508.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|title=NASA Launches the Dreams of the Crowd on the ELaNa V Mission as part of CubeSat Launch Initiative|date=13 April 2015|url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-launches-the-dreams-of-the-crowd-on-the-elana-v-mission-as-part-of-cubesat-launch|publisher=NASA|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015055559/http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-launches-the-dreams-of-the-crowd-on-the-elana-v-mission-as-part-of-cubesat-launch/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|5}}

| (SpaceX CRS-3)
ALL-STAR, PhoneSat 2.5, KickSat, SporeSat, TSAT[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa_V_Spx3_CubeSat_Factsheet_508.pdf ELaNa V CubeSat Launch on SpaceX-3 Mission.] March 2014. NASA. {{PD-notice}}

| Falcon 9 / Dragon

| CCAFS, SLC-40

28 October 2014

| ELaNa 8

| {{center|1 *}}

| Cygnus CRS Orb-3
CHARM
* launch failure

| Antares 130 / Cygnus

| MARS, LP-0A

31 January 2015

| ELaNa 10{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa-X-Factsheet-508(1).pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|title=University Satellites Studying Space Weather and Climate Change Will Launch on NASA's ELaNa X Mission|date=9 April 2015|url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/university-satellites-studying-space-weather-and-climate-change-will-launch-on-nasas-elana|publisher=NASA|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220119/http://www.nasa.gov/content/university-satellites-studying-space-weather-and-climate-change-will-launch-on-nasas-elana/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|3}}

| (Soil Moisture Active Passive)
GRIFEX, EXOCUBE, FIREBIRD-2 A/B[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa-X-Factsheet-508(1).pdf ELaNa 10 CubeSat Launch on SMAP Mission], NASA January 2015 {{PD-notice}}

| Delta II 7320

| VAFB, SLC-2 West

20 May 2015

| ELaNa 11{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ELaNa-XI-Factsheet-508.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|1}}

| (Boeing X-37#OTV-4)
LightSail-A

| Atlas V 501

| CCAFS, SLC-41

8 October 2015

| ELaNa 12{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-xii-factsheet-5082.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|title=ELaNa XII Launches 4 CubeSats into Orbit on NROL-55|url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-xii-launches-4-cubesats-into-orbit-on-nrol-55|website=NASA|date=2 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|4}}

| (NROL-55)
Fox-1, BisonSat, ARC, LMRST-Sat[https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-cubesat-launches ELaNa CubeSat Launches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101063904/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-cubesat-launches/ |date=1 November 2016 }}, NASA {{PD-notice}}

| Atlas V 401

| VAFB, SLC-3 East

4 November 2015

| ELaNa 7{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-vii-factsheet-508.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=www.nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|editor=Erin Mahoney|title=ELaNa VII CubeSat Launch on ORS-4 Mission|url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-vii-cubesat-launch|publisher=NASA|date=30 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224201324/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-vii-cubesat-launch/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|2 *}}

| (ORS-4{{cite web|url=http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-4_Factsheet_Front_and_Back_A004.pdf|title=ORS-4|access-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210005537/http://ors.csd.disa.mil/media/ORS-4_Factsheet_Front_and_Back_A004.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-10|url-status=dead}})
Argus, PrintSat[https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-vii-cubesat-launch ELaNa VII CubeSat Launch on ORS-4 Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624132839/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-vii-cubesat-launch/ |date=24 June 2016 }}, NASA 4 November 2015 {{PD-notice}}
* launch failure{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Stephen |title=Air Force declares failure on Super Strypi test launch|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/11/04/air-force-declares-failure-on-super-strypi-test-launch/|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=4 November 2015}}

| Super Strypi

| Pacific Missile Range Facility

6 December 2015

| ELaNa 9{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-ix-factsheet-508.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|last1=Mahoney|first1=Erin|title=NASA ELaNa IX Mission Launches First CubeSat Built By Elementary School Students|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-ix|website=CubeSat Launch Initiative|publisher=NASA|date=December 1, 2015|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=6 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106003919/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-ix/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|3}}

| (Cygnus CRS Orb-4)
MinXSS, STMSat-1, CADRE

| Atlas V 401 / Cygnus

| CCAFS, SLC-41

18 April 2017

| ELaNa 17{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-xvii_oa7-factsheet_508_0.pdf|title=Factsheet|website=nasa.gov|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=1 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601043237/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-xvii_oa7-factsheet_508_0.pdf|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}

| {{center|3}}

| (Cygnus CRS OA-7)
CXBN-2, IceCube, CSUNSat-1[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-xvii_oa7-factsheet_508_0.pdf ELaNa XVII International Space Station CubeSat Deployment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601043237/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/elana-xvii_oa7-factsheet_508_0.pdf |date=1 June 2017 }}, NASA March 2017 {{PD-notice}}

| Atlas V 401 / Cygnus

| CCAFS, SLC-41

14 August 2017

| ELaNa 22

| {{center|3}}

| (SpaceX CRS-12)
ASTERIA, Dellingr, OSIRIS-3U[https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/08/spacex-falcon-9-launch-crs-12-dragon-mission-iss/ SpaceX Falcon 9 launches CRS-12 Dragon mission to the ISS], William Graham, NASA Spaceflight, 14 August 2017[https://www.nasa.gov/content/past-elana-cubesat-launches Past ElaNa CubeSat Launches], NASA {{PD-notice}}

| Falcon 9 / Dragon

| CCAFS, SLC-40

12 November 2017

| ELaNa 13

| {{center|2}}

| (Cygnus CRS OA-8E)
ISARA, EcAMSat

| Antares 230

| MARS, LP-0A

18 November 2017

| ELaNa 14

| {{center|4}}

| (JPSS-1)
MiRaTA, MakerSat-0, RadFxSat, EagleSat-1

| Delta II 7920

| VAFB, SLC-2 West

21 May 2018

| ELaNa 23

| {{center|9}}

| (Cygnus CRS OA-9E)
HaloSat, TEMPEST-D1, EQUiSat, MemSat, CANOP, RadSat, RainCube, SORTIE, CubeRTT

| Antares 230 / Cygnus

| MARS, LP-0A

15 September 2018{{cite web|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/|title=Launch schedule|publisher=SpaceFlight Now|last=Clark|first=Stephen|date=July 19, 2018|access-date=July 20, 2018}}

| ELaNa 18

| {{center|5}}

| (ICESat-2)
DAVE, ELFIN*, ELFIN, SurfSat

| Delta II 7420

| VAFB, SLC-2 West

17 November 2018

| ELaNa 16

| {{center|1}}

| (Cygnus CRS OA-10E)
KickSat-2

| Antares 230 / Cygnus

| MARS, LP-0A

3 December 2018

| ELaNa 24

| {{center|2}}

| (SSO-A mission managed by Spaceflight Industries)
IRVINE02, WeissSat-1

| Falcon 9

| VAFB, SLC-4E

5 December 2018

| ELaNa 21

| {{center|2}}

| (SpaceX CRS-16)
TechEdSat-8, UNITE

| Falcon 9

| CCAFS, SLC-40

16 December 2018

| ELaNa 19

| {{center|10}}

| {{flatlist|

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| Electron

| Mahia, LC-1A

17 April 2019

| ELaNa 26

| {{center|5}}

| (Cygnus NG-11)
CAPSat, HARP, Virginia CubeSat Constellation

| Antares 230

| MARS, LP-0A

25 June 2019

| ELaNa 15

| {{center|3}}

| (Space Test Program-2)
ARMADILLO, LEO (CP9), StangSat[https://www.nasa.gov/content/elana-xv-space-test-program-2-stp-2-cubesat-launch ELaNa XV: Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) CubeSat Launch]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{PD-notice}}

| Falcon Heavy

| KSC, LC-39A

25 July 2019

| ELaNa 27

| {{center|1}}

| (SpaceX CRS-18)
RFTSat

| Falcon 9

| CCAFS, SLC-40

2 November 2019

| ELaNa 25A

| {{center|7}}

| (Cygnus NG-12)
Argus-02, HARP, HuskySat I, Phoenix, RadSat-U, SOCRATES, SwampSat II

| Antares 230+

| MARS, LP-0A

5 December 2019

| ELaNa 25B and ELaNa 28

| {{center|5}}

| (SpaceX CRS-19)
ELaNa 25B: AzTechSat 1, SORTIE, CryoCube 1
ELaNa 28: CIRiS, EdgeCube

| Falcon 9

| CCAFS, SLC-40

14 February 2020

| ELaNa 30

| {{center|1}}

| (Cygnus NG-13)
TechEdSat-10 (TES-10)

| Antares 230+

| MARS, LP-0A

13 June 2020

| ELaNa 32

| {{center|1}}

| ANDESITE

| Electron

|Mahia, LC-1A

3 October 2020

| ELaNa 31

| {{center|3}}

| (Cygnus NG-14)
Bobcat-1, NEUTRON-1, SPOC

| Antares 230+

| MARS, LP-0A

17 January 2021{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/16/nasa-takes-a-chance-on-virgin-orbit-with-companys-second-orbital-test-launch/|title=Virgin's satellite launcher reaches orbit on second try|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}

| ELaNa 20

| {{Center|10}}

| CACTUS-1, CAPE-3, EXOCUBE-2, MiTEE, PICS 1, PICS 2, PolarCube, Q-PACE, RadFXSat-2, TechEdSat-7.

| LauncherOne

| Cosmic Girl, Mojave

24 January 2021{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/24/spacex-launches-record-setting-rideshare-mission-with-143-small-satellites/ |title=SpaceX smashes record with launch of 143 small satellites |work=Spaceflight Now |date=24 January 2021 |access-date=29 January 2021}}

| ELaNa 35

| {{center|1}}

| (Nanosatellites)
PTD-1

| Falcon 9

| CCAFS

20 February 2021

| ELaNa 33

| {{center|1}}

| (Cygnus NG-15)
IT-SPINS

| Antares 230+

| MARS, LP-0A

3 June 2021

| ELaNa 36

| {{center|1}}

| (SpaceX CRS-22)
RamSat

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

29 August 2021{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/08/27/falcon-9-crs-23-mission-status-center/ |title=Live coverage: SpaceX launches space station cargo mission |work=Spaceflight Now |date=29 August 2021 |access-date=29 August 2021}}

| ELaNa 37

| {{center|3}}

| (SpaceX CRS-23)
CAPSat, PR-CuNaR2, SPACE HAUC

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

27 September 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-landsat-9 |title=Atlas V Landsat 9 |work=ULA |date=26 September 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021}}

| ELaNa 34

| {{center|2}}

| (Landsat 9)
CUTE, CuPID

| Atlas V 401

| CCSFS, SLC-41

21 December 2021{{cite web |last=Warren |first=Haygen |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/nasa-spacex-crs-24-iss/ |title=NASA, SpaceX launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station |work=NASASpaceFlight |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=21 December 2021}}

| ELaNa 38

| {{center|4}}

| (SpaceX CRS-24)
DAILI, GASPACS, PATCOOL, TARGIT

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

13 January 2022{{cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |url=https://www.space.com/virgin-orbit-launches-seven-satellites-january-2022 |title=Virgin Orbit sends 7 satellites to orbit in fourth mid-air launch |work=Space.com |date=14 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2022}}

| ELaNa 29

| {{center|2}}

| (STP-27VP)
PAN-A, B

| LauncherOne

| Cosmic Girl, Mojave

10 February 2022{{cite web |last=Beil |first=Adrian |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/02/astra-cape-canaveral-elana-41/ |title=Astra suffers failure on ELaNa 41 mission |date=10 February 2022 |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight}}

| ELaNa 41

| {{center|4 *}}

| (VCLS Demo-2A)
BAMA-1, INCA, QubeSat, R5-S1
* launch failure

| Rocket 3

| CCSFS, SLC-46

19 February 2022{{cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=U.S. Cargo Craft Launches to Station for Monday Delivery |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/ng-crs-17/2022/02/19/u-s-cargo-craft-launches-to-station-for-monday-delivery/ |work=NASA |date=19 February 2022 |access-date=20 February 2022}}

| ELaNa 44

| {{center|1}}

| (Cygnus NG-17)
NACHOS

| Antares 230+

| MARS, LP-0A

2 July 2022{{cite web |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/07/virgin-orbit-straight-up/ |title=Virgin Orbit launches seven satellites for US Space Force and NASA |access-date=2 July 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight|date=July 2022 }}

| ELaNa 39

| {{center|2}}

| (STP-S28A)
GPX2, CTIM-FD

| LauncherOne

| Cosmic Girl, Mojave

15 July 2022{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/07/14/falcon-9-crs-25-live-coverage/ |title=Live coverage: SpaceX launches space station cargo mission |work=Spaceflight Now |date=14 July 2022 |access-date=15 July 2022}}

| ELaNa 45

| {{center|4}}

| (SpaceX CRS-25)
BeaverCube, CapSat-1, D3, JAGSAT

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

22 November 2022{{cite web |last=Navin |first=Joseph |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11/crs-26-launch/ |title=NASA, SpaceX launch CRS-26 mission to ISS |date=26 November 2022 |access-date=27 November 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight}}

| ELaNa 49

| {{center|4}}

| (SpaceX CRS-26)
MARIO, petitSat, SPORT, TJREVERB

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

15 March 2023{{cite web |last=Davenport |first=Justin |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/spacex-crs-27/ |title=CRS-27 launches fresh cargo and experiments to ISS |work=NASASpaceFlight |date=14 March 2023 |access-date=15 March 2023}}

| ELaNa 50

| {{center|2}}

| (SpaceX CRS-27)
ARKSat-1, LightSail

| Falcon 9

| KSC, LC-39A

15 April 2023{{cite web |last=Lentz |first=Danny |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/04/spacex-transporter-7/ |title=SpaceX Transporter-7 launches 51 payloads, booster return to LZ |work=NASASpaceFlight |date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}

| ELaNa 40

| {{center|1}}

| (Transporter-7)
CIRBE

| Falcon 9

| VSFB, SLC-4E

15 April 2023

| ELaNa 47

| {{center|2}}

| (Transporter-7)
LLITED-A, LLITED-B

| Falcon 9

| VSFB, SLC-4E

4 March 2024{{cite web |last=Lentz |first=Danny |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/03/transporter-10/ |title=SpaceX launches Transporter-10 rideshare from Vandenberg |date=4 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=NASASpaceFlight}}

| ELaNa 57

| {{center|1}}

| (Transporter-10)
M3

| Falcon 9

| VSFB, SLC-4E

21 March 2024{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Martin |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/03/crs-30-slc-40-tower/ |title=SpaceX's 30th resupply mission uses new access tower at SLC-40 for the first time |date=21 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=NASASpaceFlight}}

| ELaNa 51

| {{center|4}}

| (SpaceX CRS-30)
Big Red Sat-1, BurstCube, HyTi, SNoOPI

| Falcon 9

| CCSFS, SLC-40

4 July 2024{{cite web |url=https://fireflyspace.com/missions/noise-of-summer/| title=Alpha FLTA005 "Noise of Summer"}}

| ELaNa 43

| {{center|8}}

| (VCLS Demo-2FB)
CatSat, KUbe-Sat-1, MESAT-1, R5-S2-2.0, R4-S4, Serenity, SOCi, TechEdSat-11

| Firefly Alpha

| VSFB, SLC-2W

9 July 2024

| ELaNa 48

| {{center|2}}

| (VA262)
CURIE A, CURIE B

| Ariane 6

| Kourou

4 August 2024{{Cite web |title=NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman's 21st Station Resupply Launch - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-northrop-grummans-21st-station-resupply-launch/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en-US}}

|ELaNa 52

|{{center|2}}

|(Cygnus NG-21)
CySat-1, DORA

|Falcon 9

|SLC-40

= Future missions =

List of future missions:{{cite web |last1=Phelps |first1=Norman |last2=Cheney |first2=Liam |url=http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2023/presentations/2023_Day2_Session5_CheneyPhelps.pdf |title=CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) Update |work=NASA |access-date=21 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Phelps |first1=Norman |last2=Cheney |first2=Liam |url=http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2024/presentations/2024_Day2_Session5_%20Phelps.pdf |title=CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) Update |work=NASA |access-date=8 December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches |title=Upcoming ElaNa CubeSat Launches |work=NASA |date=3 July 2016 |access-date=18 March 2022}} {{PD-notice}}

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Launch date (UTC)

! scope="col" | Mission name

! scope="col" | No. of CubeSats

! scope="col" | Main mission and
CubeSats included

! scope="col" | Launch vehicle

! scope="col" | Launch site

March 2025

| ELaNa 61

| {{center|2}}

| (Transporter-13)
TRYAD-1, TRYAD-2

| Falcon 9

| TBA

March 2025

| ELaNa 64

| {{center|1}}

| (Transporter-13)
REAL

| Falcon 9

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 56

| {{center|1}}

| (?)
ARCSTONE

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 53a

| {{center|1}}

| (?)
Dione

| TBA

| TBA

April 2025

| ELaNa 53b

| {{center|1}}

| (TRACERS)
SPRITE

| Falcon 9

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 42

| {{center|6}}

| (?)
AEPEX, DARLA, OrCa2, R5-S3, R5-S5, TechEdSat-16

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 46

| {{center|1}}

| (?)
TechEdSat-12

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 55

| {{center|2}}

| (?)
CANVAS, INCA-2

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 54

| {{center|2}}

| (?)
TechEdSat-22, VISORS

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 58

| {{center|4}}

| (?)
BLAST, EagleSat-2, QubeSat-2, RHOK-SAT

| TBA

| TBA

TBA

| ELaNa 59

| {{center|3}}

| (?)
OpenOrbiter 1, R5-S6, SWARM-EX

| TBA

| TBA

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Portal|Spaceflight}}

  • [https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/index.html ELaNa Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324182315/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/index.html |date=24 March 2019 }} at NASA
  • [https://www.nasa.gov/content/past-elana-cubesat-launches Past ELaNa missions] at NASA
  • [https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches Upcoming ELaNa missions] at NASA
  • [https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative CubeSat Launch Initiative] at NASA

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