Manifest / 02
NAOS
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
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Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
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Mission Brief
NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.
Mission Timeline
20 / 20100%Ground vector
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Latitude
- 34.632°N
- Longitude
- 120.611°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
06:53 PM UTC - 07:20 PM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.

