NASA selects SpaceX to launch Pandora mission for exoplanet study
Pandora is an ESPA Grande-class spacecraft, weighing up to 320 kg, and is designed to function in a sun-synchronous orbit.
Pandora is an ESPA Grande-class spacecraft, weighing up to 320 kg, and is designed to function in a sun-synchronous orbit.
Blue Origin is one of 13 firms NASA chose last year for its Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare missions (VADR) programme.
The agency will solicit proposals from companies that are part of its VADR contract for smallsat launch services to launch the Tropics cubesats in time for the 2023 hurricane season.