Electron | Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Rocket Lab (Commercial)
• Rocket: Electron

Mission

The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe’s own global navigation system. This launch will lift 2 “Pathfinder A” satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.

• Type: Navigation
• Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
• Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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