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NEXUS-1
Ariane 6
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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
Katalyst Space Technologies' robotic space vehicle NEXUS-1 will dock with other satellites to install hardware, reposition spacecraft, and extend mission life, offering a faster, lower-cost alternative to replacement of satellites. NEXUS-1 will begin delivering these services through initial government missions before supporting commercial operators. Initial operations include installing a sensor on a Space Force satellite to detect and identify nearby spacecraft and conducting additional rendezvous and proximity operations to support space domain awareness. Following these missions, NEXUS-1 will transition to commercial servicing operations for communications satellite operators seeking to maintain and upgrade spacecraft already in orbit.
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 6
- Mission type
- Mission Extension
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- Ariane Launch Area 4
- Provider
- Arianespace
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Ariane 6
Ariane 6 (unknown variant)
- Height
- 63 m
- Diameter
- 5.4 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 0
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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