SISTINE
Black Brant IX
Equatorial Launch Australia
Mission
SISTINE
Type: Astrophysics
The Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet host stars (SISTINE) is a payload from the University of Colorado. Its objective is to study how light from stars affects the atmospheres of the planets around them, including the gases thought to be signs of life. For this flight, it will measure the ultraviolet light output from α Centauri A and B, two stars of the three-star α Centauri system that are the closest stars to our Sun.
Rocket
Black Brant IX – Magellan Aerospace Corporation
Family: Black Brant
Length: 12.2 m
Diameter: 0.46 m
Launch Mass: 2 T
The Black Brant IX was manufactured by Magellan Aerospace Corporation with the first launch on 1982-03-16. Black Brant IX has 3 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 3 launches. The Black Brant IX is a Canadian-designed sounding rocket used by the CSA and NASA.
Agency
Equatorial Launch Australia
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ELA
Administration: CEO: Michael Jones
Founded: 2015
Country: AUS
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) is an Australian startup founded in 2015 to provide commercial space launches from the Arnhem Land spaceport.
