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SISTINE

Black Brant IX

Equatorial Launch Australia

Launch Status
Success

Mission

SISTINE

  • Type: Astrophysics
  • Orbit: Suborbital

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.

Location

Suborbital Launch Ramp

Arnhem Space Centre

Suborbital Launch Ramp has witnessed the launch of 3 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Arnhem Space Centre, has been the site for 3 rocket launches.

The Arnhem Space Centre was Australia's first commercial spaceport, located near Nhulunbuy, in Arnhem Land, Australia. It was owned and operated by Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), and was the site of NASA's first non-orbital sounding rocket launch from a commercial port outside the United States on 27 June 2022.

Rocket

Magellan Aerospace Corporation Black Brant IX

The Black Brant IX is a Canadian-designed sounding rocket used by the CSA and NASA.

Learn more about the Black Brant IX

Agency

Equatorial Launch Australia

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) is an Australian startup founded in 2015 to provide commercial space launches from the Arnhem Land spaceport.

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