Earth orbit
ARICA-2
ARICA-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Aoyama Gakuin program.

Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
ARICA-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Aoyama Gakuin program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2026-088; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 23 April 2026, 03:09 UTC
- Launch location
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
ARICA-2
GCAT program: Aoyama Gakuin.
- GCAT ID
- S68796
- Manufacturer
- Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.1 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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