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BlackCAT
BlackCAT is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the PSU program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
BlackCAT is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the PSU program. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2026-004; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 January 2026, 13:44:50 UTC
- Launch location
- South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- 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
BlackCAT
GCAT program: PSU.
- GCAT ID
- S67369
- Manufacturer
- NanoAvionics US
- Launch mass
- 11.4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 1.5 m span
SPARCS
GCAT program: ASU.
- GCAT ID
- S67386
- Manufacturer
- Blue Canyon Technologies
- Launch mass
- 12 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 1.3 m span
Pandora
GCAT program: Astro Pioneers.
- GCAT ID
- S67395
- Manufacturer
- BLCAN/LLNL
- Launch mass
- 300 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.3 m long · 1 m diameter · 4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from BlackCAT.
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Verification
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