Launch Overview
Vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Agency
SpaceX
Site / Pad
KSC / LC39A
Outcome
Success
Flight
004/B1066.1
COSPAR Designator
2022-144
Mission
USSF-44 (Government/Top Secret)
Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. One is called the Shepherd Demonstration, and the other is LDPE 2 spacecraft that carries three hosted payloads and three deployable sub-satellites. One of them is an experimental microsatellite called TETRA-1.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Falcon Heavy
Provider
SpaceX
Agency launches
202 (50 YTD)
Site launches
209 (15 YTD)
Pad launches
152 (15 YTD)
Payloads (16)
| Piece | Name | Owner | State | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-144A | LDPE-2 | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144B | Shepherd Demo | SFSSC | US | Track |
| 2022-144E | TETRA 1 | SFSSC/MILLES | US | Track |
| 2022-144F | Alpine | AFRL/MILLES | US | Track |
| 2022-144G | LINUS-A 1 | LMSSD | US | Track |
| 2022-144H | LINUS-A 2 | LMSSD | US | Track |
| 2022-144J | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144K | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144L | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144M | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144N | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144P | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144Q | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144R | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144S | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |
| 2022-144T | ESPASat | AFRL | US | Track |