Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- October 28, 2011, 09:48
- Launch designation
- 2011-061
- Mission
- NPOESS Prep Project
- Flight name
- NPP
- Vehicle flight ID
- D357
- Year
- Launches in 2011
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 834 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 2.1 t
- Payloads
- 8
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suomi NPP | 2011-061ANORAD 37849 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Meteorology | 2,128 kg | In orbit |
| DICE-1 | 2011-061BNORAD 37851 | Utah State University, Space Dynamics Lab, (SDL) | Space science | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Aug 11, 2024 |
| DICE-2 | 2011-061CNORAD 37852 | Utah State University, Space Dynamics Lab, (SDL) | Space science | 2 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · May 7, 2024 |
| RAX-2 | 2011-061DNORAD 37853 | University of Michigan | Space science | 3 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 6, 2024 |
| AubieSat-OSCAR-71 | 2011-061ENORAD 37854 | Auburn University | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jun 1, 2024 |
| Hiscock Rad. Belt Explorer | 2011-061FNORAD 37855 | Montana State University, Bozeman | Space science | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jun 30, 2024 |
| MCubed | 2011-061F | University of Michigan | — | — | — |
| M-Cubed | 2011-061FNORAD 270291 | University of Michigan | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.