Secondary payload, also known as rideshare payload, is a smaller-sized payload transported to orbit on a launch vehicle that is mostly paid for—and with...

The EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) is an adapter for launching secondary payloads on orbital launch vehicles. Originally developed for US launch...

satellite was planned to be launched as a secondary payload from Falcon 9's second stage. Although the secondary payload made it to the Dragon insertion orbit...

an integrated GPS antenna. IAC (Image Acquisition Component) (see secondary payload) Structure The structural sub-system is based on a “hybrid” approach...

with everything". Falcon 9 payload services include secondary and tertiary payloads mounted via an EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) ring, the same...

institutions and U.S. companies to fly their CubeSat missions as secondary payloads aboard the SLS on the Artemis 2 mission. NASA would accept proposals...

Flight. Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) – Official website for secondary payload at Chang'e 5-T1 Pocket Spacecraft – Space exploration for everyone...

loading secondary payloads. However, there are certain restrictions included in their contract with NASA that preclude specified hazards on the secondary payloads...

million for current non-SpaceX launches. Falcon 9 payload services include secondary and tertiary payload connection via an ESPA-ring, the same interstage...

all successfully delivered their primary payload, though an anomaly led to the loss of one secondary payload. The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on...

Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit). Additionally, one rocket and its payload AMOS-6 were destroyed before...

exploration missions. These spacecraft are intended to launch as secondary payloads on other missions and are riskier than Discovery or New Frontiers...

to the ISS as part of the payload. SpaceX has primary control over manifesting, scheduling and loading secondary payloads. However, there are certain...

Due to ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, at NASA's request, the secondary payload Orbcomm-2 was released into a lower-than-intended orbit. The mission...

spaceflight via the International Space Station (ISS), piggybacks, secondary payloads and dedicated launch services. STP has actually been in existence...

to the main optical payload SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager), Meteosat-8 also carries the secondary payload GERB (Geostationary...

have been carried to space for many years as secondary payloads aboard larger launchers, the secondary payload paradigm does not provide the specificity...

deployed into orbit from the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. As of December 2023[update], more than 2,300...

two payloads. The primary payload was the next-generation crewed spacecraft test vehicle (Chinese: 新一代载人飞船试验船) and the accompanying secondary payload was...

CubeSats. SHERPA builds upon the capabilities of the Spaceflight Secondary Payload System (SSPS) by incorporating propulsion and power generation subsystems...

structural and thermal model for a secondary payload adapter ring for payloads of up to 30 kg. This could help maximise the payload mass for the Vega, Ariane 6...

JavaScript that uses cross-site scripting (XSS), sometimes with a secondary payload that uses Adobe Flash. They can also be generated by other vulnerabilities/security...

"Mike" Lounge, George D. "Pinky" Nelson and David C. Hilmers. The primary payload for the STS-26 mission, TDRS-C, was successfully deployed, and 11 scheduled...

the ratio of the payload mass to the overall mass is optimized, and more mass and volume resources are spared for the science payload. The MetNet lander's...

configuration is a 3U CubeSat format, and as of 2015, it was scheduled as a secondary payload for a 2016 launch on the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. "LightSail-1"...

to the Moon. Sunjammer was slated to launch in January 2015 as the secondary payload of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, along with the Earth observation...

launched on the maiden flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), as a secondary payload of the Artemis 1 mission on 16 November 2022. Following deployment...

orbited as a secondary payload. The primary payload of the launch was ARGOS, and the Danish Orsted satellite was another secondary payload. Planned lifetime:...

the primary payload, a Dragon cargo capsule resupply space transport mission to the ISS for NASA, SpaceX deployed five secondary payload CubeSats on the...

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Grande ring in addition to the rocket's primary payload. The spacecraft's Solar Wind Instrument...