It subsequently launched the ANASIS-2 satellite, CRS-21 cargo mission, Transporter-1 and five Starlink missions before Transporter-3.
Unseenlabs, a French company developing a satellite system for maritime domain awareness, launched its fifth satellite, BRO-5, on Transporter-3.Spaceflight had planned to fly a Sherpa tug on Transporter-3 but was forced to remove it from the mission after its chemical propulsion system developed a leak during launch processing.
Three satellites from Umbra and an unnamed customer — thought to be Capella Space — also remained on Transporter-3.
The Transporter-3 mission followed two previous dedicated rideshare missions in January and June 2021.Kleos, a Luxembourg-based company developing a constellation of radio-frequency monitoring satellites, said Jan.
13 that it will launch its next cluster of smallsats on SpaceX’s next dedicated rideshare mission, Transporter-4, in April.