Carbonite 4 (CBNT 4)

Carbonite 4 or CBNT 4 is a planned microsatellite for technology demostrations built by SSTL.

The mission will serve to demonstrate new earth observation sensors.

Launch is planned for 2021 on a Firefly-Alpha (Block 1) rocket from Vandenberg.

Nation:	UK
Type / Application:	Technology, Earth observation
Operator:	SSTL
Contractors:	SSTL
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion:	None
Power:	Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
Carbonite 4 (CBNT 4)	-	202x	Va SLC-2W		Firefly-Alpha (Block 2)	with ?

Launch Sites:

Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA

References:

Alex da Silva Curiel, Andrew Haslehurst, Kieran O’Brien, Nimal Navarathinam, et al.: Watching the world go by

Further Carbonite (CBNT) missions:

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