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Celestis 23 [SpaceX]
Celestis, now renamed Space Services Inc. (SSI), is the first company to offer space burials. The Celestis payloads are small containers (CPAC, Celestis Payload Attached Container), which are bolted to the last stage of the launch vehicle. The containers were mounted inside the avionics compartment.
The containers contain small aluminum capsule about the size of a lipstick, containing symbolic 7 g of cremated remains.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Space burial |
| Operator: | SSI |
| Contractors: | SSI |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | Cylindrical containers bolted to upper stage |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 268 km × 333 km, 51.7° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestis 23 (CPAC 23, Excelsior Flight) | 2023-054# | 15.04.2023 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with İmece, Umbra-SAR 06, ŅuSat 36, ..., 39, GHOSt 1, 2, Tomorrow R1, GHGSat C6, C7, C8, Hawk 7A, 7B, 7C, NORSAT TD, ION-SCV 010, Kepler 20, 21, ELO 3, EPICHyper 1, VCUB1, Vigoride 6, LLITED 1, 2, REVELA, DISCO 1, VIREO, IRIS C, BRO 9, Brokkr 1, CIRBE, DEWA-Sat 2, It's About Time, KILIÇSAT, SSS 2B, Sapling 2, Pleiades-Yearling 2, Platform 3 (Sateliot 0), FACSAT 2, Connecta T2.1, LacunaSat 2f, ADLER 2, Lemur-2 164, Lemur-2 165, INSPIREsat 7, Taifa 1, RoseyCubesat 1, Celestis 23 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Further Celestis missions:
- Celestis 01, 03, 04, 05
- Celestis 02 (Lunar Prospector)
- Celestis 06, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 (SpaceLoft-XL)
- Celestis 07
- Celestis 11
- Celestis 16 (OTB 1)
- Celestis 17 (Sherpa-FX 1)
- Celestis 19 (Peregrine 1)
- Celestis 20
- Celestis 21 (VariSat 1C)
- Celestis 23
- Celestis 24 (TROOP F2)
- Celestis TBD (Sunjammer)
