Official name MOLA
Cospar ID 2024-053B
Norad ID 59289
Launch date 2024-03-21
Launch site WLPIS
Launch vehicle Electron KS
Country/Organization USA
Type application Technology
Operator Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.85
Inclination (deg) 50
Perigee (km) 508
Apogee (km) 515
Eccentricity 0.00684261974584555
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1818661043753
Semi-Major axis (km) 6889.635
Raan (deg) 231.5797
Arg of perigee (deg) 52.4063
Contractors Naval Postgraduate School (NPS); Astro Digital (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (6U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Mola is a 6U CubeSat developed by the Space Systems Academic Group at NPS.

Mola includes two payload experiments built by NPS ? a terahertz imaging camera (TIC) and an LED on-orbit payload (LOOP) ? and a radio transmitter built by New Zealand?s Defense Science and Technology unit.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
MOLA 2024-053B 2024-03-21 WLPIS Electron KS with USA 352, AeroCube 16A, AeroCube 16B