Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator

"LOFTID" redirects here. For Loftið, see National Theatre of Iceland.
Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID)
LOFTID In Space
Mission typeInflatable decelerator
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2022-150C
SATCAT no.none
Mission duration2 hours, 11 minutes
Start of mission
Launch dateNovember 10, 2022
RocketAtlas V 401
End of mission
Landing dateNovember 10, 2022 (2022-11-11)
Landing sitePacific Ocean

Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) was a NASA mission to test inflatable reentry systems. It was the first such test of an inflatable decelerator from Earth-orbital speed.

LOFTID was launched on an Atlas V 401 in November 2022 as a secondary payload, along with the JPSS-2 weather satellite. It deployed successfully and landed in the ocean near Hawaii on November 10, 2022, which NASA stated on November 17 was a "huge success".

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