The AURORA launch system has a significant range of mission performance capabilities when launched from Christmas Island. AURORA can reach:

• Low Earth Orbit (LEO),
• Geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO),
• Intermediate altitude circular orbits (ICO),
• Medium earth orbits (MEO), and
• Geostationary earth orbit (GEO) itself.

Christmas Island's unique geographical location also allows payloads to be launched to moderate, and high inclination transfer orbits including the high-inclination, high eccentricity (Hi HEO) and sun-synchronous orbits.

AURORA is capable of delivering almost 12 mt to low earth orbit and up to 4.5 mt to geosynchronous transfer orbit. Performance is summarized in the following table for a range of orbits that AURORA is capable of reaching.

	Mission / Orbit		Performance
	LEO (3-Stage)  200 km circular @ 11.3o inclination 200 km circular @ 53.0o inclination 200 km circular @ 90.0o inclination 200 km circular @ 98.0o inclination		12.0 mt  9.8 mt  9.5 mt  9.2 mt
	GTO (200 x 35786 km @ 11.3o) CORVET stage (orbital start)  CORVET stage (suborbital start)		4.35 mt  4.5 mt
	GEO  0o inclination 3o inclination		2.1 mt  2.13 mt
	Intermediate Altitude Circular Orbit  10400 km @ 45o inclination		2.65 mt
	Hi HEO  600 x 40000 km @ 63.4o inclination		3.3 mt
	Earth Escape  C3 = 0 km2/sec2 C3 = 11 km2/sec2{Mars}		3.0 mt  2.3 mt

	Performance is identified in terms of payload system mass which includes the spacecraft, plus the adapter, and any other payload required hardware.

The performance capabilities identified here are based on initial design estimates for the AURORA launch vehicle when launched from Christmas Island. While they can be used for initial planning purposes, please contact Asia Pacific Space Centre if you require more detailed estimates.