It was put into orbit in May 2018 and was deployed from the International Space Station on June 25, 2018.

It re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up on Dec. 24, 2020.

[6] RainCube's mission objectives were to:[7][4] RaInCube was launched as part of the Cygnus OA-9E Commercial Resupply Services mission on board an Antares 230 rocket on May 21, 2018, at Wallops Pad 0A.

The Cygnus spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on May 24, 2018, three days later.

RaInCube was finally deployed from the International Space Station on July 13, 2018.