Owl For One, One For Owl

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-08-02 16:39
Scheduled for (NZST) 2024-08-03 04:39
Launch site Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Booster recovery No
Launch vehicle Electron + Curie
Customers Synspective
Payload StriX satellite
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecraft into desired orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
Rocket Lab (official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdikUDvKYmc
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnhIFuI4ro

Stats

  • This will be the 9th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 51st overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

StriX Launch 5

This is the first of a bulk buy of two Electron launches by Synspective to deliver their StriX satellites to low Earth orbit. StriX satellites can collect data with a ground resolution of 1-3m and a swath width of more than 10-30km. Each Electron launch will deliver 1 StriX satellite into orbit. This will be the overall 5th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab for Synspective.


Previous mission: No Time Toulouse

Next mission: A Sky Full Of SARs

Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here! Also feel free to leave feedback or suggestions for the mod team. We’re a relatively new community, so feedback is very valuable!

    • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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      3 months ago

      Weather is crap where I am too 😆

      What’s POV in this context!

      • threelonmusketeersOPM
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        3 months ago

        Probability of violation, I think. The likelihood that one of the launch criteria (acceptable clouds, wind, lightning, etc.) will be violated during the launch window.

          • threelonmusketeersOPM
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            3 months ago

            Yeah, 80% is pretty high. I’ve seen a few launches where the POV was 70% (only 30% go), but they were still able to “thread the needle” between a gap in some clouds or something.

            • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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              3 months ago

              I was thinking if there’s only a 20% chance you can launch then why would you bother putting the rocket on the pad. But then I realised it probably looked a lot better when they prepped the rocket, was just me going dumb for a moment 😆