Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-09-18 23:00
Scheduled for (NZST) 2024-09-19 11:00
Launch site Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Booster recovery No
Launch vehicle Electron + Curie
Customer Kinéis
Payload Kinéis 6-10
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecraft into desired orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
Rocket Lab (official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wQNX40_Z9E
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3guWBZcscS8

Stats

  • This will be the 11th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 53rd overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Second batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each. The constellation will enable Kinéis, a company backed by private and public investors including the French government’s space agency CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) and CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) an international space-based solutions provider, to improve its global IoT connectivity.

Previous mission: A Sky Full Of SARs

Next mission: TBD

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  • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
    2•17 hours ago

    Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

    https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055

    Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.

    https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854

    Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.

    No details on what sensor it was, but it sounds like it’s not too serious. Hope they can quickly identify the cause and try again in a day or two.