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:
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
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Launch attempt scrubbed due to weather: https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1818270583991509045
With an increased POV of ~80%, we’re standing down from today’s launch attempt for @synspective due to weather. Details to come on our new target launch date.
Weather is crap where I am too 😆
What’s POV in this context!
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.
What’s the threshold? 80% sounds really high!
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.
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 😆
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1818142760370868636
Less than 12 hours to go until Electron lifts-off for @synspective once again! 🚀
The launch window for our 51st launch opens:
⏰ 04:19 am NZST
⏰ 04:19 pm UTC
⏰ 12:19 pm EDT
⏰ 09:19 am PDTMission success: https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1819428179909791756
Looks like they’re targeting Friday / Saturday now.
MECO, stage separation, stage 2 ignition, and fairing separation!
Liftoff!
SECO and kickstage separation.
