Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-09-20 23:01
Scheduled for (NZST) 2024-09-21 11:01
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=beVTGh_PrA0 (scrub)
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMBcSt4PUo (scrub)
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oFE1ZmRck (scrub)

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: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

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  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    3 months ago

    Nice, thanks for the heads up!

    Edit: got it on the TV with 3 kids watching!