Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 10:54 |
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Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2024-11-05 23:54 |
Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand |
Booster recovery | No |
Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie |
Customer | Undisclosed |
Payload | Unknown |
Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into Sun-Synchronous Orbit |
Livestreams
Stream | Link |
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Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pku19e-MHis |
Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM7lgn4ISvQ |
The Launch Pad |
Stats
- This will be the 12th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
- This will be the 54th overall launch for Rocket Lab.
Payload info:
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is suspected to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space. Launch contract was signed less than 2 months before launch.
Previous mission: Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star
Next mission: Leidos Mission 2 “HASTE A La Vista”
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POV: Electron raised vertical on the today’s mission from Launch Complex 1.
Lift-off set for:
🚀 NZDT | 11:42 pm
🚀 EST | 05:42 am
🚀 PST | 02:42 am
🚀 UTC | 10:42Nominal liftoff, Max-Q, MECO, fairing separation, battery hotswap, SECO, and payload deployment (Beck).
Oh I missed this one. I didn’t realise our clocks went back 6 weeks this daylight savings 🫤
Ah shoot, sorry about that! I’ve fixed it now :)