Ice AIS Baby
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-25 03:55 |
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Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2024-11-25 16:55 |
Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand |
Booster recovery | No |
Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie |
Customer | Kinéis |
Payload | Kinéis 11-15 |
Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into desired orbit |
Livestreams
Stream | Link |
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Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i081vyh3WO0 |
Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmOFs5kZ0s |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fps-ilnHsEM |
Stats
- This will be the 14th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
- This will be the 56th overall launch for Rocket Lab.
Payload info:
Third 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: Leidos Mission 2 “HASTE A La Vista”
Next mission: Stonehenge
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https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1860812778325639229
Electron is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1
Curie engine cutoff confirmed.
Awaiting payload deployment.
MECO, stage separation, stage 2 ignition, and fairing separation confirmed.
Webcast is back.
Curie ignition confirmed.
Liftoff!
Rocket Lab webcast is live. James Rattray (Senior Video Content Producer) and Sam Pieters (Learning and Development Advisor) are hosting.
SECO confirmed. Stage 3 separation confirmed.
Entering coast phase. Circularization burn and payload deploy scheduled for around T+55 minutes.
Go no-go poll is complete. They are go for launch.
Battery jettison confirmed. Hotswap successful.
Curie burn 2 confirmed. Nominal orbit achieved.
All five payload deployments confirmed. Webcast ended.