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
Next mission: TBD
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Curie burn 2 confirmed. Nominal orbit achieved.
All five payload deployments confirmed. Webcast ended.
Curie engine cutoff confirmed.
Awaiting payload deployment.
Webcast is back.
Curie ignition confirmed.
SECO confirmed. Stage 3 separation confirmed.
Entering coast phase. Circularization burn and payload deploy scheduled for around T+55 minutes.
Battery jettison confirmed. Hotswap successful.
MECO, stage separation, stage 2 ignition, and fairing separation confirmed.
Liftoff!
Go no-go poll is complete. They are go for launch.
Rocket Lab webcast is live. James Rattray (Senior Video Content Producer) and Sam Pieters (Learning and Development Advisor) are hosting.
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1860812778325639229
Electron is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1