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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsElectron · Protosat-1
Launched 2024-11-05 10:54 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
205th
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Rocket Lab
12th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
85 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is highly likely to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space. Launch contract was signed less than 2 months before launch.
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
Launches
98
Successful
94
96%
Landings
7
of 9
Upcoming
60
scheduled
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Launch success with payload deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 80% go.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET November 5.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for November 4.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to late October.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch; Payload identity TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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