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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceElectron · TROPICS-3
Launched 2023-05-26 03:46 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
78th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Rocket Lab
5th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
18 d 2 h
since the pad's previous launch
Last two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission.
The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
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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Payloads have been deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed 1 day due to upper level winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to May 25 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed a day due to unfavourable weather
Jay
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Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch date confirmed by Rocket Lab
Jay
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Delayed with the other TROPICS launch due to weather conditions, new date TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 16th from LC-1B
Jay
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Updating launch vehicle, provider, and pad. Launch NET May 2023.
Nosu
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Adding launch TBD May
Nosu
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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