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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceElectron · Capella 9-10
Launched 2023-03-16 22:38:59 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Rocket Lab
2nd
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
50 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space.
These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.
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
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Successful
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96%
Landings
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of 9
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweak in actual T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Updating T-0
SwGustav
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Weather 95% Go.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Set GO based on weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET March 16 due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 70-80%
SwGustav
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NET March 15 due to weather
Nosu
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Next try NET March 14 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrub due to strong upper level winds. Reverting to TBD March pending announcement of the new launch window.
Nosu
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Weather 70% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting Mar 11, setting GO
SwGustav
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Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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