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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceElectron · Capella Acadia 1
Launched 2023-08-23 23:45 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
40 Landed
The first stage landed at Pacific Ocean, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
133rd
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Rocket Lab
8th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
5th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
36 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
First mission to fly with a reused engine.
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.
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Launch success
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Liftoff
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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New NET T-0, 23:45 UTC.
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New launch date and time.
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Rocket engine sensor problem requires roll-back to HIF for investigation.
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Standing down from today’s launch attempt.
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GO for launch.
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NET August 6 due to launch site winds.
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Delayed to NET August 4 due to weather.
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Added new tentative launch time.
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Next launch date TBD depending on weather.
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Scrubbed for the day.
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Abort.
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0.
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NET July 30 due to weather.
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Tweaked launch window and pad.
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Go for launch.
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NET July 28 UTC.
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Adding launch NET H2 2023
Nosu
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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