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Electron | They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)

March 22, 2021 at 10:30 PM UTC

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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March 22, 2021 at 10:30 PM UTC

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · -39.2628, 177.8645

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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March 22, 2021 at 9:50 PM UTC
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March 23, 2021 at 12:05 AM UTC
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Mission description

The Electron rocket will carry seven satellites to low Earth orbit: one Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky, two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, a technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies, a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command as well as Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.

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Electron

Height

18 m

Diameter

1.2 m

LEO capacity

300 kg

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron rocket for small satellites. With the launch of Electron on 25 May 2017, it became the first private spaceport to host an orbital launch attempt, and the first site in New Zealand to host an orbital launch attempt. With the Electron launch of 21 January 2018, it became the first private spaceport to host a successful orbital launch.

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February 10, 2021 at 8:12 AM UTC · SwGustav

Launch expected on March 22. Precise T-0 not available yet.

March 18, 2021 at 2:35 PM UTC · Nosu

Launch is GO. Window opens on March 22 at 22:20 UTC.

March 21, 2021 at 6:18 PM UTC · Nosu

Adjusting T-0

March 22, 2021 at 5:13 PM UTC · Nosu

First five payloads successfully deployed per live webcast. One more burn before the final payload - about forty minutes from now.

March 22, 2021 at 11:27 PM UTC · spacelaunchnowadmin