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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)
Launched
August 11, 2024 · 13:18 UTC
Summary
A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on August 11, 2024 at 13:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:23 to 14:00 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 52nd launch, 10th this year and humanity's 6,735th orbital launch attempt. It was the 52nd Electron flight and the 10th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Capella 13, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 614 × 627 km orbit inclined 53.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for Capella Space
- Milestone
- 52nd Electron flight · 10th this yearRocket Lab's 52nd launch10th this yearhumanity's 6,735th orbital launch attempt146th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Capella 13 · NORAD 60419 · 2024-142 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-142A
- Epoch
- 2024-08-11 22:26:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.85045517 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008982
- Inclination
- 53.01°
- Ascending node
- 119.9099°
- Arg. of perigee
- 284.1529°
- Mean anomaly
- 171.945°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M37SMECO
- T+2M40SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M43SSES
- T+4M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M32SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M9SSECO
- T+9M13SKick Stage Separation
- T+53M10SKick Stage Ignition
- T+56M9SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+56M49SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- Capella 13 · NORAD 60419 · in orbit
Electron 52 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 52 Stage 2 · re-entered August 23, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
22nd launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 9th this year · 48th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 12, 1:18 AM GMT+12, at night
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
8 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Payload deployed
Nosu · 8/11/2024 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 8/11/2024 · source
Countdown resumed with a new T-0 of 13:18 UTC
Nosu · 8/11/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 8/11/2024 · source
Holding due to ground winds
hitura-nobad · 8/11/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2024 · source
Net August 11th
hitura-nobad · 8/7/2024 · source
Delayed due to satellite issues.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2024 · source
Questions
When did A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) launch?
A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) launched on August 11, 2024 at 13:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:23 to 14:00 UTC.
Where can I watch A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)?
Coverage: YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Aug 12, 1:18 AM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) reach?
Capella 13, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 614 × 627 km orbit inclined 53.0°.
How many satellites did A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).