Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1)
Launched
November 5, 2024 · 10:54 UTC
Image: Rocket Lab
Summary
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on November 5, 2024 at 10:54 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 54th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 6,794th orbital launch attempt. It was the 54th Electron flight and the 12th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Protosat-1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 648 × 659 km orbit inclined 97.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 54th Electron flight · 12th this yearRocket Lab's 54th launch12th this yearhumanity's 6,794th orbital launch attempt205th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Protosat-1 · NORAD 61793 · 2024-201 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-201B
- Epoch
- 2024-11-05 13:46:25 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.74734824 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007914
- Inclination
- 97.9191°
- Ascending node
- 214.649°
- Arg. of perigee
- 301.4798°
- Mean anomaly
- 178.9934°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; none still in orbit
- Protosat-1 · NORAD 61793 · re-entered February 22, 2026
Electron 54 Kick Stage · re-entered December 3, 2024
Electron 54 Stage 2 · re-entered November 24, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is highly likely to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space. Launch contract was signed less than 2 months before launch.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
23rd launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 10th this year · 50th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 5, 11:54 PM GMT+13, at night
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
85 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success with payload deployed.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 11/5/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Weather 80% go.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2024 · source
NET November 5.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/3/2024 · source
Rescheduled for November 4.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/26/2024 · source
Delayed to late October.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2024 · source
Updated launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2024 · source
Questions
When did Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) launch?
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) launched on November 5, 2024 at 10:54 UTC.
Where can I watch Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Change In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Nov 5, 11:54 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) reach?
Protosat-1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 648 × 659 km orbit inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).