Electron | A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 52nd launch · 10th this year · humanity's 6,735th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Ground Winds
Window: Aug 11, 11:23 – Aug 11, 14:00 UTC
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A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- 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
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2024 · source
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
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Aug 12, 1:18 AM GMT+12
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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