Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.

Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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• Rocket Lab - 'Beginning Of The Swarm' Launch — Rocket Lab

1. T−2MStartup
2. T−2SIgnition
3. P0DLiftoff
4. T+55SSupersonic
5. T+1M7SMax-Q
6. T+2M24SMECO
7. T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
8. T+2M31SSES
9. T+3M7SFairing Separation
10. T+6M21SBattery Hotswap
11. T+9M11SSECO
12. T+9M15SKick Stage Separation
13. T+47M9SKick Stage Ignition
14. T+49M16SKick Stage Cut-off
15. T+50M6SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
16. T+1H45M36SPayload Deployment Sequence End

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/24/2024 · source

• Both payloads have been deployed.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/24/2024 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source

• New T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source

• Holding at T-12 minutes for ground systems issue.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source

• Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started

  LL2 · 4/23/2024 · source

• New T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source

• Tweaked launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2024 · source

• Reverted back to April 23 UTC.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2024 · source

• NET April 24.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/17/2024 · source