Electron | Catch Me If You Can (MATS)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 32nd launch · 9th this year · humanity's 6,334th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 4, 17:15 – Nov 4, 18:30 UTC
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Catch Me If You Can (MATS)
The payload is a science research satellite by space systems provider OHB Sweden for the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy (MATS) satellite is the basis for the SNSA’s science mission to investigate atmospheric waves and better understand how the upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere interacts with wind and weather patterns closer to the ground. MATS was originally due to fly on a Russian launch service before the mission was manifested on Rocket Lab’s Electron.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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- 32 · flight 1 · Helicopter Catch @ South Pacific · landing failed · zone record 4/6
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Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Nov 5, 6:27 AM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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