Electron | Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 43rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,611th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 31, 06:15 – Jan 31, 07:00 UTC
Flight preview
Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.
Space Situational Awareness · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- 43 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing @ Pacific Ocean · landed ✓ · zone record 53/55
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- Rocket Lab "Four Of A Kind" Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+4M26SStage 1 Apogee
- T+7M8SStage 1 Drogue
- T+7M25SStage 1 Subsonic
- T+8MStage 1 Parachute
- T+9M20SSECO
- T+9M24SKick Stage Separation
- T+18M4SStage 1 Splashdown
- T+48M23SKick Stage Ignition
- T+50M27SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H17MPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/31/2024 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 1/31/2024 · source
Delayed to 31st due to weather
SwGustav · 1/28/2024 · source
Delayed due to weather
SwGustav · 1/26/2024 · source
Delayed to NET January 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2024 · source
Adding launch window and setting GO
Nosu · 1/8/2024 · source
NET January 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/6/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Jan 31, 7:34 PM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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