Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Electron | Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
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Rocket Lab's 95th launch · 16th this year · humanity's 7,388th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 11, 01:00 – Sep 11, 03:28 UTC
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Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Local pad time: Sep 11, 3:28 PM GMT+12
43 launches from this pad · 82 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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