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IoT 4 You and Me Patch

Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab's 59th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,877th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--February 8, 2025 · 20:43 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Feb 8, 20:43Feb 8, 20:43 UTC

Flight preview

IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20)

Fourth batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.

Communications · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Flight timeline

  1. T−2MStartup
  2. T−2SIgnition
  3. P0DLiftoff
  4. T+2M25SMECO
  5. T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
  6. T+2M31SSES
  7. T+3M8SFairing Separation
  8. T+6M23SBattery Hotswap
  9. T+9MSECO
  10. T+9M4SKick Stage Separation
  11. T+52M24SKick Stage Ignition
  12. T+55M6SKick Stage Cut-off
  13. T+1H6M34SPayload Deployment Sequence End

Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2025 · source

  • All 5 payloads deployed.

    hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source

  • Liftoff!

    hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source

  • Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started

    LL2 · 2/8/2025 · source

  • Rescheduled for February 8 UTC.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 2/5/2025 · source

  • Reverted to February TBD.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2025 · source

  • Scrubbed for the day due to Collision On Launch Avoidance/Assessment conflict.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 2/3/2025 · source

  • Updating pad

    Nosu · 1/30/2025 · source

  • Added launch time.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2025 · source

  • NET February 3.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2025 · source

Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Local pad time: Feb 9, 9:43 AM GMT+13

41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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