Electron | It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)

Name: Electron | It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)
Start: 2021-07-29T06:00:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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

Rocket Lab's 21st launch · 4th this year · humanity's 6,108th orbital launch attempt

July 29, 2021Add to calendar

Success90% go

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

Window: Jul 29, 06:00 – Jul 29, 08:00 UTC

Flight preview

It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)

A U.S. Air Force experimental spacecraft. It will demonstrate the use of a deployable sensor, where the sensor’s mass is a substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft and provide a platform to test future space protection capabilities.

Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

No booster details available.

Watch

Rocket Lab - It's A Little Chile Up Here Launch 07/29/2021 — Rocket Lab

Updates

Launch success confirmed
SwGustav · 7/29/2021 · source
New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2021 · source
Moved to 2021
Nosu · 11/15/2020 · source

Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

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

Open in maps