Electron | Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 53rd launch · 11th this year · humanity's 6,765th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 20, 23:01 – Sep 20, 23:01 UTC
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Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)
Second 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)
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- Rocket Lab - 'Kinéis Killed The RadIOT Star' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M9SFairing Separation
- T+6M21SBattery Hotswap
- T+8M57SSECO
- T+9M1SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M51SKick Stage Ignition
- T+54M32SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H5M4SKick Stage Ignition
- T+1H5M49SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H6M34SPayload Deployment Sequence End
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2024 · source
Payload deployment confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 9/20/2024 · source
Weather 70% GO
Nosu · 9/20/2024 · source
Rescheduled for September 20 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Post-ignition abort.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 9/18/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Local pad time: Sep 21, 11:01 AM GMT+12
41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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