Electron | On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 44th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 6,623rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 18, 14:52 – Feb 18, 14:52 UTC
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On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)
The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) mission consists of a spacecraft developed and operated by Astroscale aiming to rendezvous with and characterize a large piece of debris. Its target is the H-2A upper stage left in Low Earth Orbit after the launch of the GOSAT Earth observation satellite in 2009.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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Flight timeline
- P0DLiftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M1SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M4SFairing Separation
- T+6M21SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M4SSECO
- T+9M8SKick Stage Separation
- T+50M36SKick Stage Burn
- T+1H3M30SKick Stage Burn
- T+1H4M30SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/18/2024 · source
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2024 · source
Added tentative launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2024 · source
Targeting late February 18 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2024 · source
Targeting 19th Feb for launch
hitura-nobad · 2/7/2024 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 9/29/2023 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Feb 19, 3:52 AM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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