Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Electron | Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.December 21, 2024 · 14:17 UTCAdd to calendar
Rocket Lab's 58th launch · 16th this year · humanity's 6,842nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 21, 14:00 – Dec 21, 15:15 UTC
Flight preview
Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M32SSES
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+6M33SBattery Hotswap
- T+9MSECO
- T+9M4SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M6SKick Stage Ignition
- T+53M31SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+54M22SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 12/21/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 12/20/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Dec 22, 3:17 AM GMT+13
39 launches from this pad · 81 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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