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Electron | PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 49th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 6,700th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 5, 03:15 – Jun 5, 03:15 UTC
Flight preview
PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)
Second 6U Cubesat carrying a miniaturized IR spectrometer, covering 0- 45 μm at 0.84 μm spectral resolution, operating for one seasonal cycle for NASAs PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.
Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
Booster
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- Rocket Lab - 'PREFIRE & Ice' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+54SSupersonic
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M37SMECO
- T+2M40SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M43SSES
- T+4M16SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M15SSECO
- T+9M19SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M25SKick Stage Ignition
- T+52M14SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+53M4SPayload Separation
Updates
Successful launch
Nosu · 6/5/2024 · source
Spacecraft separation confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/5/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/5/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 6/5/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2024 · source
NET June 5.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/1/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/1/2024 · source
Hold at T-2:07.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/1/2024 · source
Tweaked launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/1/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Jun 5, 3:15 PM GMT+12
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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