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Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 48th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 6,689th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 25, 07:15 – May 25, 08:04 UTC
Flight preview
Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)
First 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
No booster details available.
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- Rocket Lab - 'Ready, Aim, PREFIRE' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+54SSupersonic
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M37SMECO
- T+2M41SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M44SSES
- T+4M17SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M15SSECO
- T+9M19SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M27SKick Stage Ignition
- T+52M16SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+53M6SPayload Separation
Updates
Satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2024 · source
Satellite deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 5/25/2024 · source
Hold released
hitura-nobad · 5/25/2024 · source
Hold due to ground wind limit violation
hitura-nobad · 5/25/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 5/25/2024 · source
New T-0 07:28 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/25/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2024 · source
Delayed to May 25 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2024 · source
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: May 25, 7:41 PM GMT+12
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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