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Electron | Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab's 34th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 6,407th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 16, 22:00 – Mar 17, 00:00 UTC
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Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- 34 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 38/42
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/17/2023 · source
Tweak in actual T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2023 · source
Liftoff
SwGustav · 3/16/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/16/2023 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 3/16/2023 · source
Weather 95% Go.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2023 · source
Set GO based on weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2023 · source
NET March 16 due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2023 · source
Weather 70-80%
SwGustav · 3/14/2023 · source
NET March 15 due to weather
Nosu · 3/13/2023 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Local pad time: Mar 16, 6:38 PM EDT
13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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