Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 35th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,414th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 24, 09:14 – Mar 24, 09:14 UTC
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The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)
Payload consists of 2 second generation Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. They are part of a constellation of 60 Low Earth Orbit Earth imaging satellites adding capacity to the company’s real-time geospatial intelligence and monitoring capabilities.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- 35 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing @ South Pacific · landed ✓ · zone record 4/6
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- Rocket Lab - 'The Beat Goes On' Launch — Rocket Lab
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source
Resume count.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source
Holding for space weather review.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/24/2023 · source
T-0 adjustment.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source
Delayed to March 24th
Jay · 3/21/2023 · source
Now targeting March 22 at 08:45 UTC.
Nosu · 3/17/2023 · source
Updated launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/17/2023 · source
Reverted as Rocket Lab didn’t mention this launch during Wallops launch (scheduled a few hours before) update, waiting for new information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2023 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Mar 24, 10:14 PM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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