Electron | There and Back Again (Rideshare)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 26th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,230th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 2, 22:35 – May 3, 00:40 UTC
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There and Back Again (Rideshare)
Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swarm Technologies and UNSEENLABS.
Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Booster
- 26 · flight 1 · Helicopter Catch @ South Pacific · landing failed · zone record 4/6
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Updates
All payloads deployed successfully
Jay · 5/3/2022 · source
Liftoff
Jay · 5/2/2022
Updating T-0
Nosu · 5/2/2022 · source
Delayed by another day due to weather
SwGustav · 4/30/2022 · source
Delayed to May 1st UTC due to weather
Jay · 4/29/2022 · source
Launch delayed to April 29 UTC due to unfavourable recovery weather.
Jay · 4/27/2022 · source
New launch date
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2022 · source
New launch window
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/24/2022 · source
Launch date pushed to 27th April UTC due to unfavorable recovery weather.
scottm3 · 4/22/2022 · source
NET April 23 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/21/2022 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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