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Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Rocket Lab's 33rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,381st orbital launch attempt

January 24, 2023Add to calendar
Success85% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jan 24, 23:00 – Jan 25, 01:00 UTC

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Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)

Rideshare mission with 3 HawkEye 360 satellites.

Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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  • 33 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 38/42

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Updates

  • Success confirmed

    SwGustav · 1/25/2023 · source

  • Liftoff

    SwGustav · 1/24/2023 · source

  • Coverage live

    SwGustav · 1/24/2023 · source

  • 24 hour delay due to weather.

    scottm3 · 1/23/2023 · source

  • Weather 85% GO

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2023 · source

  • Targeting between January 23 23:00 UTC and January 24 01:00 UTC

    Nosu · 1/11/2023 · source

  • Now targeting January due to strong upper-level winds

    Jay · 12/19/2022 · source

  • NET December 20 LT

    Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2022 · source

  • Scrub due to weather, 24 hour recycle

    SwGustav · 12/19/2022 · source

  • Coverage live

    SwGustav · 12/18/2022 · source

Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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