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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)
Launched
January 31, 2024 · 06:34 UTC
Summary
Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on January 31, 2024 at 06:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:15 to 07:00 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 43rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,611th orbital launch attempt. It was the 43rd Electron flight and the 1st this year. Booster 43 flew for the 1st time and landed at Pacific Ocean. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Lemur-2 Nimbus2000, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 193 × 537 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
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- Rocket Lab "Four Of A Kind" LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- 43 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing at Pacific Ocean · landed53/55 landed here
- Mission
- Space Situational Awareness · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for Northstar
- Milestone
- 43rd Electron flight · 1st this yearRocket Lab's 43rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,611th orbital launch attempt22nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Lemur-2 Nimbus2000 · NORAD 58899 · 2024-022 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-022A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-31 07:34:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.70372109 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0255696
- Inclination
- 97.5151°
- Ascending node
- 234.3049°
- Arg. of perigee
- 215.7909°
- Mean anomaly
- 215.892°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+4M26SStage 1 Apogee
- T+7M8SStage 1 Drogue
- T+7M25SStage 1 Subsonic
- T+8MStage 1 Parachute
- T+9M20SSECO
- T+9M24SKick Stage Separation
- T+18M4SStage 1 Splashdown
- T+48M23SKick Stage Ignition
- T+50M27SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H17MPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 4 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 4 still in orbit
- Lemur-2 Nimbus2000 · NORAD 58899 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Valhalla · NORAD 58900 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Oba-Ni-Jesu · NORAD 58902 · re-entered June 14, 2026
- Lemur-2 Cael · NORAD 58903 · in orbit
Electron 43 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 43 Stage 2 · re-entered February 9, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
14th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 1st this year · 40th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 31, 7:34 PM GMT+13, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
47 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/31/2024 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 1/31/2024 · source
Delayed to 31st due to weather
SwGustav · 1/28/2024 · source
Delayed due to weather
SwGustav · 1/26/2024 · source
Delayed to NET January 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2024 · source
Adding launch window and setting GO
Nosu · 1/8/2024 · source
NET January 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/6/2024 · source
Questions
When did Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) launch?
Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) launched on January 31, 2024 at 06:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:15 to 07:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab "Four Of A Kind" Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Jan 31, 7:34 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster 43 flew for the 1st time and landed at Pacific Ocean.
What orbit did Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) reach?
Lemur-2 Nimbus2000, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 193 × 537 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).