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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
High Five (Kinéis 21-25)
Launched
March 18, 2025 · 01:31 UTC
Summary
High Five (Kinéis 21-25) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on March 18, 2025 at 01:31 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 62nd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 6,906th orbital launch attempt. It was the 62nd Electron flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Kineis-4E, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 650 × 653 km orbit inclined 98.0°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'High Five' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for KIN
- Milestone
- 62nd Electron flight · 4th this yearRocket Lab's 62nd launch4th this yearhumanity's 6,906th orbital launch attempt57th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kineis-4E · NORAD 63300 · 2025-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-056A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-18 04:17:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.75181897 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002113
- Inclination
- 97.97°
- Ascending node
- 204.4702°
- Arg. of perigee
- 155.4905°
- Mean anomaly
- 306.8189°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M23SBattery Hotswap
- T+9MSECO
- T+9M4SKick Stage Separation
- T+52M24SKick Stage Ignition
- T+55M6SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H6M34SPayload Deployment Sequence End
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 5 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 6 still in orbit
- Kineis-4E · NORAD 63300 · in orbit
- Kineis-4C · NORAD 63301 · in orbit
- Kineis-4D · NORAD 63302 · in orbit
- Kineis-4A · NORAD 63303 · in orbit
- Kineis-4B · NORAD 63304 · in orbit
Electron 62 Stage 2 · re-entered April 1, 2025
Electron 62 Kick Stage · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Last of five batches of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
29th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 2nd this year · 56th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 18, 2:31 PM GMT+13, in daylight
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
37 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 6 earlier updates
All 5 satellites have deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 3/18/2025 · source
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2025 · source
NET March.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/13/2025 · source
Questions
When did High Five (Kinéis 21-25) launch?
High Five (Kinéis 21-25) launched on March 18, 2025 at 01:31 UTC.
Where can I watch High Five (Kinéis 21-25)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'High Five' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched High Five (Kinéis 21-25)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did High Five (Kinéis 21-25) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Mar 18, 2:31 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did High Five (Kinéis 21-25) reach?
Kineis-4E, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 650 × 653 km orbit inclined 98.0°.
How many satellites did High Five (Kinéis 21-25) launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).