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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
It's Business Time (Rideshare)
Launched
November 11, 2018
Summary
It's Business Time (Rideshare) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on November 11, 2018. It was Rocket Lab's 3rd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,796th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Electron flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). CICERO-10, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 212 × 514 km orbit inclined 85.0°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- It's Business Time Launch - 11/11/2018Rocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Electron flight · 2nd this yearRocket Lab's 3rd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,796th orbital launch attempt90th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
CICERO-10 · NORAD 43690 · 2018-088 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-088A
- Epoch
- 2018-11-11 04:51:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.711301 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0224293
- Inclination
- 85.0339°
- Ascending node
- 102.9499°
- Arg. of perigee
- 222.7416°
- Mean anomaly
- 214.1638°
- 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. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- CICERO-10 · NORAD 43690 · re-entered July 20, 2024
- NABEO 'Pride of Bavaria' · NORAD 43692 · re-entered November 10, 2023
- IRVINE01 · NORAD 43693 · re-entered February 3, 2023
- Proxima I · NORAD 43694 · re-entered May 18, 2024
- Lemur-2-Zupanski · NORAD 43695 · re-entered October 5, 2023
- Proxima II · NORAD 43696 · re-entered May 20, 2024
- Lemur-2-Chanusiak · NORAD 43697 · re-entered September 6, 2023
Electron 3 Stage 2 · re-entered December 28, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Electron's first commercial launch will feature two Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire Global, a single cubesat for GeoOptics, a NABEO drag sail demonstrator for High Performance Space Structure Systems, an IRVINE01 cubesat from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program, and two Proxima cubesats from Fleet Space Technologies.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
3rd launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 2nd this year · 3rd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
294 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Questions
When did It's Business Time (Rideshare) launch?
It's Business Time (Rideshare) launched on November 11, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch It's Business Time (Rideshare)?
Coverage: It's Business Time Launch - 11/11/2018. Watch the replay
What rocket launched It's Business Time (Rideshare)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did It's Business Time (Rideshare) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
What orbit did It's Business Time (Rideshare) reach?
CICERO-10, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 212 × 514 km orbit inclined 85.0°.
How many satellites did It's Business Time (Rideshare) launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).