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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)
Launched
September 20, 2024 · 23:01 UTC
Summary
Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on September 20, 2024 at 23:01 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 53rd launch, 11th this year and humanity's 6,765th orbital launch attempt. It was the 53rd Electron flight and the 11th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Kineis-3C, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 646 × 647 km orbit inclined 98.0°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for KIN
- Milestone
- 53rd Electron flight · 11th this yearRocket Lab's 53rd launch11th this yearhumanity's 6,765th orbital launch attempt176th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kineis-3C · NORAD 61220 · 2024-172 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-171A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-21 09:53:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.76742842 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000965
- Inclination
- 98.011°
- Ascending node
- 351.8865°
- Arg. of perigee
- 59.2084°
- Mean anomaly
- 36.5796°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- 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+3M9SFairing Separation
- T+6M21SBattery Hotswap
- T+8M57SSECO
- T+9M1SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M51SKick Stage Ignition
- T+54M32SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H5M4SKick Stage Ignition
- T+1H5M49SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+1H6M34SPayload Deployment Sequence End
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 5 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 6 still in orbit
- Kineis-3C · NORAD 61220 · in orbit
- Kineis-3D · NORAD 61221 · in orbit
- Kineis-3E · NORAD 61222 · in orbit
- Kineis-3A · NORAD 61223 · in orbit
- Kineis-3B · NORAD 61224 · in orbit
Electron 53 Stage 2 · re-entered October 2, 2024
Electron 53 Kick Stage · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Second batch 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
27th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 1st this year · 49th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 21, 11:01 AM GMT+12, in daylight
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Payload deployment confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 9/20/2024 · source
Weather 70% GO
Nosu · 9/20/2024 · source
Rescheduled for September 20 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Post-ignition abort.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 9/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) launch?
Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) launched on September 20, 2024 at 23:01 UTC.
Where can I watch Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Kinéis Killed The RadIOT Star' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Sep 21, 11:01 AM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) reach?
Kineis-3C, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 646 × 647 km orbit inclined 98.0°.
How many satellites did Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).