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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)
Launched
March 22, 2021
Summary
They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on March 22, 2021. It was Rocket Lab's 19th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,061st orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Electron flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Veery Hatchling v0.2, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 305 × 564 km orbit inclined 45.0°. 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 19th Electron flight · 2nd this yearRocket Lab's 19th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,061st orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Veery Hatchling v0.2 · NORAD 47965 · 2021-023 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-023A
- Epoch
- 2021-03-23 02:36:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.46395939 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0190853
- Inclination
- 45.0033°
- Ascending node
- 101.8668°
- Arg. of perigee
- 239.808°
- Mean anomaly
- 218.7488°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 8 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Veery Hatchling v0.2 · NORAD 47965 · re-entered March 30, 2024
- Centauri 3 · NORAD 47966 · re-entered June 21, 2024
- RAAF M2 A · NORAD 47967 · re-entered April 4, 2025
- Myriota 7 · NORAD 47968 · re-entered December 7, 2024
- Gunsmoke-J 3 · NORAD 47969 · re-entered April 26, 2025
- Global-9 · NORAD 47971 · in orbit
- Photon Pathstone · NORAD 47972 · re-entered March 14, 2023
- RAAF M2 B · NORAD 47973 · re-entered April 1, 2025
Electron 19 Stage 2 · re-entered January 15, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Electron rocket will carry seven satellites to low Earth orbit: one Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky, two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, a technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies, a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command as well as Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
19th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 2nd this year · 19th 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
61 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Success confirmed
Show 5 earlier updates
First five payloads successfully deployed per live webcast. One more burn before the final payload - about forty minutes from now.
spacelaunchnowadmin · 3/22/2021
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 3/22/2021 · source
Launch is GO. Window opens on March 22 at 22:20 UTC.
Nosu · 3/21/2021 · source
Launch expected on March 22. Precise T-0 not available yet.
Nosu · 3/18/2021 · source
Adding the launch
SwGustav · 2/10/2021 · source
Questions
When did They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) launch?
They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) launched on March 22, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - They Go Up So Fast Launch 03/22/2021. Watch the replay
What rocket launched They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
What orbit did They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) reach?
Veery Hatchling v0.2, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 305 × 564 km orbit inclined 45.0°.
How many satellites did They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare) launch?
8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).