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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)
Launched
December 16, 2018
Summary
This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on December 16, 2018. It was Rocket Lab's 4th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 5,812th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Electron flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). TOMSAT R3, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 216 × 516 km orbit inclined 85.0°. 15 objects from this launch are catalogued, 13 of them payloads.
- Watch
- ELaNa 19 Launch - 12/16/2018Rocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Electron flight · 3rd this yearRocket Lab's 4th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 5,812th orbital launch attempt106th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
TOMSAT R3 · NORAD 43849 · 2018-104 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 15 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-104A
- Epoch
- 2018-12-16 07:39:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.69907981 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0222646
- Inclination
- 85.0249°
- Ascending node
- 178.2703°
- Arg. of perigee
- 228.3889°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.9809°
- 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
15 catalogued: 13 payloads, 2 rocket stages; none still in orbit
- TOMSAT R3 · NORAD 43849 · re-entered January 3, 2024
- Shields · NORAD 43850 · re-entered February 12, 2026
- STF-1 · NORAD 43852 · re-entered February 21, 2024
- CHOMPTT · NORAD 43855 · re-entered May 13, 2024
- ISX · NORAD 43856 · re-entered May 18, 2024
- DaVinci · NORAD 43857 · re-entered February 9, 2023
- Goergen · NORAD 43860 · re-entered November 29, 2022
- TOMSAT Eagle Scout · NORAD 43861 · re-entered February 10, 2024
- CeREs · re-entered December 14, 2022
- RSat · re-entered September 26, 2023
- CubeSail USat · re-entered July 2, 2024
- AlBUS · re-entered July 13, 2024
Show 1 more payload
- NMTSat · re-entered November 1, 2023
Electron 4 Kick Stage · re-entered October 9, 2023
Electron 4 Stage 2 · re-entered January 30, 2019
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
NASA's signed a Venture Class Launch Services contract with Rocket Lab to launch 10 cubesats as a part of CubeSat Launch Initiative Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. Cubesats are: ALBus / CeREs / CHOMPTT / Da Vinci / ISX / NMTSat / RSat-P / Shields 1 / STF 1 / CubeSail A / CubeSail B /TOMSat EagleScout / TOMSat R3 / SHFT 1
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
4th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 3rd this year · 4th 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
35 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 This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) launch?
This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) launched on December 16, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)?
Coverage: ELaNa 19 Launch - 12/16/2018. Watch the replay
What rocket launched This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
What orbit did This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) reach?
TOMSAT R3, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 216 × 516 km orbit inclined 85.0°.
How many satellites did This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX) launch?
13 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).