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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2)
Launched
September 19, 2023 · 06:55 UTC
Summary
We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on September 19, 2023 at 06:55 UTC. The mission failed: Ignition failure of the 2nd stage after separation. The launch window ran from 06:33 to 06:55 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 41st launch, 9th this year and humanity's 6,521st orbital launch attempt. It was the 41st Electron flight and the 9th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Result
- Ignition failure of the 2nd stage after separation.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for Capella Space
- Milestone
- 41st Electron flight · 9th this yearRocket Lab's 41st launch9th this yearhumanity's 6,521st orbital launch attempt153rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
About this launch
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
12th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 6th this year · 38th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 19, 6:55 PM GMT+12, in twilight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Electron experienced an anomaly during second stage ignition, leading to a failed launch.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 9/19/2023 · source
New T-0 06:55 UTC
hitura-nobad · 9/19/2023 · source
Hold
hitura-nobad · 9/19/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 9/19/2023 · source
Tweak in T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2023 · source
Weather 75% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2023 · source
Launch time and launch pad confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/15/2023 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/7/2023 · source
Adding launch NET H2 2023
Nosu · 3/1/2023 · source
Questions
When did We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) launch?
We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) launched on September 19, 2023 at 06:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:33 to 06:55 UTC.
Why did We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) fail?
Ignition failure of the 2nd stage after separation.
Where can I watch We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab 'We Will Never Desert You' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Sep 19, 6:55 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit was We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a earth science mission.