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Rocket Lab "Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star" Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-20 23:01 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZST) | 2024-09-21 11:01 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Kinéis | | Payload | Kinéis 6-10 | | Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into desired orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beVTGh_PrA0 (scrub) | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMBcSt4PUo (scrub) | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oFE1ZmRck (scrub) |

Stats

  • This will be the 11th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 53rd overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Second batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each. The constellation will enable Kinéis, a company backed by private and public investors including the French government’s space agency CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) and CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) an international space-based solutions provider, to improve its global IoT connectivity.

Previous mission: A Sky Full Of SARs

Next mission: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

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[–] Dave 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I'd be keen to hear more once there are updates.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055

Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854

Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.

No details on what sensor it was, but it sounds like it's not too serious. Hope they can quickly identify the cause and try again in a day or two.

[–] Dave 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the update! You're right, it doesn't sound too serious.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

New T-0 roughly 90 minutes from now. (23:01 UTC, 11:01 NZST)

[–] Dave 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nice, thanks for the heads up!

Edit: got it on the TV with 3 kids watching!