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IoT 4 You and Me

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-02-08 20:43 | |


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| | Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2024-02-09 09:43 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Kinéis | | Payload | Kinéis 16-20 | | Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into LEO |

Livestreams

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Al5hWmjoxQ | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymS8p38Q98 | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t6_MoFqiT4 |

Stats

  • This will be the 1st launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 59th overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Fourth 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: Owl The Way Up

Next mission: Fasten Your Space Belts

Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here! Also feel free to leave feedback or suggestions for the mod team. We’re a relatively new community, so feedback is very valuable!

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Rocket Lab are now on BlueSky as well as Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rocket-lab.bsky.social/post/3lhom3cdfr22m

The sun is rising over LC-1 for launch day.

Lift-off for IOT 4 You & Me is scheduled for:
🚀 NZT | 09:43 am
🚀 PT | 12:43 pm
🚀 ET | 3:43 pm
🚀 UTC | 20:43