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.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Since it was an instantaneous launch window, that's a scrub for the day.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836483969304662306

Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1. It’s almost time to go to space.

Lift-off:
🚀 NZST = 11:00 am
🚀 EDT = 7:00 pm
🚀 PDT = 4:00 pm
🚀 UTC = 11:00 pm
📺 Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

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

Launch abort upon engine ignition.

[–] 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!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Webcast is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer) and Andrew Haigh (Senior Software Engineer) are hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1837241523949424741

Liquid oxygen propellant is now filling Electron as the countdown to launch continues.

Now just under T-2 hours to lift-off from LC-1 Pad A for today’s ‘Kineis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Go no-go poll is complete; they are go for terminal count.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Fairing jettison confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Battery hotswap confirmed.

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

SECO and kickstage separation confirmed. Curie engine burn scheduled for T+51 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

First Curie burn confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Payload deploy confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Second Curie burn confirmed.