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Rocket Lab "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 10:54 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2024-11-05 23:54 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Undisclosed | | Payload | Unknown | | Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pku19e-MHis | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM7lgn4ISvQ | | The Launch Pad | |

Stats

  • This will be the 12th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 54th overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is suspected to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space. Launch contract was signed less than 2 months before launch.

Previous mission: Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Next mission: TBD

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

POV: Electron raised vertical on the today’s mission from Launch Complex 1.

Lift-off set for:
🚀 NZDT | 11:42 pm
🚀 EST | 05:42 am
🚀 PST | 02:42 am
🚀 UTC | 10:42

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

Nominal liftoff, Max-Q, MECO, fairing separation, battery hotswap, SECO, and payload deployment (Beck).

[–] Dave 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh I missed this one. I didn't realise our clocks went back 6 weeks this daylight savings 🫤

screen shot of section of above post showing UTC date as 5 November but NZDT as 21 September

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

Ah shoot, sorry about that! I've fixed it now :)