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Rocket Lab "Ice AIS Baby" launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
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Ice AIS Baby

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-25 03:55 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2024-11-25 16:55 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Kinéis | | Payload | Kinéis 11-15 | | 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=i081vyh3WO0 | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmOFs5kZ0s | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fps-ilnHsEM |

Stats

  • This will be the 14th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 56th overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Third 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: Leidos Mission 2 "HASTE A La Vista"

Next mission: Stonehenge

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 2 points 1 month ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1860812778325639229

Electron is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Rocket Lab webcast is live. James Rattray (Senior Video Content Producer) and Sam Pieters (Learning and Development Advisor) are hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Go no-go poll is complete. They are go for launch.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

MECO, stage separation, stage 2 ignition, and fairing separation confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Battery jettison confirmed. Hotswap successful.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

SECO confirmed. Stage 3 separation confirmed.

Entering coast phase. Circularization burn and payload deploy scheduled for around T+55 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Webcast is back.

Curie ignition confirmed.

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

Curie burn 2 confirmed. Nominal orbit achieved.

All five payload deployments confirmed. Webcast ended.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Curie engine cutoff confirmed.

Awaiting payload deployment.