Success
A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)
Earth Science
Rocket Lab(RL)CommercialElectron
LEOorbit
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-02:00Startup
- T-00:02Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+00:55Supersonic
- T+01:07Max-Q
- T+02:37MECO
- T+02:40Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:43SES
- T+04:02Fairing Separation
- T+06:32Battery Hotswap
- T+09:09SECO
- T+09:13Kick Stage Separation
- T+53:10Kick Stage Ignition
- T+56:09Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+56:49Payload Separation
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,735
RL Mission
#52
Pad Launch
#22
Location Launch
#48
Designator
2024-142
Weather Concerns
Ground Winds
Launch Window
NET
Aug 11, 2024, 1:18 PM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
11:23 AM
Window Open
2:00 PM
Window Close
Electron Specs
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
Length
18 m
Diameter
1.2 m
Launch Mass
13 t
Thrust
162 kN
LEO Capacity
300 kg
SSO Capacity
225 kg
Launch Cost
$6M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2017
Fastest Turnaround
21h 55m
Total Launches
88
Successful
84
Failed
4
Consecutive Success
47
Maiden flight: May 25, 2017
Social Flight Log
- Aug 12, 2024, 7:15 AM
Launch success.
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 2:16 PM
Payload deployed
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 1:18 PM
Liftoff
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 1:01 PM
Countdown resumed with a new T-0 of 13:18 UTC
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 12:59 PM
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 11:10 AM
Holding due to ground winds
Source - Aug 11, 2024, 7:50 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Aug 7, 2024, 11:18 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Aug 7, 2024, 8:18 PM
Net August 11th
Source - Jul 19, 2024, 1:05 AM
Delayed due to satellite issues.
Source - Jul 10, 2024, 11:56 PM
GO for launch.
Source - May 27, 2024, 12:32 PM
NET late June 2024.
Source - May 6, 2024, 11:30 PM
No longer scheduled for Q2 2024.
Source - Apr 30, 2024, 1:14 AM
Planned after the 2 PREFIRE launches.
Source - Feb 12, 2024, 5:45 PM
NET March; moved expected launch site.
Source - Oct 31, 2023, 2:50 AM
NET February 2024.
Source - Mar 1, 2023, 8:13 AM
Adding launch NET H2 2023
Source
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
Founded
2006
Administrator
CEO: Peter Beck
Total Launches
88
Successful
84
Failed
4
Pending
42
Consecutive Success
47
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron rocket for small satellites. With the launch of Electron on 25 May 2017, it became the first private spaceport to host an orbital launch attempt, and the first site in New Zealand to host an orbital launch attempt. With the Electron launch of 21 January 2018, it became the first private spaceport to host a successful orbital launch.
Timezone
Pacific/Auckland
Local Launch Time
Aug 12, 2024, 1:18 AM
Total Launches
76
Total Landings
17
Coordinates
-39.2608, 177.8659