Success
Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Dedicated Rideshare
Rocket Lab(RL)CommercialElectron
SSOorbit
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-02:00Startup
- T-00:02Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+00:55Supersonic
- T+01:07Max-Q
- T+02:24MECO
- T+02:28Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:31SES
- T+03:07Fairing Separation
- T+06:21Battery Hotswap
- T+09:11SECO
- T+09:15Kick Stage Separation
- T+47:09Kick Stage Ignition
- T+49:16Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+50:06Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1:45:36Payload Deployment Sequence End
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,667
RL Mission
#47
Pad Launch
#17
Location Launch
#43
Designator
2024-077
Launch Window
NET
Apr 23, 2024, 10:32 PM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
10:00 PM
Window Open
11:00 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
- Apr 24, 2024, 12:29 PM
Launch success.
Source - Apr 24, 2024, 12:31 AM
Both payloads have been deployed.
Source - Apr 23, 2024, 10:32 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Apr 23, 2024, 10:23 PM
New T-0.
Source - Apr 23, 2024, 10:06 PM
Holding at T-12 minutes for ground systems issue.
Source - Apr 23, 2024, 9:48 PM
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Source - Apr 23, 2024, 5:50 PM
New T-0.
Source - Apr 19, 2024, 7:12 AM
Tweaked launch window.
Source - Apr 18, 2024, 11:26 PM
Reverted back to April 23 UTC.
Source - Apr 17, 2024, 2:48 AM
NET April 24.
Source - Apr 4, 2024, 7:13 AM
Edited launch window.
Source - Apr 2, 2024, 1:27 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Mar 30, 2024, 2:09 PM
Added tentative launch date and time.
Source - Sep 15, 2023, 8:22 AM
NET Q1 2024.
Source - Aug 10, 2022, 8:55 AM
NET early 2023
Source - Oct 7, 2021, 3:48 PM
Added launch, currently NET mid-2022.
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
Apr 24, 2024, 10:32 AM
Total Launches
76
Total Landings
17
Coordinates
-39.2608, 177.8659