Electron | Love At First Insight (BlackSky 10-11)
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Launch Window
Nov. 18, 2021, 1:20 a.m. - Nov. 18, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
Nov. 18, 2021, 1:20 a.m. - Nov. 18, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
Scheduled to lift-off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula in late August, the ‘Love At First Insight’ mission will be Rocket Lab’s 22nd Electron launch overall and fifth mission of 2021. ‘Love At First Insight’ is the first in a rapid succession of scheduled Electron launches betw...
Payload consists of two BlackSky Gen-2 high-resolution multi-spectral Earth observation satellites.
Payload successfully deployed via rocket lab twitter.
Adjusting T-0 and setting GO
Delayed once again due to weather.
Launch delayed due to weather.
Launch scrubbed due to an out-of-family ground sensor reading and to allow more time to complete helicopter recovery preparations. Launch window for November 16 can be found in mission kit.
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.
See DetailsElectron's first stage splashed down in the pacific ocean following main chute deployment.
Result: Successful Parachute Landing landing at South Pacific.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.
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