Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-20 23:01 | |

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This will be the 11th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
This will be the 53rd overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Second 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: A Sky Full Of SARs

Next mission: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

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

Second Curie burn confirmed.

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

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition!

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

Battery hotswap confirmed.

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

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1837241523949424741

Liquid oxygen propellant is now filling Electron as the countdown to launch continues.

Now just under T-2 hours to lift-off from LC-1 Pad A for today’s ‘Kineis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission.

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

Liftoff!

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

SECO and kickstage separation confirmed. Curie engine burn scheduled for T+51 minutes.

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

Go no-go poll is complete; they are go for terminal count.

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

Fairing jettison confirmed.

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

First Curie burn confirmed.

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

Payload deploy confirmed!

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

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836483969304662306

Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1. It’s almost time to go to space.

Lift-off:
🚀 NZST = 11:00 am
🚀 EDT = 7:00 pm
🚀 PDT = 4:00 pm
🚀 UTC = 11:00 pm
📺 Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

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

Webcast is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer) and Andrew Haigh (Senior Software Engineer) are hosting.

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

Launch abort upon engine ignition.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I'd be keen to hear more once there are updates.

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

Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055

Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854

Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.