Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-20 23:01 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (NZST) | 2024-09-21 11:01 |
| Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand |
| Booster recovery | No |
| Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie |
| Customer | Kinéis |
| Payload | Kinéis 6-10 |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecraft into desired orbit |
Livestreams
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beVTGh_PrA0 (scrub) |
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMBcSt4PUo (scrub) |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oFE1ZmRck (scrub) |
Stats
- This will be the 11th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
- This will be the 53rd overall launch for Rocket Lab.
Payload info:
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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First Curie burn confirmed.
Launch abort upon engine ignition.
Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I’d be keen to hear more once there are updates.
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.
No details on what sensor it was, but it sounds like it’s not too serious. Hope they can quickly identify the cause and try again in a day or two.
Thanks for the update! You’re right, it doesn’t sound too serious.
New T-0 roughly 90 minutes from now. (23:01 UTC, 11:01 NZST)
Nice, thanks for the heads up!
Edit: got it on the TV with 3 kids watching!
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=6dPkZOKYvWoWebcast is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo
Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer) and Andrew Haigh (Senior Software Engineer) are hosting.
Since it was an instantaneous launch window, that’s a scrub for the day.
Payload deploy confirmed!
Battery hotswap confirmed.
MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition!
Second Curie burn confirmed.
Liftoff!
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.
Go no-go poll is complete; they are go for terminal count.
Fairing jettison confirmed.
SECO and kickstage separation confirmed. Curie engine burn scheduled for T+51 minutes.
