Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)
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Launch Window
March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m. - March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m. - March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m.
Payload consists of 2 second generation Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. They are part of a constellation of 60 Low Earth Orbit Earth imaging satellites adding capacity to the company’s real-time geospatial intelligence and monitoring capabilities.
Launch success.
Liftoff
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Holding for space weather review.
T-0 adjustment.
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 DetailsRocket Lab has successfully recovered the Electron booster after a soft parachute splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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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