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ЦитироватьRocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for Spaceflight

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Rocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for Spaceflight

The mission will be Rocket Lab's seventh Electron launch and continues the company's monthly launch cadence

Huntington Beach, California. 10 May, 2019 – Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, announced today that its next flight will launch multiple spacecraft on a mission procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight (http://spaceflight.com/). The launch window will open in June, with launch taking place fr om Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula.

The mission is Rocket Lab's seventh Electron launch overall and the company's third for 2019, continuing Rocket Lab's average monthly launch cadence. The flight follows dedicated missions launched for DARPA and the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program in the first months of 2019.

The mission is named 'Make it Rain' in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, where Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand wh ere Launch Complex 1 is located. Among the satellites on the mission for Spaceflight are BlackSky's Global-4, two U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Prometheus and Melbourne Space Program's ACRUX-1.

Rocket Lab Founder and CEO Peter Beck says rideshares have historically presented a challenge for small satellite operators, as they're often at the mercy of the primary payload's schedule and orbit.

"This exciting mission with Spaceflight demonstrates the new level of freedom now offered to small satellite operators thanks to Electron," he says. "Rocket Lab puts small satellite operators in charge, offering an unmatched level of control over launch schedule. Thanks to Electron's Kick Stage, we also deliver the kind of precision orbital deployment normally reserved for a prime."

The spacecraft manifested on the mission will be delivered to precise, individual orbits by Electron's Kick Stage. Powered by the 3D printed Curie engine, the Kick Stage carries the payloads to a circular orbit before employing a cold gas reaction control system to orient itself for precise deployment of each satellite at pre-defined intervals. This removes the risk of spacecraft recontact during deployment and ensures each spacecraft is deployed to the ideal orbit.

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As the world's leading small satellite launch provider, Rocket Lab has been delivering small satellites to orbit since January 2018. The company has launched 28 satellites on Electron for a range of government and commercial mission partners including NASA, the DOD Space Test Program and DARPA. Rocket Lab's 2019 manifest is fully booked with monthly launches, scaling to a launch every two weeks by the end of the year. The first launch from the company's second launch site, Launch Complex 2, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, will also take place later this year.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1130955831799762944)

Fight 7's final stage test is completed and we are off to the launch pad again for another trip to orbit.

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NEXT MISSION: MAKE IT RAIN

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Mission Name:		Make It Rain		Launch Window:		Late June 2019
Rocket:		Electron		Launch Time:		TBC
Electron Name:		Make It Rain		Launch Site:		Launch Complex 1

MISSION OVERVIEW

The Make It Rain mission will launch multiple spacecraft as part of a rideshare flight procured by Spaceflight. The launch window will open in late June, with launch taking place fr om Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula.

The mission is named 'Make it Rain' in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, where Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand wh ere Launch Complex 1 is located. Among The payloads on the mission for Spaceflight are BlackSky's Global-4 satellite and Melbourne Space Program's ACRUX-1 CubeSat.

A live webcast will be made available on launch day.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1136388064845033473)

Electron has arrived at Launch Complex 1 in preparation for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission later this month. The payloads have also arrived and processing is underway. Let's go to space again! http://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ ... (https://t.co/olXThrj4jR)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1136637896386125825)

Lars Hoffman, Rocket Lab: next launch in a few weeks; payloads now at the launch site. Will be launching monthly going forward.
#ISDC2019 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISDC2019?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1138833410028331008)

We're so excited to see more student-built sats getting to space, like this ACRUX-1 CubeSat which is launching on our #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission with @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) later this month. It's the 1st satellite designed and built by students at @MelbSpace (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace). Hopefully the first of many!

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ЦитироватьSPACEFLIGHT'S FIRST RIDESHARE MISSION ABOARD A ROCKET LAB ELECTRON READIES FOR LAUNCH

By Jodi Sorensen
JUNE 12, 2019

As the sole customer, Spaceflight commissioned and coordinated launch of seven spacecraft
 

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Spaceflight's mission patch for RL-1, its inaugural launch with Rocket Lab

Seattle – June 12, 2019 — Spaceflight (http://www.spaceflight.com/), the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, today announced it will launch seven spacecraft from five organizations later this month on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 at the southern tip of Mahia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. This mission, also called "Make It Rain" by Rocket Lab as a nod to the weather in both Seattle and New Zealand, represents Spaceflight's first of five launches scheduled with Rocket Lab this year.

"We're looking forward to not only our inaugural flight with Rocket Lab, but a long term partnership to increase access to space via frequent launches," said Curt Blake, CEO of Spaceflight. "Having the Electron in our arsenal of small launch vehicles provides our customers with a low-cost, flexible option to get on orbit."

Satellites on the mission include BlackSky's Global-3, two U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Prometheus, Melbourne Space Program's ACRUX-1, two Swarm SpaceBEEs, and an undisclosed customer. Spaceflight managed the procurement, integration, and mission management services for all the customers manifested on the Electron. The cubesats were processed and integrated in Spaceflight's Auburn, Wash.-based facility while BlackSky shipped its microsat directly to the Rocket Lab facility in New Zealand for its final integration by the Spaceflight team.

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"After launching our first two Earth observation satellites to sun synchronous orbit in 2018, we're excited to get Global-3 up in a mid-inclination orbit to further deliver on the rapid revisit rate necessary to monitor locations of interest around the world," said Brian O'Toole, CEO of BlackSky. "As we continue our constellation expansion, it will be critical to leverage the frequent launch cadence Spaceflight offers through Rocket Lab and others, and we're excited to be on this inaugural mission."

This mission marks Spaceflight's third launch of 2019. It follows the successful launch and deployment of 21 spacecraft aboard PSLV C45 in March 2019 as well as the GTO-1 mission, launching the first commercial lunar lander in February aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. Additionally, in December 2018, Spaceflight executed the company's historic dedicated rideshare mission, SSO-A, which launched 64 unique smallsats. To date, the company has negotiated the launch of more than 260 satellites and has plans for approximately 10 more missions in 2019 launching nearly 100 payloads across a wide variety of launch vehicles, including the Falcon 9, Antares, Electron, Vega, Vector, PSLV, and LauncherOne.

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[TH]Launch Window [/TH][TH]Launch Time[/TH][TH]Launch Site[/TH]

	27 June - 10 July NZT
	16:30 - 18:30 NZT (04:30 - 06:30 UTC)
	Launch Complex 1

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1140714905818939392)

Let's go to orbit again! We're at L-9 days until the launch window opens for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission. The 14-day launch window opens 27 June UTC. And of course, we'll be live streaming Electron lifting off from beautiful Launch Complex 1. http://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission ... (https://t.co/cQNxac5Dqd)

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ЦитироватьRocket Lab's next launch will loft cluster of satellites on Spaceflight rideshare
June 17, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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The BlackSky Global 3 Earth-imaging satellite is the largest of seven spacecraft slated to launch on Rocket Lab's sixth mission. Credit: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab's next launch fr om New Zealand is set for no earlier than June 27 with a bundle of spacecraft including a commercial Earth-observing microsatellite for BlackSky, two CubeSats for U.S. Special Operations Command, a pair of tiny prototype data relay nodes for Swarm Technologies, a student-built payload fr om Australia, and a satellite whose identity and owner remain a secret.

The rideshare mission was arranged by Spaceflight, a Seattle-based company that specializes in aggregating small satellites and booking a shared flight with a launch provider.

The seventh launch of Rocket Lab's Electron booster is scheduled for a two-hour window June 27 opening at 0430 GMT (12:30 a.m. EDT; 4:30 p.m. New Zealand time), the launch company announced Monday. Rocket Lab says it has launch opportunities available through July 10.

Seven satellites will ride the 55-foot-tall (17-meter) Electron rocket into orbit roughly 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth. It will be Rocket Lab's third mission of 2019 as officials aim to ramp up to a cadence of about one launch per month by the end of the year.

The rocket will take off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1, a privately-operated facility on Mahia Peninsula, located on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island.

"We're looking forward to not only our inaugural flight with Rocket Lab, but a long term partnership to increase access to space via frequent launches," said Curt Blake, CEO of Spaceflight. "Having the Electron in our arsenal of small launch vehicles provides our customers with a low-cost, flexible option to get on orbit."

The mission is nicknamed "Make it Rain" in a nod to the damp climate of Seattle, the home of Spaceflight, and at Rocket Lab's launch site in New Zealand.

The biggest payload on the next Electron launch is the BlackSky Global 3 Earth-imaging satellite — with a launch weight of approximately 123 pounds (56 kilograms) — set to join BlackSky's first two commercial surveillance craft already in orbit after launches last year.

BlackSky is a business unit of Spaceflight Industries, which is also the parent company of Spaceflight, the rideshare launch broker.

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Like the two BlackSky Global satellites currently in space, BlackSky's third satellite will be capable of capturing up to 1,000 color images per day, with a resolution of about 3 feet (1 meter).

Last year, Spaceflight Industries announced a joint venture with Thales Alenia Space — named LeoStella — to build the next 20 BlackSky satellites in Tukwila, Washington, following the initial block of four smallsats that includes the BlackSky Global 3 spacecraft launching later this month.

BlackSky says its fleet of satellites will enable frequent revisits over the same location to help analysts identify changes over short time cycles. The company expects to have eight satellites in orbit by the end of the year, and aims to eventually field a constellation of up to 60 Earth-imaging spacecraft deployed.

One major customer for BlackSky could be the U.S. government. The National Reconnaissance Office, which owns the government's spy satellite fleet, announced three study contracts earlier this month with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet to assess the usefulness of commercial imagery for U.S. intelligence agencies.

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The payload fairing for Rocket Lab's seventh mission, nicknamed "Make it Rain" in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, wh ere Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand wh ere Launch Complex 1 is located. Credit: Rocket Lab

The June 27 launch will also deliver two Prometheus CubeSats to low Earth orbit for U.S. Special Operations Command. The Prometheus smallsats launching later this month are the latest in a series of CubeSats designed to test low-cost, easy-to-use communications relay technologies that could be used by special operations forces on combat missions.

According to information previously released by the military, the Prometheus spacecraft demonstrate the transmission of audio, video and data files from portable, low-profile, remotely-located field units to deployable ground station terminals using over-the-horizon satellite communications.

Two SpaceBEE CubeSats from Swarm Technologies, each weighing less than 2 pounds (1 kilogram), will also be aboard the next Electron launch. The "BEE" in SpaceBEE stands for Basic Electronic Element.

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Swarm is developing a low-data-rate satellite communications fleet the company says could be used by connected cars, remote environmental sensors, industrial farming operations, transportation, smart meters, and for text messaging in rural areas outside the range of terrestrial networks.

Swarm's first four SpaceBEEs launched in January 2018 aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle without approval from the Federal Communications Commission. After an investigation into the unlicensed launch — a first for the U.S. commercial satellite industry — the FCC fined Swarm $900,000 but allowed the launch of three more satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket in December.

The FCC raised concerns that the first four SpaceBEEs, each about the size of a sandwich, were too small to be reliably tracked by the military, which maintains a public catalog of objects in orbit. Like the satellites launching this month, the SpaceBEEs shot into orbit in December used a larger design based on a one-unit, or 1U, CubeSat standard.

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The Electron rocket, with its nine Rutherford first stage engines visible here, is being prepared for launch from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, located on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. Credit: Rocket Lab

The ACRUX 1 CubeSat developed by the Melbourne Space Program, a non-profit educational organization affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, is also launching on the Electron rocket. Built by engineering students, ACRUX 1's primary mission is education.

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Australia's first amateur satellite, Australis-OSCAR 5, was also built by students in Melbourne. Launched in 1970, it was the first amateur satellite designed and assembled outside North America.

"Since then, Australia's satellite-related space capabilities have been stymied by outdated policies and regulation, hindering growth of the nation's space industry and support of its incredible local talent," members of the Melbourne Space Program wrote in an update on the organization's website.

"In light of these challenges and obstacles, the Melbourne Space Program considers the design and build of ACRUX 1, as well as the successful securing of an international launch and related licenses, as significant accomplishments in themselves," team members wrote on the group's website.

The student engineers who developed the ACRUX 1 CubeSat say they will consider the mission fully successful if they receive a "ping" signal from the spacecraft in orbit.

"Receiving that ping from ACRUX 1 may seem like a modest mission goal, but the truth is far from it," the team wrote. "That ping would mean ACRUX-1 has not only turned on in space, but has also communicated data back to us at our ground station in Greater Melbourne. In other words, it demonstrates that the satellite system built by our engineers actually works in space."

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A seventh satellite will ride to space on the "Make it Rain" mission, but Spaceflight and Rocket Lab have not revealed its identity or owner.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1141242019794173952)

Flight 7 is at the pad! Ironically we named the flight "Make It Rain" and yes, today it rained as the team were rolling out for wet dress...

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1141483385199583232)

We are at L-7 days until the launch window opens for our #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission! This flight will be our 7th Electron launch, we have 7 payloads on board and it will mark our 70th Rutherford engine launched to space. https://bit.ly/2XZCCWf  (https://t.co/lSTHEbdwfy)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1141948376730091520)

That's a wrap on a successful wet dress rehearsal today for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission. L-6 days until the launch window opens. We're looking forward to another stunning evening launch from LC-1!

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B3717/19 - TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD492 (EAST MAHIA) IS PRESCRIBED AS FLW:
ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY A LINE JOINING
38 59 09.5 S 179 40 52.9 E
40 06 38.1 S 178 24 48.3 E
39 31 53.6 S 177 37 03.7 E
39 20 17.3 S 177 36 32.8 E
39 06 00.0 S 177 36 32.8 E
39 06 00.0 S 177 54 00.0 E
38 59 00.0 S 178 14 00.0 E
38 59 09.5 S 179 40 52.9 E
ACTIVITY: ROCKET LAUNCH
USER AGENCY: ROCKET LAB. LAUNCH RANGE LEAD TEL +64 21 0829 2217.
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
SFC - FL999, 27 JUN 04:00 2019 UNTIL 27 JUN 07:05 2019.
CREATED: 24 JUN 22:11 2019
 
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B3718/19 - TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD026 (EAST AUCKLAND OCEANIC) IS PRESCRIBED AS FLW:
ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY A LINE JOINING
46 30 00.0 S 148 39 00.0 W
42 52 55.3 S 176 48 00.0 W
40 15 00.0 S 178 36 18.0 E
40 06 38.1 S 178 24 48.3 E
38 59 09.5 S 179 40 52.9 E
41 02 04.2 S 172 19 02.5 W
43 33 00.0 S 149 00 00.0 W
46 30 00.0 S 148 39 00.0 W
ACTIVITY: ROCKET LAUNCH
USER AGENCY: ROCKET LAB. LAUNCH RANGE LEAD TEL +64 21 0829 2217.
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
SFC - FL999, 27 JUN 04:00 2019 UNTIL 27 JUN 07:05 2019.
CREATED: 24 JUN 22:12 2019

ЦитироватьHYDROPAC 2040/2019 (76)

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
...0430Z TO 0630Z DAILY 27 JUN THRU 10 JUL
...IN AREA BOUND BY:
...39-14.05S 177-50.90E, 39-12.00S 177-55.00E,
...39-20.00S 178-11.50E, 39-25.00S 178-07.00E,
...39-16.30S 177-48.90E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 100730Z JUL 19.

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HYDROPAC 2039/2019 (76,83)

SOUTH PACIFIC.
CHATHAM ISLANDS.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
...0430Z TO 0630Z DAILY 27 JUN THRU 10 JUL
...IN AREAS BOUND BY:
...A. 40-45S 176-00W, 41-45S 171-30W,
.......43-15S 172-00W, 42-00S 176-30W.
...B. 44-00S 158-30W, 44-15S 151-30W,
.......45-30S 151-30W, 45-15S 158-30W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 100730Z JUL 19.

( 220314Z JUN 2019 )

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 40 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1143666479558041600)

We're at L-1 day until the launch window opens for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission for @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc)! The launch window opens at tomorrow, 27 June at 04:30 UTC for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1. A live webcast will be available about 20 minutes before target lift-off.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1143768557072744448)

The Launch Readiness Review is complete and we are GO for tomorrow's #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission! The window opens 04:30 UTC, 27 June. Let's take Electron to orbit again. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1143973837651845120)

Welcome to launch day! We are currently targeting no earlier than 04:40 UTC for lift-off of the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission for @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc). Launch teams were treated to spectacular views on the way to Launch Complex 1 this morning. Stay tuned for updates.

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8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1143973982892257280)

Timezone conversion:

UTC: 04:40
NZST: 16:40
PDT: 21:40
EDT: 00:40

Цитировать06/26/2019 22:01 Stephen Clark

Fueling of the 55-foot-tall (17-meter) Electron rocket is due to begin at T-minus 4 hours, when RP-1 kerosene will begin flowing into the two-stage launch vehicle. Super-cold liquid oxygen will begin pumping into the rocket at T-minus 2 hours.

Nine Rutherford engines power the Electron's first stage, delivering more than 40,000 pounds of thrust at full throttle. A single Rutherford engine is on the Electron's second stage, producing approximately 5,000 pounds of thrust.

Safety teams will ensure the airspace around the launch site is clear at T-minus 30 minutes, and Rocket Lab's launch director will poll the Electron team at T-minus 18 minutes to confirm all stations are "go" for liftoff.

An automated countdown sequencer will take control at T-minus 2 minutes to oversee the final pressurization of the rocket's propellant tanks, followed by ignition of the nine first stage engines at T-minus 2 seconds.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 15 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144011078705152000)
The largest satellite on today's mission is the @BlackSky_Inc (https://twitter.com/BlackSky_Inc) #Global3 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Global3?src=hash) Earth observation microsat, seen here during integration onto Electron's Kick Stage at LC-1. Thanks to the Kick Stage, we can place all satellites on today's mission into precise and individual orbits.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144053098719002624)

Standing down for the day while the team conducts additional checks on ground equipment. Vehicle, payloads, and pad are healthy. Next available launch opportunity is tomorrow, 04:30 UTC (16:30 NZST), 28 June.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144327947798454272)
The team is taking today to finalize ground system checkouts. The next available launch opportunity is no earlier than 04:30, 29 June UTC. As always, the priority is on mission success. #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144365321400152064)

Some drives on the ageing ground tracking system failed and have been replaced. We need the day to run checks and verification. Only a few more flights to run before we have our new autonomous system that removes all this ground infrastructure!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 15 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144719995751956480)

Bright blue skies today at Launch Complex 1 for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission for @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc). Lift-off is currently targeted for no earlier than 04:30 UTC (16:30 NZST). The webcast will be available approx. 20 mins prior to target lift-off at http://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream  (https://t.co/RyD0mD6yVf)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144744013137760257)

Electron is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1.
#MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 17 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144776780533792773)

LOx fill procedures are starting soon for today's #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission. Electron's black carbon composite structure will start icing over in sections where liquid oxygen fills the tanks in stage 1 and 2. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Цитировать06/29/2019 06:17 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab says the countdown in New Zealand is on track for liftoff at the opening of a two-hour window at 0430 GMT (12:30 a.m. EDT; 4:30 p.m. New Zealand time).

Today's launch attempt comes after a two-day delay to replace faulty components on ground equipment at Launch Complex 1, located on Mahia Peninsula on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.

The ground equipment is used for range safety purposes, helping ground teams track the Electron rocket in case teams need to send a destruct command if it veers off course.

RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants are already being loaded into the two-stage Electron rocket as Rocket Lab counts down to the launch window.

In an interview a short time ago, Rocket Lab chief executive Peter Beck said weather conditions at the launch site are favorable, with only a slight concern about high-altitude winds.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144817769084416001)

T-30mins to launch

Цитировать06/29/2019 07:07 Stephen Clark

The total mass of the payloads on-board the Electron rocket is approximately 176 pounds, or 80 kilograms. The Electron and its Curie kick stage will deliver the payloads to a circular orbit roughly 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth, with an inclination of 45 degrees to the equator.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185869.jpg)Spaceflight‏ @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc/status/1144816629643141121)

#MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) will be the first of 5 launches scheduled this year with @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab). We're very excited about this regular cadence of launches.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1144821842227716098)

Launch Director has polled the team. GO for launch at 00:30 EDT (04:30 UTC)!
#Electron (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Electron?src=hash) #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) #Spaceflight (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spaceflight?src=hash)

Цитировать06/29/2019 07:25 Stephen Clark

The Electron's flight termination system is confirmed on internal power.

Цитировать06/29/2019 07:26 Stephen Clark

T-minus 4 minutes. The Electron launch vehicle is reported ready for flight, and the range is green.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 11 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144828547409727488)

The Kick Stage is now parked in an elliptical orbit for around 50 minutes. Following this, all payloads will be deployed to accurate and individual orbits.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144827690924404736)

Perfect transfer orbit!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144831359854100480)

Electron's view of Launch Complex 1 during today's #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission was pretty special. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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ЦитироватьElectron launches Make It Rain mission

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Опубликовано: 28 июн. 2019 г.

ЦитироватьRocket Lab 'Make It Rain' Launch

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Трансляция началась 48 минут назад

Цитировать06/29/2019 07:41 Stephen Clark

The second stage's Rutherford engine has shut down, and the rocket's Curie kick stage has separated. It will ignite at T+plus 50 minutes, 27 seconds for a 44-second firing to circularize its orbit around 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth.

Цитировать06/29/2019 07:43 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab's webcast has ended. Ignition of the Curie kick stage scheduled around 1:20 a.m. EDT (0520 GMT).

Separation of the mission's seven satellite payloads will occur a few minutes later. Rocket Lab says it will announce the deployment of the payloads via Twitter.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 45 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144838864004976640)

All payloads deployed, perfect flight.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg)Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 42 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1144839662470651904)

Beck says Rocket Lab is on track to achieve a monthly cadence of launches by the end of 2019, despite a slow start to the year. He forecasts 8-10 total Rocket Lab missions by the end of the year.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1144839149423333376)

Rocket Lab confirms good S/C Seps.(https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144838864004976640 ... (https://t.co/hVAwTZKOzs))

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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/rocket-lab-electron-spaceflight-inc-rideshare-mission/ (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/rocket-lab-electron-spaceflight-inc-rideshare-mission/)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144845753350676481)

A glimpse of payload deployment from the Kick Stage for today's #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission for @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc). (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png)

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ЦитироватьRocket Lab flies again fr om New Zealand as work progresses at Virginia launch pad
June 29, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)
 
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Rocket Lab's Electron rocket lifts off fr om New Zealand on Saturday. Credit: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab's third flight of the year delivered seven small commercial, military and educational satellites into orbit Saturday after a launch from New Zealand, while construction of a new launch pad in Virginia continues on pace for completion by the end of the year.

The 55-foot-tall (17-meter) Electron rocket fired nine kerosene-fueled Rutherford engines and climbed away from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand's North Island at 0430 GMT (12:30 a.m. EDT) Saturday.

Liftoff occurred at 4:30 p.m. New Zealand time, shortly before sunset at Rocket Lab's privately-operated launch base.

The commercial two-stage rocket, made of black carbon composite structures, pitched toward the east over the Pacific Ocean. A downward-facing camera showed Mahia Peninsula receding from view as the Electron rocketed into space with more than 40,000 pounds of thrust.

Two-and-a-half minutes into the mission, the Electron's first stage shut down and jettisoned, and the rocket's single Rutherford second stage engine ignited for a burn that lasted more than six minutes to reach a preliminary parking orbit.

Rocket Lab's webcast streamed spectacular live video from cameras aboard the launch vehicle, but the live stream ended after the second stage completed its burn and released the Curie kick stage for the final phase of the flight.

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A camera on-board the Electron rocket's second stage shows a Rutherford engine, with its glowing engine nozzle, and part of the launcher's payload fairing falling away from the vehicle around three minutes after liftoff Saturday. Credit: Rocket Lab

The Curie kick stage, fueled by a "green" non-toxic fuel, was programmed to ignite around 50 minutes after liftoff for a 44-second firing intended to circularize the rocket's orbit 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth, with an inclination of 45 degrees to the equator.

That maneuver apparently went off without a hitch. Peter Beck, Rocket Lab's CEO, tweeted that all payloads — totaling around 176 pounds (80 kilograms) — deployed from the Curie kick stage, ending what he called a "perfect flight."

Saturday's mission, the seventh orbital launch attempt overall for Rocket Lab, was delayed two days to allow time for crews at Launch Complex 1 to replace faulty components on ground tracking equipment used to support the rocket's flight termination system, which ground teams would activate to destroy the vehicle if it flew off course.

"That particularly system is getting quite old now," Beck said. "We're having more and more maintenance issues with it, and we are moving to an autonomous flight termination system here shortly, so it's just a matter of keeping that equipment running," Beck said in an interview with Spaceflight Now before the launch.

Rocket Lab's first Electron launch in 2017 fell short of orbit after a ground tracking system lost a telemetry link with the rocket, prompting safety officials to send a destruct command to the vehicle. An investigation revealed the error was with the ground equipment, and the rocket itself was flying fine at the time of the destruct signal.

With Saturday's flight, all six Electron missions since the failed first launch have been successful

"Giving our Flight 1 experience, we double and triple check that equipment every flight," Beck said. "It's not something we take risks with, so we replaced some hardware, and then we needed to run through a full set of verifications, and that all checked out."

Saturday's mission was nicknamed "Make it Rain" in a nod to the damp climate of Seattle, the home of Spaceflight, and at Rocket Lab's launch site in New Zealand.

The biggest payload on the next Electron launch was the BlackSky Global 3 Earth-imaging satellite — with a launch weight of approximately 123 pounds (56 kilograms) — set to join BlackSky's first two commercial surveillance craft already in orbit after launches last year.

BlackSky is a business unit of Spaceflight Industries, which is also the parent company of Spaceflight, the rideshare launch broker.

Like the two BlackSky Global satellites currently in space, BlackSky's third satellite will be capable of capturing up to 1,000 color images per day, with a resolution of about 3 feet (1 meter).

Last year, Spaceflight Industries announced a joint venture with Thales Alenia Space — named LeoStella — to build the next 20 BlackSky satellites in Tukwila, Washington, following the initial block of four smallsats, which includes the BlackSky Global 3 spacecraft launched Saturday.

BlackSky says its fleet of satellites will enable frequent revisits over the same location to help analysts identify changes over short time cycles. The company expects to have eight satellites in orbit by the end of the year, and aims to eventually field a constellation of up to 60 Earth-imaging spacecraft deployed.

One major customer for BlackSky could be the U.S. government. The National Reconnaissance Office, which owns the government's spy satellite fleet, announced three study contracts earlier this month with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet to assess the usefulness of commercial imagery for U.S. intelligence agencies.

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The BlackSky Global 3 Earth-imaging satellite was the largest of seven spacecraft launched on Rocket Lab's seventh mission. Credit: Rocket Lab

The launch also delivered two Prometheus CubeSats to low Earth orbit for U.S. Special Operations Command. The Prometheus smallsats are the latest in a series of CubeSats designed to test low-cost, easy-to-use communications relay technologies that could be used by special operations forces on combat missions.

According to information previously released by the military, the Prometheus spacecraft demonstrate the transmission of audio, video and data files from portable, low-profile, remotely-located field units to deployable ground station terminals using over-the-horizon satellite communications.

Two SpaceBEE CubeSats from Swarm Technologies, each weighing less than 2 pounds (1 kilogram), were also aboard the launch. The "BEE" in SpaceBEE stands for Basic Electronic Element.

Swarm is developing a low-data-rate satellite communications fleet the company says could be used by connected cars, remote environmental sensors, industrial farming operations, transportation, smart meters, and for text messaging in rural areas outside the range of terrestrial networks.

Swarm's first four SpaceBEEs launched in January 2018 aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle without approval from the Federal Communications Commission. After an investigation into the unlicensed launch — a first for the U.S. commercial satellite industry — the FCC fined Swarm $900,000 but allowed the launch of three more satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket in December.

The FCC raised concerns that the first four SpaceBEEs, each about the size of a sandwich, were too small to be reliably tracked by the military, which maintains a public catalog of objects in orbit. Like the satellites launching this month, the SpaceBEEs shot into orbit in December used a larger design based on a one-unit, or 1U, CubeSat standard.

The ACRUX 1 CubeSat developed by the Melbourne Space Program, a non-profit educational organization affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, also launched on the Electron rocket. Built by engineering students, ACRUX 1's primary mission is education.

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The ACRUX 1 CubeSat. Credit: Melbourne Space Program

Australia's first amateur satellite, Australis-OSCAR 5, was also built by students in Melbourne. Launched in 1970, it was the first amateur satellite designed and assembled outside North America.

"Since then, Australia's satellite-related space capabilities have been stymied by outdated policies and regulation, hindering growth of the nation's space industry and support of its incredible local talent," members of the Melbourne Space Program wrote in an update on the organization's website.

"In light of these challenges and obstacles, the Melbourne Space Program considers the design and build of ACRUX 1, as well as the successful securing of an international launch and related licenses, as significant accomplishments in themselves," team members wrote on the group's website.

The student engineers who developed the ACRUX 1 CubeSat say they will consider the mission fully successful if they receive a "ping" signal from the spacecraft in orbit.

"Receiving that ping from ACRUX 1 may seem like a modest mission goal, but the truth is far from it," the team wrote. "That ping would mean ACRUX-1 has not only turned on in space, but has also communicated data back to us at our ground station in Greater Melbourne. In other words, it demonstrates that the satellite system built by our engineers actually works in space."

A seventh satellite rode to space on the "Make it Rain" mission, but Spaceflight and Rocket Lab have not revealed its identity or owner.

Beck said it was the customer's decision not to disclose the identity of the seventh payload on Saturday's launch. The satellite's purpose and owner coul be announced at a later date.

"There's nothing incredible there," Beck said. "Some customers have business propositions and business ideas that they're trying to get to market first, just like every other industry. This is an example of that."

He said the mystery satellite is not owned by Rocket Lab.

"It's really up to the customer," Beck said. "We're providing the flight service. The customer has all the appropriate government approvals, so it's purely a business decision."

Construction pace at Virginia launch pad continues at "breakneck speed"

The construction of a new Rocket Lab launch pad in Virginia remains on a pace for the facility to be operational by the end of the year, Beck said.

The new launch pad, named Launch Complex 2, will look much like Rocket Lab's existing facility in New Zealand. Launch Complex 2, or LC-2, is located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.

Rocket Lab announced Wallops as home of the company's first U.S. launch site last October.

"There are not two days that look the same at LC-2," Beck told Spaceflight Now. "The speed at which it's being put together is truly impressive.

"For us sitting back here in New Zealand, we're watching the might of the American machine and American scale at full pace," he said. "There are rows of concrete trucks, the erector is fabricated and painted. It's moving at breakneck speed and on schedule to be operational by the end of the year."

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A view of Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 under construction at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab

The Electron launch pad at Wallops is, more or less, a "copy and paste" job from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, according to Beck. The layout and design of both pads will be much the same.

Teams in Virginia have updated some of the new pad's design since construction began late last year. Rather than tapping into the kerosene and liquid oxygen supplies at a nearby launch pad used by Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket, the new launch pad for the Electron rocket will have its own kerosene and liquid oxygen ground tanks.

"It turned out, because our vehicle is so small, we spend more liquid oxygen chilling in the large pipes that are designed for Antares than we actually use the vehicle," Beck said. "So it becomes economically silly to take these large 4 inch pipes and chill them all in to provide a 2-inch pipe into an Electron. It made a whole lot more sense to just put the right size tank there to supply the vehicle."

The chilling procedure involves pumping small quantities of cryogenic fluids through ground system and rocket plumbing, helping ease the thermal shock before propellant loading begins.

Beck said Rocket Lab is also going with its own kerosene, or RP-1, fuel farm at Launch Complex 2, rather than rely on the tanks at the nearby Antares launch pad.

"It'd be more work to interface with the RP-1 from Antares than us just creating our own system," Beck said.

Rocket Lab is headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, and operates two factories.

One factory in Auckland produces composite structures for the Electron rocket, and is home to the company's primary control center. Rocket Lab's Huntington Beach plant builds engines and avionics.

Rocket Lab has not announced a payload for the first Electron launch from U.S. soil, but the company has said the facility will be tailored for government customers. The new launch pad in Virginia will be capable of supporting up to 12 launches per year, Rocket Lab officials said.

Meanwhile, launch campaigns will continue in New Zealand, which will remain Rocket Lab's primary launch site, according to company officials.

The next Electron launch is scheduled for late July or August carrying another batch of small satellites into orbit on a rideshare mission arranged directly by Rocket Lab, rather than through a third-party broker, Beck said.

By the end of the year, Beck said Rocket Lab should achieve a cadence of monthly launches.

"We got a little bit of a slow start at the beginning of the year, so we're trying to play catch up," Beck said. "So somewh ere between eight and 10, I would say, will be wh ere we get to, but it really depends on a couple of things. How quickly we can continue to scale and turn around the launch vehicles? We've also got a couple of really major projects later this year with LC-2 coming online in Virginia, and a couple of R&D (research and development) projects we'll be announcing in the later half of this year.

"People will see what we're up to," he said. "It's a very busy time."

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ЦитироватьRocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron mission, deploys seven satellites to orbit

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Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron mission, deploys seven satellites to orbit

The rideshare launch for Spaceflight continues Rocket Lab's record of 100% mission success for small satellite customers

29 June 2019 – A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula at 04:30 UTC, Saturday 29 June 2019 (16:30 NZST). The Make It Rain mission launched seven satellites to orbit for rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight (http://spaceflight.com/).

At approximately 56 minutes after lift-off, the Make It Rain payloads were successfully delivered to their precise individual orbits by Electron's Kick Stage. Among the satellites on board were BlackSky Global-3, two U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Prometheus, and Melbourne Space Program's ACRUX-1.

The mission was Rocket Lab's seventh launch of an Electron rocket and the company's third launch for 2019. The mission took the total number of satellites deployed by Rocket Lab to 35 and continues the company's record of 100% mission success for its customers.

"Congratulations to the dedicated teams behind the payloads on this mission, and also to our team for another flawless Electron launch," says Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck. "It's a privilege to provide tailored and reliable access to space for small satellites like these, giving each one a smooth ride to orbit and precise deployment, even in a rideshare arrangement."

Rocket Lab's next mission is yet to be announced, but is scheduled for lift-off from Launch Complex 1 in the coming weeks. Rocket Lab's manifest is booked with monthly launches for the remainder of 2019, scaling to a launch every two weeks in 2020.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30213.jpg)Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck) 7 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1144863622151041024)

Wave everyone - New Zealand from space on today's fight.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186039.jpg)Melb Space Program‏ @MelbSpace (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace) 8 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace/status/1144858588482953216)

#ACRUX1Update (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1Update?src=hash): We didn't hear from it during its first pass over Melbourne. #ACRUX1 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1?src=hash)'s antenna might not be deployed yet or it's tumbling too much. We're now waiting for the next pass over Melbourne.


6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace/status/1144883854152364032)

WE DID IT. ACRUX-1 WORKS. Mission success! And an ambitious dream realised, years in the making. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png) More news to come - in the meantime, a massive thanks to @vk5qi (https://twitter.com/vk5qi) for helping us track #ACRUX1 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1?src=hash) and relaying the good news back to us!!
#MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab)


6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace/status/1144884804099309568)

MISSION SUCCESS. #ACRUX1 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1?src=hash) works. We are exhilarated, relieved, ecstatic, overwhelmed - all the emotions. This is it: the moment we'd been waiting and hoping for. This photo of our ACRUX-1 engineering manager, @BlakeFuller5 (https://twitter.com/BlakeFuller5), says it all.
#MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab)

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6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace/status/1144887226397970432)

The team stands in front of the decoded beacon from #ACRUX1 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1?src=hash). #MissionSuccess (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissionSuccess?src=hash) We are so proud of all our engineers- the blood, sweat and tears they put into making this happen is something to be admired and celebrated. These are the technology pioneers of the future.
#MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184946.jpg)Mark Jessop‏ @vk5qi (https://twitter.com/vk5qi) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/vk5qi/status/1144923167409840134)

Receiving more packets from #ACRUX1 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ACRUX1?src=hash)! Better signal on this pass!
@MelbSpace (https://twitter.com/MelbSpace)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67532.jpg)Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) 34 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1145465149525856256)

More snaps of Electron lifting-off from Launch Complex 1 for the #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) mission.

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32 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1145465660866203649)

As always, thanks to @Kieran__Fanning (https://twitter.com/Kieran__Fanning) and @samstoms (https://twitter.com/samstoms) for capturing Electron in flight!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/32641.jpg)Swarm Technologies‏ @SwarmInternet (https://twitter.com/SwarmInternet) 29 июн. (https://twitter.com/SwarmInternet/status/1144840553726562305)

We're excited to announce SpaceBEEs 8 and 9 have been successfully deployed from the rocket and are in space! This brings the total to 9 communications sats in LEO! Congrats @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab)! #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc)


3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SwarmInternet/status/1145478290179649536)

Made first contact! Thanks for the ride to LEO @RocketLab (https://twitter.com/RocketLab) and @SpaceflightInc (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightInc)! #MakeItRain (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItRain?src=hash) (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34512.jpg) Gunter Krebs  ‏ @Skyrocket71 (https://twitter.com/Skyrocket71) 9 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Skyrocket71/status/1153446946205589504)
The previously unidentified mysterious payload of the 7th Electron launch has been identified as the Mexican Painani-1 cubesat.

Цитироватьhttps://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/painani-1.htm (https://t.co/T1cJ9jULAZ)