Capella Space Sequoia, First Light - Electron (fl 14) - Mahia, LC-1A – 31.08.2020, 03:05:47 UTC

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08/31/2020 06:03 Stephen Clark

The Electron rocket's flight termination system is confirmed "green" and enabled for flight.

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08/31/2020 06:03 Stephen Clark

T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The Electron rocket is confirmed ready for flight.

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Борт-Земля

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08/31/2020 06:06 Stephen Clark

T-minus 60 seconds and counting. The Electron's four kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant tanks are now pressurized for flight. Ignition of the rocket's nine Rutherford first stage engines is set for T-minus 2 seconds.

Flight SEQUENCE
Hr:Mn:Sc	Event	NZT	UTC	ДМВ
00:00:00	Lift-off	15:05:47	03:05:47	06:05:47
00:02:36	Main Engine Cut Off (MECO) on Electron's first stage	15:08:23	03:08:23	06:08:23
00:02:39	Stage 1 separation	15:08:26	03:08:26	06:08:26
00:02:43	Electron's Stage 2 Rutherford engine ignites	15:08:30	03:08:30	06:08:30
00:03:16	Fairing separation	15:09:03	03:09:03	06:09:03
00:06:28	Battery hot-swap	15:12:15	03:12:15	06:12:15
00:08:52	Electron reaches orbit	15:14:39	03:14:39	06:14:39
00:09:01	Stage 2 separation from Kick Stage	15:14:48	03:14:48	06:14:48
00:52:52	The Curie engine on the Kick Stage ignites	15:58:39	03:58:39	06:58:39
00:55:18	Curie engine cuts off	16:01:05	04:01:05	07:01:05
01:00:00	Payload deployed	16:05:47	04:05:47	07:05:47

Все времена - ориентировочные

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Зажигание!

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Пуск!!!

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 15 мин. назад

I Can't Believe It's Not Optical'  has cleared the pad for our 14th Electron launch!

 Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 35 мин. назад

LAUNCH! Rocket Lab Electron launches with the "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical" mission.
(0:32)

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Звуковой барьер

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MaxQ

 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 15 мин. назад

Electron has cleared Max-Q.

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Выкл ДУ 1-й ст РН

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Отделение 1-й ст РН

 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 15 мин. назад

Electron's 1st & 2nd stage have separated cleanly following successful MECO of the booster's 9 Rutherford engines.

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Вкл ДУ 2-й ст РН

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 15 мин. назад

Stage 2 propulsion is continuing nominally.

 Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 35 мин. назад

Staging 1-2.
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Сброс ГО

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"Горячее" переключение батарей

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 13 мин. назад

Battery hot swap successful!

 Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 33 мин. назад

Battery hot swap. Electron's second stage isn't a fan of carrying drained batteries uphill.
(1:13)

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Выкл ДУ 2-й ст РН

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 11 мин. назад

SECO confirmed on Electron's second stage. Payload deployment is up next and will mark the end of this mission. Keep an eye out here for confirmation of payload deployment.

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Отделение 2-й ст РН

08/31/2020 06:18 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab confirms the Electron's second stage placed the Curie kick stage and the Capella's Sequoia spacecraft into the planned transfer orbit. The Curie kick stage was confirmed to have separated from the Electron second stage.

The Curie engine will ignite around 53 minutes after liftoff for a nearly two-and-a-half minute burn to place the Sequoia spacecraft into the proper orbit for deployment.

Separation of the Sequoia from the Curie kick stage is expected around an hour after liftoff, but Rocket Lab is ending its live webcast at this time. The company says it will update the progress of the mission on social media.

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Ведущие трансляции попрощались со зрителями

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Electron "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical" launch

 SciNews

30 авг. 2020 г.

youtu.be/Dggaqx-hSjk

(1:51)

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Запись трансляции пуска

Rocket Lab - I Can't Believe It's Not Optical Launch

 Rocket Lab

Трансляция началась 36 минут назад

youtu.be/FPIhI5mRDRI

(28:05)

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Есть отделение КА!

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 7 мин. назад

Perfect mission. Electron has deployed the Sequoia satellite to orbit for @CapellaSpace. It was a good day to go to space.

#ICantBelieveItsNotOptical
#ICanBelieveItsInOrbit

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 Peter Beck @Peter_J_Beck 12 мин. назад

Payload deployed, perfect orbit!