SuperDoves Flock 4e (x9), CE-SAT-IIB - Electron (fl 15) - Mahia, LC-1A – 28.10.2020 21:21 UTC

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Ну, началось... !! Пока идём на взлёт...

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...the launch webcast ... starting about 15 minutes before liftoff
Начало трансляции - 21 октября 2020 г. в 21:00 UTC / 22 октября 2020 г. в 00:00 ДМВ
Время начала трансляции - ориентировочное!!!

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Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 17 мин. назад

Electron is headed to orbit in less than three hours. Tune into the live webcast from around T-20 minutes. http://rocketlabusa.com/live-stream


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Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 8 мин. назад

Details for today's launch to orbit for @planetlabs and Canon Electronics via @SpaceflightInc
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/21/electron-in-focus-mission-status-center/


Цитировать10/21/2020 22:52 Stephen Clark

Now less than 90 minutes until liftoff. Launch of Rocket Lab's Electron booster is on track for 5:14 p.m. EDT (2114 GMT; 10:14 a.m. New Zealand time).

The two-stage, nearly 60-foot-tall (18-meter) Electron launcher will power off the launch pad on Mahia Peninsula, located on New Zealand's North Island, with 50,400 pounds of thrust from nine Rutherford main engines. After heading downrange toward the south over the Pacific Ocean, the Electron rocket will shut down and jettison its first stage before igniting a single Rutherford upper stage engine at T+plus 2 minutes, 37 seconds.

The launch vehicle's carbon composite nose fairing will jettison at T+plus 3 minutes, 9 seconds, once the Electron climbs above the dense lower layers of the atmosphere.

A few minutes later, two battery packs that power the Rutherford engine's turbopumps will separate after the rocket completes an in-flight "hot swap" to a new battery set. Shutdown of the Rutherford engine is planned at T+plus 8 minutes, 54 seconds, after placing the Electron in a preliminary transfer orbit.

Eight seconds later, at T+plus 9 minutes, 2 seconds, the Electron's second stage will release a Curie kick stage to begin a coast period lasting more than 40 minutes. The Curie's liquid-fueled thruster -- burning a "green" non-toxic propellant -- will ignite to place the 10 small satellites for Canon and Planet into their targeted 310-mile-high (500-kilometer) orbit inclined 97.5 degrees to the equator.

The Curie stage's burn will last more than two minutes, setting the stage for deployment of the 10 payloads about an hour after liftoff.

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Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 8 мин. назад

Electron is LOX'd and loaded! We're at just over T-1 hour to lift-off.

New T-0:

🚀 UTC: 21:27
🚀 PT:    14:27
🚀 ET:    17:27
🚀 NZT: 10:27

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COUNTDOWN
Hr:Mn:Sc
Event
NZDT
UTC
ДМВ
00:30:00
Safety zones are activated for designated airspace
09:57:00
20:57:00
23:57:00
00:18:00
A go/no-go poll Electron is ready for launch
10:09:00
21:09:00
00:09:00
00:02:00
Launch autosequence begins
10:25:00
21:25:00
00:25:00
00:00:02
Ignition of the first stage engines
10:26:58
21:26:58
00:26:58
00:00:00
Lift-off
10:27:00
21:27:00
00:27:00
All Times Are Approximate

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Цитировать10/21/2020 23:41 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab says the Electron rocket is being loaded with super-cold liquid oxygen propellant. The liquid oxygen will be consumed in a mixture with kerosene by the rocket's Rutherford engines.

Liftoff of the Electron rocket is now targeted for 5:27:53 p.m. EDT (2127:53 GMT).

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Цитировать10/22/2020 00:13 Stephen Clark

T-minus 15 minutes. There are 10 satellites on-board the Electron rocket.

The largest spacecraft on today's mission is CE-SAT-2B, an Earth observation satellite for Canon Electronics of Japan.

The 78-pound (35.5-kilogram) microsatellite is sitting on top of the rocket. CE-SAT-2B is Canon's third microsatellite to launch, following an experimental spacecraft that launched in 2017 on an Indian PSLV rocket and a follow-on satellite that launched in July on a previous Rocket Lab mission.

The CE-SAT 1B satellite that launched in July was destroyed when Rocket Lab's Electron rocket failed before reaching orbit.

According to Canon, CE-SAT-2B carries three types of cameras to be demonstrated in orbit.

"With the newly developed super high sensitivity camera, CE-SAT-2B is capable of observing the Earth during night time," Canon said in a press release. "The satellite is equipped with three types of cameras including Canon's mirrorless camera and compact digital camera.

"CE-SAT-2B will go through a two-year demonstration experiment for forthcoming production of cassegrain reflectors as series," Canon said.

Spaceflight, a Seattle-based launch broker, arranged for the launch of CE-SAT-2B with Rocket Lab.



Nine SuperDove Earth-imaging satellites — each about the size of a large shoebox — are stowed inside Maxwell deployers on top of the Electron rocket. The SuperDove payloads, built and owned by Planet, will replace five similar satellites — collectively known as "Flock 4e"– that were also lost on Rocket Lab's failed mission in July.

"Emerging from the unfortunate launch accident of Flock 4e on Electron in July, this next launch speaks to both Planet and Rocket Lab's resilience and agility to get back on the pad so quickly," Planet wrote in a blog post on its website. "These SuperDoves will be deployed into an approximate 500 km (310-mile-high) morning-crossing sun synchronous orbit (SSO), joining the rest of the flock already providing unprecedented medium-resolution global coverage and revisit."

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Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 5 мин. назад

Adjusted T-0 time. We're now targeting 22:02 UTC for lift off of #InFocus

🚀 UTC: 22:02
🚀 PT:    15:02
🚀 ET:    18:02
🚀 NZT: 11:02

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Цитировать10/22/2020 00:34 Stephen Clark

The Electron rocket is currently counting down to liftoff from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 6:02:28 p.m. EDT (2202:28 GMT; 11:02:28 a.m. New Zealand time).

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Отбой ВТ!!! Стоим...

Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 2 мин. назад

We're standing down from today's attempt. Some sensors are returning data that we want to look into further. We have back up opportunities until Nov 3. Stay tuned for updates on new launch date! #InFocus

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Цитировать Peter Beck @Peter_J_Beck 3 ч. назад

A small issue with an oxygen sensor. The team's taking the time to make sure it's just the sensor and nothing else but we will be playing a game with weather here for the next few days.

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Цитировать Rocket Lab @RocketLab 2 ч. назад

Launch update: We are now targeting Oct 28 UTC for the In Focus launch. Waiting for a weather front to pass before getting back to the pad.

New launch time:

🚀 UTC: 21:14, Oct 28
🚀 PT:    14:14, Oct 28
🚀 ET:    17:14, Oct 28
🚀 NZT: 10:14, Oct 29

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Hr:Mn:Sc
Event
NZDT
UTC
ДМВ
06:00:00
Road to the launch site closed
04:14:00
15:14:00
18:14:00
04:00:00
Electron is raised vertical, fueling begins
06:14:00
17:14:00
20:14:00
02:30:00
Launch pad personnel exit area ahead of launch
07:44:00
18:44:00
21:44:00
02:00:00
Electron filled with liquid oxygen (LOx)
08:14:00
19:14:00
22:14:00
02:00:00
Safety zones are activated for designated marine space
08:14:00
19:14:00
22:14:00
00:30:00
Safety zones are activated for designated airspace
09:44:00
20:44:00
23:44:00
00:18:00
A go/no-go poll Electron is ready for launch
09:56:00
20:56:00
23:56:00
00:02:00
Launch autosequence begins
10:12:00
21:12:00
00:12:00
00:00:02
Ignition of the first stage engines
10:13:58
21:13:58
00:13:58
00:00:00
Lift-off
10:14:00
21:14:00
00:14:00
All Times Are Approximate