30 μКА - Electron (fl 16) - Mahia, LC-1A – 20.11.2020 02:20 UTC

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Пуск!!!

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 19 мин. назад

Successful lift-off of 'Return To Sender'!

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Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 34 мин. назад

LAUNCH! Rocket Lab Electron launches on "Return To Sender" mission with 30 sats and a booster chute return effort.

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Звуковой барьер

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MaxQ

 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 21 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

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Вкл ДУ 2-й ст РН

 Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 35 мин. назад

Staging 1-2.

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Сброс ГО

Rocket Lab @RocketLab 19 мин. назад

Clean Stage 1 and Stage 2 separation and fairing jettison. Welcome to space, Gnome Chompski!

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"Горячее" переключение батарей - подтверждено

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Выкл ДУ 2-й ст РН

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Номинальная орбита

 Chris B - NSF @NASASpaceflight 30 мин. назад

SECO for the second stage. Nominal orbit. On to the kick stage.

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Отделение 2-й ст РН

 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 16 мин. назад

Stage 2 separation confirmed. The Kick Stage and Gnome Chompski are continuing nominally on their way to payload deployment.

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Ввод основного парашюта прошел

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Ведущие трансляции попрощались со зрителями

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11/20/2020 05:34 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab confirms the drogue and main parachute on the Electron's first stage deployed successfully. The company is ending its live webcast, but the webcast host says Rocket Lab will provide additional updates on the booster recovery "as soon as we can."

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Запись трансляции пуска

Rocket Lab 'Return To Sender' Launch

 Rocket Lab

Трансляция началась 45 минут назад

youtu.be/eZGI_lHGltA

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11/20/2020 05:35 Stephen Clark

Meanwhile, Rocket Lab confirmed the Electron's second stage placed the Curie kick stage and the 30 small payloads into a preliminary transfer orbit. The Curie kick stage was confirmed to have separated from the Electron second stage.

The Curie engine will ignite around 49 minutes after liftoff for 90-second burn to place the cluster of spacecraft into the proper orbit for deployment.

Separation of satellites 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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Приводнение 1-й ст РН

 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 4 мин. назад

Splashdown of Electron's first stage confirmed! Recovery ops are underway and we'll bring you more soon.

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 Rocket Lab @RocketLab 14 с

The view of the main chute from Electron's first stage as it returned to Earth.

 Peter Beck @Peter_J_Beck 2 мин. назад

My new favourite image of 2020.

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youtu.be/NK3rUwGMW8g

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 Rocket Lab Recovery Updates @RocketLabFleet 29 с

I don't know what type of ship "Catch Of The Day" is or if its the ship in the recovery animation but it's fast.

25 knots is quicker than the two SpaceX Fairing Catcher ships.

There's also an anonymous mystery gray ship nearby.