They Go Up So Fast ("100+ μКА") 6 микроспутников – Electron (fl 19)– Mahia, LC-1A– 22.03.2021 22:20

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https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1359189648052875266

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Introducing our next mission, featuring:

✅Commercial satellites across 4 constellations
✅Govt R&D satellites
✅A Photon risk reduction demo to prepare for our upcoming Moon mission

#TheyGoUpSoFast
Launching in March. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2N8APO0

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Rocket Lab's Next Mission to Launch 100th Satellite and Deploy Next-Generation Photon Spacecraft in Preparation for Moon Mission
The mission will deploy a range of satellites for commercial and government customers, as well as place a next-generation Photon spacecraft in orbit to build heritage for Rocket Lab's upcoming mission to the Moon for NASA
Rocket Lab, a leading launch provider and space systems company, has today announced its next mission will deploy a range of satellites for commercial and government satellite operators, and place a next-generation Photon spacecraft in orbit to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab's mission to the Moon for NASA in Q3 this year.
Scheduled to lift-off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula in mid-March, the 'They Go Up So Fast' mission will be Rocket Lab's 19th Electron launch overall and second mission of 2021. The launch will bring the total number of satellites launched by Electron to 104.

Seven satellites feature on the mission manifest, including:
An Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky via launch services provider Spaceflight Inc.;
Two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, procured by Tyvak;
A technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space;
a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies;
A technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through launch integration and program management services provider, TriSept;
and Rocket Lab's in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab's mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.
The six customer payloads will be integrated onto Photon, which will initially act as a Kick Stage space tug to circularize and deploy the satellites to precise orbits. After deploying the first five satellites to a 550 km circular orbit, Photon's Curie engine will reignite to lower its attitude and deploy the final satellite to a 450 km orbit. The Curie engine's unique ability to perform multiple relights on orbit enables Rocket Lab to deploy satellites to different orbits on the same launch. This level of payload deployment flexibility is typically reserved for dedicated missions but is a standard capability on all Electron missions.

Following payload deployment, Photon Pathstone will remain in orbit to build flight heritage across the spacecraft's subsystems ahead of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA in Q3 this year, as well as Rocket Lab's private mission to Venus in 2023. Photon Pathstone will demonstrate power management, thermal control, and attitude control subsystems, as well as newly-integrated technologies including deep-space radio capability, an upgraded RCS (reaction control system) for precision pointing in space, and sun sensors and star trackers. Pathstone is the second Photon spacecraft to be deployed to orbit, following the launch of Photon First Light in August 2020.
Peter Beck, Rocket Lab founder and CEO, says deploying customer satellites and then continuing with an independent Photon mission is a unique capability that enables multiple missions on the same launch.
"We're delighted to be delivering tailored access to orbit for our customers once again, many of whom have previously launched on Electron. With Photon, and likewise with the Kick Stage, we're able to give our customers an unmatched level of control over their orbital insertion, even when flying as a rideshare," he said. "What's truly unique to Electron is the ability to deploy a range of customer satellites, then continue with a separate Photon mission. It means making multiple, distinct missions capable within the same launch, reducing the time, cost, and complexity of innovating on orbit. It's nothing short of a complete transformation in the way we go to space."

MISSION MANIFEST

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Payload: Photon
Organization: Rocket Lab

The Photon onboard this mission is the latest configuration of Rocket Lab's in-house satellite platform built for operations in low Earth orbit, deep space, and on interplanetary missions. This mission follows the successful launch and deployment of Rocket Lab's first Photon satellite fewer than six months ago on the I Can't Believe It's Not Optical mission in August 2020.

Payload: BlackSky Global Series
Organization: BlackSky, procured by Spaceflight Inc.

BlackSky will include a single Earth observation microsatellite.  This is the seventh launch of a Gen-2 spacecraft to date. Spaceflight arranged the launch and is providing mission management and integration services for BlackSky.

Payload: Centauri 3
Organization: Fleet Space, procured by Tyvak

Centauri 3 is a newly-designed 6U NanoSat that will join Fleet Space's planned constellation of 140 Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) satellites in low Earth orbit. Designed for use in the energy, utilities, and resource industries, the Centauri 3 will also test new hardware and space systems developed by Fleet Space that will support the 2023 Seven Sisters mission, a resource exploration mission by an Australian team of space, remote operations, and resource exploration companies that will launch nanosatellites and sensors to develop new resource exploration techniques for Earth, the Moon, and Mars, in support of NASA's Artemis Program.

Payload: Myriota 7
Organization: Myriota, procured by Tyvak

Myriota is the global leader in low-cost, secure satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things. Myriota 7 is the latest addition to its satellite constellation, and forms part of a crucial next step for the business, as it moves towards near-real time connectivity. It will support Myriota's customers by further improving its existing service, which provides access to data from anywhere on Earth. Myriota's long battery life and direct-to-orbit connectivity supports products from technology partners servicing a wide range of industries including utilities, transport and logistics, supply chain, agriculture, mining and defence.

Payload: Veery Hatchling
Organization: Care Weather Technologies

The Veery Hatchling mission will test Care Weather's vertically-integrated satellite power, computing, and avionics systems in a 1U CubeSat. It paves the way for Care Weather's future constellation of scatterometric radar weather satellites capable of producing hourly maps of global wind speed and direction over the surface of the ocean. Veery Hatchling is the first step in Care Weather's mission to save lives and livelihoods by better forecasting Earth's extreme weather.

Payload: M2
Organization: The University of New South Wales's Canberra Space

This spacecraft from the University of New South Wales Canberra Space, in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force, will bring together emerging technologies that deliver advanced capabilities in earth observation, maritime surveillance, quantum computing, advanced AI, and laser communications. M2 follows on from the successful M2 Pathfinder mission deployed in June 2020 on Rocket Lab's 12th mission, 'Don't Stop Me Now'.

Payload: Gunsmoke-J
Organization: U.S. Army's SMDC, procured by TriSept

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TriSept procured the rideshare slot on Electron for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). Gunsmoke-J is an experimental 3U CubeSat that will test technologies that support development of new capabilities for the U.S Army. "TriSept is thrilled to be providing the rideshare slot, dispenser hardware, regulatory compliance in both the U.S. and New Zealand, and spacecraft integration for this important technology demonstration in space. We look forward to the integration of this small but game-changing payload aboard Rocket Lab's Electron," said TriSept CEO, Rob Spicer.

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Rocket Lab @RocketLab
Multiple satellites, different orbits, same mission? That's exactly what's happening on our next launch. After deploying 5 satellites to a 550 km orbit, Photon's Curie engine will reignite to lower its altitude and deploy the final customer satellite to a 450 km orbit

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Rocket Lab @RocketLab
But the mission's not over then! After customer payloads are deployed, Photon Pathstone will remain in orbit to build flight heritage across the spacecraft's subsystems ahead of our CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for @NASA later this year.

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https://vk.com/newspacepress?w=wall-41126705_90996

Rocket Lab анонсировала следующую миссию с использованием OTV Photon в марте 2021 года Во время следующей миссии планируется вывести на ССО и развернуть 5 космических аппаратов, затем Photon понизит высоту орбиты для развёртывания ещё одного аппарата на высоте 450 км (ред.: для более детальной информации следите за обновлениями и новостями нашего сообщества).

Примечательно то, что после развёртывания всех объектов, OTV Photon останется на орбите для отработки модернизированных систем в интересах будущих миссий на Луну, планируемых в 2021 году, согласно контракту с NASA и Венеру в 2023 году.

Новая версия OTV Photon модернизирована, произведено улучшение следующих систем: управления, терморегулирования, ориентации и стабилизации, дополнительно установлены датчики солнца и связи (для работы в дальнем космосе). Более детальная информация о модернизированных системах - не разглашается.

OTV Photon построен на базе разгонного блока и сначала выполняет эту функцию, помогая вывести основной аппарат на заданную орбиту, а затем остается в космосе и работает в качестве спутника.

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Meet Photon Pathstone, the stepping stone to our lunar mission for @NASA. Launching on #TheyGoUpSoFast in a few weeks, this next gen Photon is a risk reduction demo  ahead of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon.

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17.03.2021 z wyrzutni LC-1A w Onenui Station wystrzelona zostanie RN Electron/Photon, która wyniesie na orbitę satelity: BlackSky Global-9, Centauri 3, Myriota 7, Veery Hatchling, RAAF M2 i Gunsmoke-J.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/plan.htm

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Integration of the briefcase is complete ahead of our next mission! Attaching this box to a Kick Stage instantly turns it into a Photon satellite.

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Тишина...  Явно не завтра...

17.03.2021 z wyrzutni LC-1A w Onenui Station wystrzelona zostanie RN Electron/Photon, ....

Это про косм.мусор. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52840.0)

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
This Electron will deploy our 100th customer satellite to orbit later this month. It's a privilege to open access to space for small satellites.

 

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B1512/21 NOTAMN и B1513/21 NOTAMN  URL

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B1512/21 NOTAMN
Q) NZZC/QRDCA/IV/BO /W /000/999/3900S17800E060
A) NZZC B) 2103222220 C) 2103222330
E) TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD494 (EAST MAHIA) IS PRESCRIBED AS FLW:
ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY A LINE JOINING:
38 33 23.00 S 179 51 10.00 W
40 39 11.01 S 177 46 50.92 E
39 20 17.30 S 177 36 32.80 E
39 06 00.00 S 177 36 32.80 E
39 06 00.00 S 177 54 00.00 E
38 59 00.00 S 178 14 00.00 E
ACTIVITY: ROCKET LAUNCH
USING AGENCY: ROCKET LAB LIMITED, RANGE CONTROL CENTRE, TEL +64 28 255 11638
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
F) SFC G) FL999

B1513/21 NOTAMN
Q) NZZO/QRDCA/IV/BO /W /000/999/4200S16200W900
A) NZZO B) 2103222220 C) 2103222330
E) TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD092 (EAST AUCKLAND OCEANIC) IS PRESCRIBED AS FLW:
ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY A LINE JOINING:
43 18 00.00 S 147 36 00.00 W
46 42 00.00 S 147 48 00.00 W
43 24 00.00 S 177 48 00.00 W
43 18 00.00 S 178 48 00.00 W
40 48 00.00 S 177 48 00.00 E
40 39 11.01 S 177 46 50.92 E
38 33 23.00 S 179 51 10.00 W
38 30 00.00 S 179 36 00.00 W
38 54 00.00 S 176 18 00.00 W
ACTIVITY: ROCKET LAUNCH
USING AGENCY: ROCKET LAB LIMITED, RANGE CONTROL CENTRE, TEL +64 28 255 11638
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
F) SFC G) FL999

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Is NZDT 22:20 22Mar?

(спасибо http://lk.astronautilus.pl/plan.htm)

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Care Weather  @CareWeather
Meet Hatchling Veery "Clay"! Hatchling is our first test satellite and it's on the @rocketlabusa launchpad in New Zealand right now! It paves the way for our future weather satellites designed to predict Earth's increasingly extreme weather. Learn more at http://careweather.com.

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https://careweather.com/mission/veery-rl1-1616117213271x763426828626467800

Satellite ID# Veery-RL1
Flight version v0.1
Launch date March 23, 2021
Iterations 22

Launching with Rocket Lab in...
3 Days 16 Hours 48 Minutes 0 Seconds

Часы ещё не запущены.

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Официально:
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/

Mission Name  They Go Up So Fast
Rocket  Electron

Launch Window  No Earlier than 23 March NZT / 22 March UTC
Launch Time   No earlier than 11:20 am NZT / 22:20 UTC
Launch Site  Launch Complex 1

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Там же

MISSION OVERVIEW
Rocket Lab's 19th Electron mission will deploy a range of satellites for commercial and government satellite operators, as well as place a next-generation Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft in orbit to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab's mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.

 Seven satellites feature on the mission manifest, including:
- An Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky via launch services provider Spaceflight Inc.;
- Two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, procured by Tyvak;
- A technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space;
- a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies;
- A technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through launch integration and program management services provider, TriSept.
The final payload on this mission is Rocket Lab's in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone. The spacecraft will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab's mission to the Moon for NASA later this year, as well as Rocket Lab's private mission to Venus in 2023. Photon Pathstone will demonstrate power management, thermal control, and attitude control subsystems, as well as newly-integrated technologies including deep-space radio capability, an upgraded RCS (reaction control system) for precision pointing in space, and sun sensors and star trackers. Pathstone is the second Photon spacecraft to be deployed to orbit, following the launch of Photon First Light in August 2020.

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Press-kit

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https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1373698430887895043/photo/1

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
It's launch day! Electron is on the pad and the team is in position at Launch Complex 1 for today's lift-off. #TheyGoUpSoFast
Target lift-off time:
🚀NZDT: 11:30
🚀UTC: 22:30
🚀ET: 18:30
🚀PT: 15:30

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Care Weather  @CareWeather
FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT TODAY!
The first launch window opens no earlier than 4:20p MDT / 11:20p NZDT. Watch the livestream here:

Pictured: last month, Hatchling was vibration tested to make sure it could handle the intensity of this week's launch.

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Spaceflight  @SpaceflightInc
It's launch day for #RL6 #TheyGoUpSoFast ! Tune in to the livestream at 2:30pm PST https://bit.ly/2JetB5p

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Spaceflight  @SpaceflightInc
A sneak peek behind the scenes of encapulation of #RL6 #TheyGoUpSoFast

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https://everydayastronaut.com/they-go-up-so-fast-electron/

Launch Window (Subject to change)
March 22, 2021 – 22:20-23:20 UTC | target T-0 is 22:30 UTC
March 23, 2021 – 11:20-12:20 NZDT | target T-0 is 11:30 NZDT

Mission Name   They Go Up So Fast, a rideshare mission

Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?)  Rocket Lab

Customer (Who's paying for this?)
– Rocket Lab
– Spaceflight Inc. (BlackSky)
– Tyvak (Fleet Space, Myriota)
– Care Weather Technologies
– University of New South Wales' Canberra Space
– TriSept (U.S. Army's SMDC)

Rocket            Electron

Launch Location   Launch Complex-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload mass      Undisclosed, up to a maximum of around 230 kg (~510 lbs)

Where are the satellites going?   450 km and 550 km circular low Earth orbit (LEO) at 45° inclination

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Weather balloons are in the air over LC-1. Despite stormy looking skies, we're currently on track for lift-off less than 3 hours from now. Moving into LOx fill shortly.
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https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1374092168453758976

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
We've got a packed manifest for today's mission. Check out who's on board: http://rocketlabusa.com/next-mission

Satellite @BlackSky_Inc
Satellite @CareWeather
Satellite @MyriotaGlobal
Satellite @trisept777
Satellite @Fleetspace
Satellite @UNSWCanberra

[Игорь Годунов]

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
T-40 minutes until our 19th Electron launch. #TheyGoUpSoFast

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/22/rocket-lab-they-go-up-so-fast-mission-status-center/

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Пошла трансляция
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Spaceflight Now  @SpaceflightNow
T-minus 10 minutes. The final pre-launch poll of Rocket Lab's launch team gave a "go" to continue the countdown for liftoff of the Electron rocket from New Zealand at 6:30pm EDT (2230 GMT).

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Пуск!
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Отделение первой ступени
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... и сворок обтекателя
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Сбросили батарейку.

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Интересный ракурс съёмки: сэлфи-палка?

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Выключение 2-ой ступени.

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Сбросили батарейку.

Две.

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
The Kick Stage, or Photon on this mission, will now coast for around 50 minutes, before the Curie engine ignites to circularize the stage's orbit ahead of payload deployment.

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Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
These satellites are now settling into their new home on orbit! Photon has deployed the first five customer satellites to a 550km orbit and we're around 40 mins away from another Curie burn to deploy the final payload to a 450km orbit.

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Peter Beck  @Peter_J_Beck
Final payload deployed in a perfect flight. Next, we wake up Photon!

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Care Weather  @CareWeather
Hatchling is in SPAAAACE!
Thank you @RocketLab for a smooth, successful flight!
Stay tuned for updates as we make first contact with Hatchling and perform our in-flight testing regime.

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UNSW Canberra  @UNSWCanberra
We are thrilled to announce that #UNSWCBR Space's M2 satellites successfully launched with @RocketLab's 'They Go Up So Fast' mission from New Zealand earlier today, representing a significant step forward in Australia's sovereign space capabilities.
https://unsw.adfa.edu.au/unsw-canberra-space-launches-world-leading-cubesat-satellites

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BlackSky  @BlackSky_Inc
Happy to announce that we successfully contacted BlackSky 7 within an hour of separation from the launch vehicle! Thanks to our partners, @LeoStellaLLC and @SpaceflightInc and to @RocketLab for the great ride!

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Flavia Tata Nardini  @flavia_space
Today @RocketLab launched @fleetspace Centauri 3, our 5th satellite in orbit. Full telemetry successfully received in the first passes. Countdown is already on for Centauri 4. Well done team, showing how it is done!! @AusSpaceAgency

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Spaceflight Now  @SpaceflightNow
Rocket Lab launched seven satellites from New Zealand Monday on a mission serving the US and Australian militaries, and space startups.
A spacecraft developed in-house by Rocket Lab also launched as a pathfinder for a NASA moon mission.

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Peter Beck  @Peter_J_Beck
We just sent the magic command and transitioned the rocket kick stage into a Photon satellite. Rocket Lab's very own Photon satellite number 2 is born!

Миссия объявлена полностью успешной!

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Упущенный кадр:

Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow
Rocket Lab confirms a good separation of BlackSky's seventh optical Earth observation microsatellite, the last of six separating payloads on today's mission.

Последняя отделяемая ПН и Фотон

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По 8 TLE  2021-023A .. H :
297.2 556.9 45.01
547.3 558.7 45.00
544.5 559.1 45.00
543.9 558.8 45.00
543.0 558.5 45.00
538.5 558.4 45.00
449.0 460.2 45.00
448.2 457.8 45.00

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https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1379869615770136576

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Photon Pathstone's first 2 weeks on orbit have been busy! Our mission ops team completed flight system checkouts & risk reduction operations for key subsystems that will be used on the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon later this year. So far, Photon has passed with flying colors!

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Over the next two months, our team will perform several flight and ground software updates to test specific CAPSTONE modes and configurations. It's all in prep for for our biggest mission yet.

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Among other systems, we're testing a radio that we'll use to communicate with Photon in the beginning of the mission when its in low Earth orbit and then when it's around 300,000 km from Earth on its way to the Moon
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We're also testing a Rocket Lab built guidance, navigation, and control system that will perform autonomous maneuvers that are coordinated and commanded from the brains of the system, the Rocket Lab built flight computer

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Fleet Space Technologies  @fleetspace
Our Lead Systems Engineer Kody spent time in Italy with  Centauri 3 (currently orbiting 550km above Earth) our 5th and most advanced #payload yet. Deployed by @RocketLab in NZ last month, its #IIoT capabilities will connect multiple remote sensors 24 hours a day.#FleetSpace