"Owl The Way Up" StriX-2 – Electron/Kick Stage (fl 58) – Mahia LC-1B (NZ) – 21.12.2024 14:17 UTC

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1864798781751070985

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
The owl is back
Next on the pad at LC-1? A dedicated Electron launch for @Synspective

Mission: Owl The Way Up
Launch window: No earlier than 18 Dec NZT.
Mission info: http://rocketlabusa.com/next-mission

[zandr]

По ссылке

Next Launch
Mission Name: Owl The Way Up
Rocket: Electron
Launch Date: 18 December 2024 NZT
Launch Site: Launch Complex 1
Launch Time: 03:00 - 04:15 am NZT
Payload: Strix

Mission Overview
The "Owl The Way Up" mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens on December 18th NZDT (December 17 UTC). The mission will deploy a single StriX satellite to orbit for Synspective. The mission will be the sixth in a total of 16 launches booked on Electron for Synspective, a Japanese Earth observation company operating a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites designed to deliver imagery that can detect millimetre-level changes to the Earth's surface from space. Rocket Lab first launched for Synspective in December 2020 and has been the sole launch provider for Synspective's constellation to date.

A live webcast will be available from T-20 mins on launch day at www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1868782997165818018

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Launch update
With heavy rain and strong winds at LC-1 in the coming days, we're now targeting no earlier than Dec 20 NZT for our next Electron launch.
 Mission: Owl The Way Up
 Customer: @synspective
Lift-off:
NZT | 3:00 am, 20 Dec
PT | 6:00 am, 19 Dec
ET | 9:00 am, 19 Dec
UTC | 14:00, 19 Dec

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1869623681586274779

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
We made a list (of launch commit criteria), checked it twice (against the weather forecast), and determined conditions for lift-off were naughty not nice.
As a result we're now targeting 21 Dec NZT for the launch of 'Owl The Way Up' for @Synspective.

NZT  3:00 am, 21 Dec
PT  6:00 am, 20 Dec
ET  9:00 am, 20 Dec
UTC  14:00, 20 Dec

Завтра.

[zandr]

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Successful ignitor test and a T-0 lift-off time now scheduled within tonight's launch window for @synspective
 
Launch scheduled for:
NZDT  3:13 am
UTC  14:13
PST  06:13 am
EST  9:13 am

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870094326593925577

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
When Electron starts frosting over, you know it's almost go time
Liquid oxygen is now flowing into Electron's first and second stage tanks for flight.

Идёт заправка РКН.

[zandr]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4IlftNI1A

SCRUB | Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' Launch
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[zandr]

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Today's T-0 has been adjusted to:
NZDT  4:03 am
UTC  15:03
PST  07:03 am
EST  10:03 am
Webcast live from ~T-20 minutes: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4IlftNI1A

[zandr]

SCRUB - отмена

[zandr]

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
We are standing down from today's launch attempt for @Synspective to take a closer look at sensor data.

We have back-up opportunities in the coming days, so standby for the new launch date shortly.

Какой-то датчик заглючил (

[Pirat5]

Прошло 7 лет от 1го пуска, минуло более 50 пусков.
Компания удивила нас новой версией суборбитальной ракеты (HASTE), построили новый космодром на Wallops, порадовала разгонным блоком....
Но так и не далеко ушла от надёжности первых-вторых пусков.
Это все ещё та же картинка многолетней давности.
Через пару десятков лет она дорастёт на следующий шаг.
Зачем ей на текущем уровне более мощная ракета?
Загубить её и отвадить инвесторов?

[zandr]

По вчерашнему сценарию
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870328270274859083

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Space awaits!
We are proceeding with a launch attempt for the 'Owl The Way Up' mission overnight.
Launch window opens:
 NZDT  3:13 am (22 Dec)
 UTC  14:13 (21 Dec)
 PST  6:13 am (21 Dec)
 EST  9:13 am (21 Dec)

Mission info: http://rocketlab.co.nz/next-mission

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870383337736691868

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Inside Electron's fairing for this launch is a single StriX satellite for @Synspective.
In a few hours, it will join a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites designed to deliver imagery that can detect millimeter-level changes to the Earth's surface from space.
Launch window opens:
 NZDT  3:13 am
 UTC  14:13
 PST  6:13 am
 EST  9:13 am

[Demir_Binici]

Прошло 7 лет от 1го пуска, минуло более 50 пусков.

Просто уточняю. Прошло более 7 с половиной лет. Минуло 55 орбитальных пусков, из которых успешны 51. Ещё 3 суборбитальных и все успешны.

Но так и не далеко ушла от надёжности первых-вторых пусков.

Это да. Четыре неудачи на 58 (даже включая суборбитальные для ракеты орбитального класса) пусков это хуже PSLV, хотя и лучше CZ-5, Titan-23G, Союз-2.1в, Рокот, Vega, Протон-М, Pegasus, Зенит-2/3, Titan-401A/B Centaur-T и GSLV Mk II .

[zandr]

Далее... на 4 минуты
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870426311996625165

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
Ignitor test complete for Electron's nine Rutherford engines, and an updated lift-off time for tonight's "Owl The Way Up" mission for @synspective.
Launch scheduled for:
NZDT  3:17 am
UTC  14:17
PST  6:17 am
EST   9:17 am

Провели тест зажигания всех 9-ти движков.

[zandr]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870441767893700806

Rocket Lab  @RocketLab
We've been the sole launch provider for @Synspective   since we launched their 1st  StriX spacecraft in 2020. 

Today's launch will be our 6th of a total of 16 launches booked with the team at Synspective.

Webcast live from T-20 mins: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-7VZB4pHJrQ

[zandr]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7VZB4pHJrQ

Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' Launch
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[zandr]

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