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Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-06-20 18:13
Scheduled for (NZST) 2024-06-21 06:13
Launch site Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Booster recovery No
Launch vehicle Electron + Curie
Customers Kinéis
Payloads Kinéis 1-5
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecraft into Low Earth Orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
Rocket Lab (official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpQkHw9s1I
Everyday Astronaut
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjEdn_6evjs
The Launch Pad

Stats

  • This will be the 8th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • This will be the 🎉 50th 🎉 overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

First batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each. The constellation will enable Kinéis, a company backed by private and public investors including the French government’s space agency CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) and CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) an international space-based solutions provider, to improve its global IoT connectivity.

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  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    10 days ago

    They shared some Neutron updates during the webcast:

    • Concrete has been poured for the pad
    • Water tower for the deluge system has been constructed
    • Propellant tank installation is under way
    • Assembly and integration complex is taking shape
    • First launch of Neutron is currently scheduled for “mid-next year”.