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Rocket Lab "High Five" launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
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High Five

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-03-18 01:31 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZDT) | 2025-03-18 14:31 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Kinéis | | Payload | Kinéis Mission V | | Target orbit | LEO |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-31hJeW1ec | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CC5_hmqH44 | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJa0ak2i6fE |

Stats

  • 4th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • 62nd overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Kinéis Mission V

Fifth and final batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 28 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.

Previous mission: The Lightning God Reigns

Next mission: Finding Hot Wildfires Near You

Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here! Also feel free to leave feedback or suggestions for the mod team. We’re a relatively new community, so feedback is very valuable!

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Battery hot-swap confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1901713067467272463

Welcome to launch day.

Today our 62nd Electron rocket is scheduled to take flight.

Mission: High Five
Customer: @KineisIoT

Launch Date: 2:31 p.m. NZDT, March 18 (01:31 UTC)
Launch Site: LC-1
Payload: 5x internet-of-things satellites

Tune into the webcast from T-20 mins: http://rocketlabusa.com/live-stream

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Rocket Lab are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-31hJeW1ec

Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer - Reaction Wheels) and Jessica Hepworth (GNC Engineer - Neutron) are hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

MECO, stage separation, stage 2 ignition, and fairing jettison confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Go no-go poll is complete. Everything is green.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

SECO and kickstage separation confirmed.

Curie burn and payload deployment scheduled for ~T+54 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Deployment of all five Kinéis satellites confirmed. Mission success, webcast concluded!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Hosted webcast is back. Curie burns were successful. Payload deployment is imminent.