Second 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.

Previous mission: A Sky Full Of SARs

Next mission: TBD

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836483969304662306

Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1. It’s almost time to go to space.

Lift-off:
🚀 NZST = 11:00 am
🚀 EDT = 7:00 pm
🚀 PDT = 4:00 pm
🚀 UTC = 11:00 pm
📺 Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Launch abort upon engine ignition.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I'd be keen to hear more once there are updates.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055

Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854

Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.

No details on what sensor it was, but it sounds like it's not too serious. Hope they can quickly identify the cause and try again in a day or two.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for the update! You're right, it doesn't sound too serious.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

New T-0 roughly 90 minutes from now. (23:01 UTC, 11:01 NZST)

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nice, thanks for the heads up!

Edit: got it on the TV with 3 kids watching!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Webcast is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo

Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer) and Andrew Haigh (Senior Software Engineer) are hosting.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Since it was an instantaneous launch window, that's a scrub for the day.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Battery hotswap confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1837241523949424741

Liquid oxygen propellant is now filling Electron as the countdown to launch continues.

Now just under T-2 hours to lift-off from LC-1 Pad A for today’s ‘Kineis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Fairing jettison confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Go no-go poll is complete; they are go for terminal count.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

SECO and kickstage separation confirmed. Curie engine burn scheduled for T+51 minutes.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Payload deploy confirmed!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Second Curie burn confirmed.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

First Curie burn confirmed.