Electron/Curie | Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Status

Success

Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Launch Time
Fri Sep 20, 2024 23:01 UTC

First launch from Rocket Lab's LC-1A since July 2022.

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Image Credit: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab

Status: Active

Price: $7.5 million

Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN

Payload to LEO: 320 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 18.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m

Fairing Height: 4.05 m

Details

Mission Details

Kinéis 6-10

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.

Payloads: 5

Total Mass: 150.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

Location

Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

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Stats

2024

175th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

53rd mission

11th mission of 2024

49th successful mission

12th consecutive successful mission

Electron

53rd mission

11th mission of 2024

49th successful mission

12th consecutive successful mission