Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:01:00

Friday September 20, 2024

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Launch Notes

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

Kinéis Mission II

Second 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.

Manufacturer: Hemeria

Operator: Kinéis

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

5 Payloads

140 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Electron/Curie

Active Since 2018


Price

$7.50 million

Rocket

Height: 18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 320 kg

Liftoff Thrust

224 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.2m

Height: 4.05m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Rocket Lab LC-1A

Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 1 hour

Stats

Electron


53rd

Mission

11th

Mission of 2024

Rocket Lab


53rd

Mission

11th

Mission of 2024

2024


175th

Orbital launch attempt