Running Out Of Toes
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:11:00
Saturday May 15, 2021
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Launch Notes
2nd stage Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system failed just after engine ignition due to engine igniter operations causing corruption of signals within the engine computer.
BlackSky 8 and 9
BlackSky Global 10 and 11 are the eighth and ninthth of sixty high resolution earth observation microsatellites in the BlackSky constellation. This constellation will provide real-time earth observation. the constellation is built by Blacksky, a SpaceFlight Subsidiary, and the satellites are produced by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space.
Low Earth Orbit
2 Payloads
112 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
Rocket LabPrice
$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
Stats
Electron
20th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2021
Rocket Lab
20th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2021
2021
42nd
Orbital launch attempt