NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

The Beat Goes On

Launch Time
Fri Mar 24, 2023 09:14 UTC

Rocket

Electron/Curie
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

Vehicles

Splashdown

F35 1st Stage

Flight #1
6th Electron recovery attempt
6th successful Electron recovery
6th consecutive successful Electron landing and recovery

Mission Details

BlackSky 9 and 10

BlackSky 9 and 10 are part 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.

The second generation of satellites has improved solar arrays and better imaging equipment.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 224.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2023

46th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

35th mission
3rd mission of 2023
32nd successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission

Electron

35th mission
3rd mission of 2023
32nd successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission