NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Four Of A Kind

Launch Time
Wed Jan 31, 2024 06:34 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

F43 1st Stage

Flight #1
9th Electron recovery attempt
9th successful Electron recovery
9th consecutive successful Electron landing and recovery

Mission Details

Four Of A Kind

The Skylark satellites, built and operated by Spire, will monitor all near-Earth orbits from space, delivering enhanced Space Situational Awareness services to the global satellite community, with timely and precise information for space object detection, tracking, orbit determination, collision avoidance, navigation, and proximity alerts. The satellites will be placed into 530 km altitude circular orbits.

Payloads: 4
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2024

22nd orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

43rd mission
1st mission of 2024
39th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission

Electron

43rd mission
1st mission of 2024
39th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission