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Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:55:00

Monday November 25, 2024

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Launched only 22 hours after the HASTE launch of HIPPO from Wallops, marking the first time Rocket Lab launched twice within 24 hours.

Kinéis Mission III

Third 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-1B

Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Fastest Turnaround

8 days 20 hours

Stats

Electron


56th

Mission

14th

Mission of 2024

Rocket Lab


56th

Mission

14th

Mission of 2024

2024


222nd

Orbital launch attempt