Electron/Curie | Ice AIS Baby

Status

Success

Ice AIS Baby

Launch Time
Mon Nov 25, 2024 03:55 UTC

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

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Rocket

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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

Details

Mission Details

Kinéis 11-15

Third batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 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.

Payloads: 5

Total Mass: 150.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2024

222nd orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

56th mission

14th mission of 2024

52nd successful mission

15th consecutive successful mission

Electron

56th mission

14th mission of 2024

52nd successful mission

15th consecutive successful mission