IoT 4 You and Me

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:43:00

Saturday February 8, 2025

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Mission Details

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Kineis Mission IV

Fourth 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.

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

General Trajectory

SE

SW

Launching

South

Rocket Lab LC-1A

Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 1 hour

Stats

Electron


59th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2025

Rocket Lab


59th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2025

2025


28th

Orbital launch attempt