Electron/Curie | IoT 4 You and Me

Status

Success

IoT 4 You and Me

Launch Time
Sat Feb 08, 2025 20:43 UTC

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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

Details

Mission Details

Kinéis 16-20

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.

Payloads: 5

Total Mass: 150.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

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Stats

2025

28th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

59th mission

1st mission of 2025

55th successful mission

18th consecutive successful mission

Electron

59th mission

1st mission of 2025

55th successful mission

18th consecutive successful mission