NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

High Five

Launch Time
Tue Mar 18, 2025 01:31 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

Mission Details

Kinéis Mission V

Fifth and final 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.

Payloads: 5
Total Mass: 140.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2025

56th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

62nd mission
4th mission of 2025
58th successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission

Electron

62nd mission
4th mission of 2025
58th successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission