NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Live and Let Fly (USA-352) (NROL-123) & Others

Launch Time
Thu Mar 21, 2024 07:25 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

(USA-352) (NROL-123)

NROL-123 is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Mola

Mola is a cubesat that includes two payload experiments built by NPS – a terahertz imaging camera (TIC) and an LED on-orbit payload (LOOP) – and a radio transmitter built by New Zealand’s Defense Science and Technology unit.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Aerocube 16A & 16B

A technology demonstration in Low Earth Orbit, consisting of a pair of 6U CubeSats hosting a number of advanced materials experiments. Technical data from AeroCube-16, including results from this experiment, will be used to validate ground test data and inform future research.

Payloads: 2
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Stats

2024

54th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

46th mission
4th mission of 2024
42nd successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission

Electron

46th mission
4th mission of 2024
42nd successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission