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

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

07:25:00

Thursday March 21, 2024

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

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(USA-352) (NROL-123)

Wiki

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

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

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.

Low Earth Orbit

2 Payloads

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

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

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C)

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

8 days

Stats

Electron


46th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2024

Rocket Lab


46th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2024

2024


54th

Orbital launch attempt