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Electron: Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)

Rideshare mission with 3 HawkEye 360 satellites.

Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Electron: Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)

Mission Data

Rocket Lab
🇺🇸Rocket LabEst. 2006
Launch VehicleElectron
Vehicle Record95 of 99 launches (96%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record95 successes / 4 failures (96%)
Success Streak58 consecutive
Mission TypeDedicated Rideshare
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Location🇺🇸 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#13
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad13
Launches From This Site87
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Electron

Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.

Launch updates

  1. Success confirmed

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  2. Liftoff

  3. Coverage live

  4. 24 hour delay due to weather.

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  5. Weather 85% GO

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  6. Targeting between January 23 23:00 UTC and January 24 01:00 UTC

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  7. Now targeting January due to strong upper-level winds

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  8. NET December 20 LT

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  9. Scrub due to weather, 24 hour recycle

  10. Coverage live

Launch Site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · 37.8333°N 75.4882°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.