Second batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
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Electron | Kinéis 11-15
Fri 29, Nov 2024 07:00:PM
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission Details
Third batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
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Electron | NZSA Venus Mission
Sun 29, Dec 2024 07:00:PM
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission Details
NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket.
The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.
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Electron | Kinéis 16-20
Mon 30, Dec 2024 07:00:PM
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Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Fourth batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
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Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 1
Mon 30, Dec 2024 07:00:PM
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Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
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Electron
Family
Length
18
Diameter
1.2
Launch Mass
13
Low Earth Orbit Capacity
300
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.
Rocket Lab | USA
Launchers
Electron
Spacecraft
Total Launches
52
Successful Launches
4
Upcoming Launches
32
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
