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The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)
Electron
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITERocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission
First 2 satellites (named MR-1 and MR-2) of UK-based Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world, using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Polar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
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.
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 1.2 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 80
- First flight
- 2017-05-25
Recorded timing
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3h 5m windowPublished target
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Target ·
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Flight timeline
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- T−00:02:00
Startup
- T−00:00:02
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:00:56
Supersonic
- T+00:01:07
Max-Q
- T+00:02:25
MECO
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- T+00:02:28
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:31
SES
- T+00:03:11
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:24
Battery Hotswap
- T+00:08:59
SECO
- T+00:09:04
Kick Stage Separation
- T+01:04:13
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+01:08:57
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+01:09:47
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Mission coverage
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