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Stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPIhI5mRDRI

Mission summary:
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/

>‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical’ is a dedicated mission for Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand.
>Capella’s payload, ‘Sequoia’, is a single 100 kg class microsatellite which will be the first publicly available satellite in the company’s commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) constellation. By positioning the satellite to a 45-degree inclination, Capella Space will maximize coverage over important areas such as the Middle East, Korea, Japan, Europe, South East Asia, Africa, and the U.S.
>The mission name is a nod to Capella’s SAR technology that provides high quality images of the Earth day or night, and in any weather conditions. Capella’s space-based radar can detect sub-0.5 meter changes on the surface of the Earth, providing insights and data that can be used for security, agricultural and infrastructure monitoring, as well as disaster response and recovery.

T0 currently estimated for:
03:05 UTC
20:05 PT
23:05 ET
15:05 NZT

>> No.12068587

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1300242359293108224

>> No.12068591
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>>12068570
Based thread and based company. Let's wish electron and Rocketlab a great return to orbit!

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>>12068570
How I picture Electron vs Atlas V, seeing as Tory refers to Atlas as Male

>> No.12068593

>normal companies
>names the mission after the payload

>rocket lab
>gives the mission a meme name
Why do they do it?

>> No.12068594

*jettisons the charged battery pack again*
haha woops!

>> No.12068600

>>12068593
They have carbon fiber fuselages and PROONTed engines so I'm pretty sure Peter Beck posts on /sfg/.

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>>12068593

>gives the mission a meme name

Rocket lab isn’t special in this regard. Well, they’re the only ones who put their mark into the mission names but the practice of doing reference names is an epidemic in this field.

This whole (Western) generation of newcomers to spaceflight are a clique of giant nerds. SpaceX has pic related for their official logo shit. That thing should be rolling initiative against kni/tg/ts, not ferrying people to space.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a32466077/space-force-star-trek-kobayashi-maru/

SPOC, METROID, STARFOX.

Huge nerds.

>> No.12068723

Stream is live!

>>12068714
It's not just this generation. The first Shuttle prototype was named Enterprise specifically because of Star Trek.

>> No.12068731

Electron is cute

CUTE!

>> No.12068736

haha what do her fumes smell like lolll

>> No.12068738

eager to see this thing get caught by a helicopter in midair. will be good to have another company in the reusable club

>> No.12068745

oh shit, LAND catch of the booster

>> No.12068747

fight 17? man that's not far off.

>> No.12068748

Lmao it broke some farmer's fence

>> No.12068750

>>12068731
Must protecc

>> No.12068752

>>12068731
How small is Electron compared to Falcon 9

>> No.12068756

>>12068752
Super tiny. 350kg max payload.

>> No.12068757

>>12068752
about the size of the landing legs.

>> No.12068758

why do new zeaniggers talk so fucking retarded
this is almost as bad as listening to canadians

>> No.12068759

>>12068752
Electron:
Height 17 m (56 ft)
Diameter 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Mass 12,500 kg (27,600 lb)

Falcon 9:
Height 70 m (230 ft)
Diameter 3.7 m (12 ft)
Mass 549,054 kg (1,210,457 lb)

>> No.12068763

HOLD HOLD HOLD

>> No.12068766

>That long pause between 1 and liftoff

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WOOSH!

>> No.12068768

what do the cows think about it

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Max Q!

>> No.12068770

>>12068768
We will soon know with Neuralink.

>> No.12068771

>>12068768
they're confused

>> No.12068773

*batteries die*

>> No.12068774

>>12068768
the sheep are confused

>> No.12068778

>>12068770
based

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Staged! Vacuum engine burning.

>> No.12068782

Another great victory for SLS.

>> No.12068783

man what a great day

>> No.12068784

>km/h
fucking STOP gross holy shit get those hours the FUCK out of here

>> No.12068786

pretty view

>> No.12068787

NOTHING will go wrong on the hotswap

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>hotswap successful
>pics and it did happen

>> No.12068790

hotswap succeeded!

>> No.12068792

>>12068787
based psychic

>> No.12068797

Seems kind of wobbly?

>> No.12068798

Are those hot spots on the nozzle?

>> No.12068800

>>12068786
indeed! NZ tourism board should sponsor these launches.

(I'm still surprised they don't have battery hotswap on their timeline.)

>> No.12068801

SECO!

>>12068797
I think that's an artifact of bad stream bitrates.

>> No.12068802

is it just me, or is Peter Beck significantly more illuminated in mission control?

>> No.12068806

Electron is a speedy rocket, less than ten minutes to orbit.

>> No.12068807

>>12068714
Was this logo by SpaceX or NASA? I recall NASA and SpaceX had different patches for DM-2.

>> No.12068809

dr. chrispy

>> No.12068810

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlMFit6nd6I
holy shit look at this fuckin hobbit lmfao

>> No.12068812

>>12068802
Its his hair. There's a guy few consoles over as brightly lit but didn't really pop out.

>> No.12068814

Well at least I can get the mission patch for this one. I have every patch except Pics or It Didn't Happen. Might just send one department and email just asking if I can make my own as they never made any

>> No.12068815

kiwis are tough, bouncing back from a payload loss in like 2 months takes grit. hopefully we get reuse before the end of the year.

>> No.12068817

>>12068797
It's a small. rocket, the smallest amount of gimble control will make look wobbly

>> No.12068819

>>12068810
Used to also make pulse engines too for a hobby. Also yes that MC is in a tin shed

>> No.12068822

>>12068810
>That purely unadultered joy and nerdgasm.
Please don't change kiwibro

>> No.12068827

>>12068810
This is amazing. Makes me realize I know basically none of Rocket Lab's pre-Electron history.

>> No.12068829

>>12068827
Look up Mark Rocket, that name is sort of important
t. kiwi

>> No.12068831

>>12068810
from a group of enthusiast dorks to an international company launching payloads in less than 10 years.

unfathomably based

>> No.12068877

>>12068819
>Also yes that MC is in a tin shed
And it was all Peter doing it by hand. That was great.

>> No.12068883

>>12068877
Him haphazardly counting down and then slamming a button to launch was my favorite part. I almost feel bad for him that orbital launch mission control isn't like that.

>> No.12068884

>>12068570
I hate New Zealand
That is all

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