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No Electron Launch thread?

ELaNa launch from Mahia, New Zealand. Stream starting in about 45 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Kr3664hJs

>> No.10218993

Thanks anon, I was on a plane and couldn’t make my typical launch thread.

>> No.10219009

>>10218993
Can't say I did a good job of it.

>> No.10219046

>>10218980
15 minute delay. new target is 06:33 UTC

>> No.10219058
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10219058

Youtube is LIVE

https://youtu.be/F7Kr3664hJs

>> No.10219081

5 minutes until launch!

>> No.10219089

We have lift off!

>> No.10219095

>cat pushing button.jpg
Go Electron.

>> No.10219098

What's New Zealand's endgame?

>> No.10219103

There goes the battery packs

>> No.10219106

>>10219098
Kiwi here. Super power by 2020.

>> No.10219108

>>10219098
Sheep in space.

>> No.10219116

smooth as silk!

I've heard there is much less vibration with their electric pumps, so they don't have to build the satellites as robustly, saving weight and engineering effort.

>> No.10219118

>>10219058
Electron-tan when?

>>10219098
Space Rugby on Mars, clearly

>> No.10219121

>>10219106
how much public enthusiasm is there for RocketLab over in NZ? It's pretty impressive that you're into space

>> No.10219123

How do we crowdfund a /sci/ Electron launch cubesat that shitposts from orbit

>> No.10219127

>>10219121
Peter Beck is doing a ton of public outreach, which is neat as fuck.

>>10219123
I'll catch the train to Britomart and then get a Lime to Rocket Lab and ask for a single slot

>> No.10219128

Place full sanctions on New Zealand. The last thing we need is another North Korea on our hands.

Stop them before it's too late.

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10219130

did anyone else find this hilarious?

>>10219123
it would be totally doable, but the entire certification process takes about 5 years. That's a long time

>> No.10219132

>>10219130
Got that in HD? I want a new desktop BG

>> No.10219134

>>10218980
Rooting for garbage electron to go up in smoke. Nobody needs more shitty microsats clogging up the carmen line.

>> No.10219135

>>10219134
Blame NASA this time dude

>> No.10219136

>>10219134
t. Australia

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>>10219132

>> No.10219138

>>10219134
Blame India then.

>> No.10219140

>>10219127
you guys have lime over there? do your hobos smear them with poop as well?

>> No.10219143

>>10219140
They're a fucking plague here. Some stories are great though. Some have appeared over 300 kilometres away from any charging place

>> No.10219177

"Mr. Beck, I don't feel so good."

>> No.10219179

Oh come on, no actual camera footage?

>> No.10219182

>>10219179
Gotta save weight on the kick stage. Need all the delta v as possible

>> No.10219183

>>10219137
looks like a scene out of Iron Sky

>> No.10219187

>>10219179
would be hard to mount a camera to be able to see anything. The whole top part is for mounting the dispensers

>> No.10219198

>>10219187
Possibly that, possibly also having to pay for video bandwidth from the other side of the planet.