Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-20 23:01 | |

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This will be the 11th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
This will be the 53rd overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

Second batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each. The constellation will enable Kinéis, a company backed by private and public investors including the French government’s space agency CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) and CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) an international space-based solutions provider, to improve its global IoT connectivity.

Previous mission: A Sky Full Of SARs

Next mission: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Launch abort upon engine ignition.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I'd be keen to hear more once there are updates.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055

Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854

Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.