KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
Electron's 100th mission. It's almost time.
"The Mountain God Rises" will carry a QPS-SAR satellite for @QPS_Inc to a 575km LEO from Launch Complex 1 no earlier than Saturday Nov 14.
Launch window opens:
🚀6:30pm NZDT
🚀05:30 UTC
🚀2:30pm JST
🚀12:30am Eastern
🚀9:30pm Pacific (Nov 13)
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
We've just signed Electron's largest commercial launch contract ever: 20x new launches with Earth-observation constellation operator @synspective 🚀🦉
That brings the total number of Synspective launches on Electron to 47 - the most of any Rocket Lab launch customer. We're proud to continue building out their low Earth orbit constellation through to 2031.
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
It’s official: @IridiumComm shareholders have voted and approved the acquisition by Rocket Lab ✅
By joining forces, we’ll be creating a vertically-integrated space powerhouse that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations to bring critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.
Full details and next steps: bit.ly/3T53qq1
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
Starship’s twelfth flight test will debut the next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, powered by the next evolution of the Raptor engine and launching from a newly designed pad at Starbase. The launch is targeted as early as Tuesday, May 19 → spacex.com/launches/starship…
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
Liftoff.
The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.
Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
Who cares about talking to Mars? We all should.
Read: 6 reasons the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter matters to us all.
rocketlabcorp.com/updates/6-…
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
SpaceX has acquired xAI, forming one of the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engines on (and off) Earth → spacex.com/updates#xai-joins…
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
🟡Gold just fired its longest burn yet — 97.7 seconds.
On January 6, our Explorer spacecraft for @NASA and @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission successfully completed its second trajectory correction maneuver, sending Gold past the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrange point and into its months-long deep-space cruise phase alongside its twin, Blue. 🌍➡️🔴
Read more: bit.ly/49sy6W2
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
Launch update: With strong ground winds over LC-1 expected tomorrow, we are now targeting no earlier than Sunday December 14 NZDT for the launch of “RAISE And Shine” for @jaxa_en
Launch window opens:
🚀UTC 03:00, Dec 14
🚀NZDT 4:00pm, Dec 14
🚀JST 12:00pm, Dec 14
🚀PT 7:00pm, Dec 13
🚀ET 10:00pm, Dec 13
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
It’s launch day! Our next Electron mission from LC-1 is “Bridging The Swarm” for @kaistpr, scheduled for liftoff today from 1:55 pm NZDT/00:55 UTC.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZDT
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
MISSION SUCCESS for our 74th Electron launch, with successful payload deployment confirmed for the QPS-SAR-14/YACHIHOKO-I satellite for @QPS_inc.
KiwiSpace Foundation retweeted
📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
🇯🇵 ‘The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for @QPS_Inc, making Rocket Lab the go-to provider for their Earth-imaging constellation.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
