LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Sun Feb 18 2024
Rocket Lab

ADRAS-J

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(2:52 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(2:52 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(2:52 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Electron

Description:

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.

Electron rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Earth Science
  • The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) mission consists of a spacecraft developed and operated by Astroscale aiming to rendezvous with and characterize a large piece of debris. Its target is the H-2A upper stage left in Low Earth Orbit after the launch of the GOSAT Earth observation satellite in 2009.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B