Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Launch information
Favourite EmbedMission description
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: April 23, 2024, 10:32 p.m.
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1) (SSO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Rocket Lab |
Rocket |
Electron |
Location |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand |
Pad |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B |
Type |
Dedicated Rideshare |
Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) |
Satellites on-board
Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.
Launch statistics
Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.
Orbital Launch
#6667
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Location Launch
#43
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Pad Launch
#17
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Agency Launch
#47
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Orbital Launch
#78
Year 2024
Location Launch
#4
Year 2024
Pad Launch
#4
Year 2024
Agency Launch
#5
Year 2024
Latest news about the launch
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Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit
Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign by using the NASA ap...
Rocket Lab successfully launches the ‘Beginning of the Swarm’ mission
Rocket Lab successfully launched the “Beginning of the Swarm” mission, its 47th overall yesterday. Electron took the skies at 10:32 am NZT...
Electron launches South Korean imaging satellite and NASA solar sail
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean smallsat and a NASA solar sail experiment on the company’s fifth flight of the year April 23.
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