Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)

Launch information

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Mission description

Dedicated mission for a single communication microsatellite that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit. The launch will be Rocket Lab’s 18th Electron mission.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)’.

Launch image Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Jan. 20, 2021, 7:26 a.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T) (PO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Type

Communications

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
47346 GMS-T SSO 90.11 GERMANY In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6041

To this date

Location Launch

#18

To this date

Pad Launch

#18

To this date

Agency Launch

#18

To this date

Orbital Launch

#4

Year 2021

Location Launch

#1

Year 2021

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2021

Agency Launch

#1

Year 2021

Latest news about the launch

News about the space mission ‘Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)’ are fetched daily from the best sources online.

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Another One Leaves The Crust begins busy year for Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab started its busiest year with the dedicated launch of a micro-satellite aboard their Electron rocket for OHB Group on Wednesday.

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Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB

ocket Lab successfully launched a communications satellite for German company OHB Group Jan. 20 in the first Electron mission of the year.

News about space launch Electron | Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T)
Rocket Lab launches communications satellite for OHB

A mysterious small satellite built by the German company OHB, purported to be a pathfinder for a Chinese-owned communications constellation, took off from New Zealand Wednesday and soared into orbit on top of a Rocket Lab Electron launcher.


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