Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)

Launch information

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Mission description

Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space. First mission to fly with a reused engine.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)’.

Launch image Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Aug. 23, 2023, 11:45 p.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

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

Mission

We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1) (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)’ 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
57693 CAPELLA-11 (ACADIA) LEO 53.01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6501

To this date

Location Launch

#37

To this date

Pad Launch

#11

To this date

Agency Launch

#40

To this date

Orbital Launch

#133

Year 2023

Location Launch

#5

Year 2023

Pad Launch

#5

Year 2023

Agency Launch

#8

Year 2023

Latest news about the launch

News about the space mission ‘Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)’ are fetched daily from the best sources online.

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RocketLab Flys Recovered Electron Engine For First Time

Rocket Lab has achieved a significant milestone in the effort to make Electron reusable, for the first time the company has flown an engine that had previously flown before and was recovered from the ocean.

News about space launch Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)
The re-flight of a Rutherford engine demonstrates rocket reuse is here to stay

"The data is in, perfect performance from the reused engine."

News about space launch Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)
Rocket Lab launches 40th mission, first re-flown Rutherford engine

Rocket Lab’s ‘We Love the Nightlife’ mission lifted off at 11:45 a.m. NZST (23:45 UTC), bringing the Acadia satellite to orbit and...


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