First Curie burn confirmed.
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Second Curie burn confirmed.
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1837241523949424741
Liquid oxygen propellant is now filling Electron as the countdown to launch continues.
Now just under T-2 hours to lift-off from LC-1 Pad A for today’s ‘Kineis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission.
Payload deploy confirmed!
Go no-go poll is complete; they are go for terminal count.
Liftoff!
MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition!
Fairing jettison confirmed.
Battery hotswap confirmed.
SECO and kickstage separation confirmed. Curie engine burn scheduled for T+51 minutes.
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836483969304662306
Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1. It’s almost time to go to space.
Lift-off:
🚀 NZST = 11:00 am
🚀 EDT = 7:00 pm
🚀 PDT = 4:00 pm
🚀 UTC = 11:00 pm
📺 Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo
Webcast is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPkZOKYvWo
Prachi Sukhnani (Avionics Engineer) and Andrew Haigh (Senior Software Engineer) are hosting.
Launch abort upon engine ignition.
Ooh something happened on engine ignition? I'd be keen to hear more once there are updates.
Tweets from Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:
https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1836553721708237055
Just an abort triggered by a piece of ground support equipment not reaching its target in the allocated time. We like everything on the ground to be just as happy as everything in the sky.
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1836554238367010854
Mission update: In today’s launch attempt for @KineisIoT during ignition at T-0, Electron’s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis’ payload all remain healthy. Standby for info on our next launch attempt.
No details on what sensor it was, but it sounds like it's not too serious. Hope they can quickly identify the cause and try again in a day or two.
Thanks for the update! You're right, it doesn't sound too serious.
New T-0 roughly 90 minutes from now. (23:01 UTC, 11:01 NZST)
Nice, thanks for the heads up!
Edit: got it on the TV with 3 kids watching!
Since it was an instantaneous launch window, that's a scrub for the day.