{"id":10011,"date":"2024-09-18T22:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-5-internet-of-things-satellites-following-mid-week-scrub\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T22:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:37:16","slug":"rocket-lab-launches-5-internet-of-things-satellites-following-mid-week-scrub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-5-internet-of-things-satellites-following-mid-week-scrub\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab launches 5 Internet of Things satellites following mid-week scrub"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67411\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67411\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240920_RL_E-53_launch_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240920_RL_E-53_launch_small.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240920_RL_E-53_launch_small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240920_RL_E-53_launch_small-678x381.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240920_RL_E-53_launch_small-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from New Zealand on the \u201cKin\u00e9is Killed the RadIOT Star\u201d mission on Sept. 21, 2024, local time. Image: Rocket Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Sept. 21: Rocket Lab confirms successful&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><b><i>deployment of the payload.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab launched its 53rd Electron rocket on a mission for the France-based Internet of Things company, Kin\u00e9is. The second attempt for the mission comes after the rocket aborted after the nine Rutherford engines began firing about two seconds prior to the planned liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>The mission, dubbed \u2018Kin\u00e9is Killed the RadIOT Star\u2019 by Rocket Lab, lifted off from Launch Complex 1 Pad A on Sept. 21 at 11:01 a.m. NZST (Sept. 20 at 7:01 p.m. EDT, 2301 UTC).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/beVTGh_PrA0?si=gkrAPj81yiIBoU0u\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday evening post on X, formerly Twitter, Rocket Lab said that \u201cElectron\u2019s flight computer aborted on a ground systems sensor trigger and safely shut down the engines. Electron, the launch pad, and Kineis\u2019 payload all remain healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1836541684059914452&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F09%2F18%2Frocket-lab-to-launch-2nd-mission-for-internet-of-things-company-kineis%2F&amp;sessionId=79c3f640e02f0426524f14dcf0c2107fb5813652&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1836541684059914452\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461241961108227=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just as the Electron rocket\u2019s engines were igniting, an abort of the \u2018Kin\u00e9is Killed the RadIOT Star\u2019 mission was called.<\/p>\n<p>Mission background: https:\/\/t.co\/9UV0ShGvcz<\/p>\n<p>Watch: pic.twitter.com\/ecPcTgP7si<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) September 18, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the 1st mission referred to the town of Kin\u00e9is (\u2018No Time Toulouse\u2019), the name of this 2nd mission is borrowed from music, with a little flashback to the late 70s, with the hit by British group The Buggles, \u2018Video Killed the Radio Star,\u2019 Kin\u00e9is said in a statement. \u201cThe Radio\/RadIoT pun is reminiscent of the French company\u2019s commercial ambition to capture 30% of the global IoT market in the medium term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the \u2018No Time Toulouse\u2019 mission, which launched on June 19, 2024, this will be the second out of five planned missions to fill out Kin\u00e9is\u2019 constellation of 25 satellites in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kin\u00e9is teams are ready to build on the success of the 1st launch. They have capitalized on this first and delicate technical experience of putting our first 5 satellites into position and are delivering a real technical performance in managing the 5 new satellites simultaneously, in addition to the 5 already in the air,\u201d said Alexandre Tisserant, the chairman of Kin\u00e9is in a statement. \u201cRocket Lab\u2019s Electron launcher made a major contribution to this success, thanks to the precision with which it injected our nanosatellites into their positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IoT revolution is underway. Thanks to our space-based connectivity, we\u2019ll be able to connect any object anywhere in the world in near real time. Go Kin\u00e9is!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The satellites are designed to allow for greater technology use in remote destinations around the globe in three main areas: tracking, monitoring and alerting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKin\u00e9is\u2019 space connectivity applications are used in a number of fields that represent major challenges for mankind, its activities and its environment today: natural risk prevention (detection of forest fires, floods, pollution, etc.), monitoring of infrastructures and energy networks (detection of anomalies, predictive maintenance, etc.), transport and logistics monitoring, agriculture, traceability of wild and farmed animals, and monitoring of commercial and leisure maritime activities,\u201d the company wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1836390271912681686&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F09%2F18%2Frocket-lab-to-launch-2nd-mission-for-internet-of-things-company-kineis%2F&amp;sessionId=79c3f640e02f0426524f14dcf0c2107fb5813652&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1836390271912681686\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461241961108227=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude80\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f680.svg\"> T-10 HOURS UNTIL LAUNCH! <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude80\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f680.svg\"><\/p>\n<p>In just 10 hours, @RocketLab will launch 5 new Kin\u00e9is IoT satellites into space, marking a stride in our mission to connect any device, anywhere. This brings us halfway to our goal to constitute a constellation of 25 satellites delivering near\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/J22vtbJekG<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kineis IoT (@KineisIoT) September 18, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the satellites began following the second of two planned burns on the Electron\u2019s Kick Stage, which happens a little more than one hour and five minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the first Curie engine burn to circularize the Kick Stage\u2019s orbit, Curie will ignite again for an eight second burn to set a specific argument of perigee, enabling Kin\u00e9is to deploy five satellites to a precise location,\u201d Rocket Lab wrote regarding the deployment. \u201cAll five satellites will be deployed in a precise sequence in singles and as pairs to build out the constellation exactly as Kin\u00e9is needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the specific dates for the next three launches after this mid-week flight have not been announced, Kin\u00e9is said that the launch timeline overall was generally \u201cbetween June 2024 and early 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner again with Kin\u00e9is on this transformative project to advance the future of global connectivity. The precise deployment capabilities of our Electron launcher are crucial for the success of Kin\u00e9is\u2019 constellation,\u201d said Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, in a statement. \u201cThis second launch is not just about placing satellites; it\u2019s about enabling a new era of global IoT integration. Together, we are setting the stage for unparalleled innovation and connectivity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from New Zealand on the \u201cKin\u00e9is Killed the RadIOT Star\u201d mission on Sept. 21, 2024, local time. Image: Rocket Lab Update Sept. 21: Rocket Lab confirms successful&nbsp;deployment of the payload. Rocket Lab launched its 53rd Electron rocket on a mission for the France-based Internet of Things company, Kin\u00e9is. 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