{"id":21674,"date":"2024-06-18T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-rocket-lab-hits-the-big-50\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:35:17","slug":"this-week-in-launch-rocket-lab-hits-the-big-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-rocket-lab-hits-the-big-50\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Rocket Lab hits the big 50"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week is a big week for Rocket Lab as it plans to launch its 50th Electron rocket, faster than any other company to date. SpaceX will also have a double header on Tuesday with a third mission on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • June 18 (Tuesday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Astra 1P\/SES-24 | 5:35 P.M. ET\n
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      • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 9-1 | 11:00 P.M. ET\n
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        • SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • June 20 (Thursday)\n
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          • Rocket Lab | Electron | No Time Toulouse | 2:13 P.M. ET\n
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            • LC-1B, M\u0101hia Peninsula, New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • June 21 (Friday)\n
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              • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-2 | 1:47 P.M. ET\n
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                • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • June 22 (Saturday)\n
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                  • CASC | Long March 2C | SVOMA | 3:00 A.M. ET\n
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                    • LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Rocket Lab gears up for 50 launch milestone<\/h2>\n

                      Rocket Lab is gearing up for its biggest launch milestone yet, 50 Electron launches. These of course don\u2019t count HASTE suborbital missions, but do include the several failed flights Electron has launched over the years (kudos to Rocket Lab for admitting they\u2019re not perfect).<\/p>\n

                      The payload won\u2019t be anything too special however, a launch of five CubeSats for the French Kin\u00e9is IoT constellation. Once completed, the constellation will field 25 satellites.<\/p>\n

                      Rocket Lab has gone full in on hyping the space community up for this launch, flying in popular spaceflight photographers from the states to help in the coverage.<\/p>\n

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