Beginning Of The Swarm | Electron Mission

[heady root]

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782226059368534373

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

✅ Electron is ready for lift-off.

Our operations team have completed launch rehearsal for our next mission for @KAISTPR and @NASA. The launch pad is ready, the satellites are ready, Electron is ready. Onward to launch!

'Beginning Of The Swarm (B.T.S)' launch window opens:…

Twitter · Apr 22, 2024, 1:52 AM

[tropic sphinx]

da bees

[surreal kestrel]

battery powered rocket

[hasty kraken]

WOOOO KOREAA

[kindred sedge]

real

[kindred sedge]

AA or AAA?

[shut musk]

The hive

[livid sorrel]

beeginning

[kindred sedge]

https://youtu.be/ymZT6QxI8Fc

[shut musk]

listen properly

[sage spade]

space launch

[silk topaz]

Based SK flag on rocket

[kindred sedge]

pepsi flag

[agile vigil]

BTS launch

[heady root]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9izutzETw1U

[heady root]

Now only two minutes away from the Starlink launch...

[weary harness]

Well Starlink always delays so...
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782825818655453470

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

Welcome to launch day! Here's everything you need to know about our 47th Electron launch.

🚀Beginning Of The Swarm (B.T.S)
🛰️NEONSAT-1 for @kaistpr & the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System for @NASA @NASAAmes
🎯520km & 1,000km orbits

Lift-off time:
⏰Weds 24 NZT | 10:15…

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 5:36 PM

[mint helm]

https://fxtwitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782854270360121385

[pearl canopy]

Huh reusable Electron

[mint helm]

Yeah looks like they are flying a recovery booster

[pearl canopy]

I guess they're just using it in expendable configuration

[mint helm]

But not recovering it

Yeah exactly

They've done that in the past

[agile vigil]

weird they’re using this one considering this mission needs the extra preformence

[mint helm]

It probably doesn't have the parachutes to save mass (and costs)

So the visual differences are likely the only ones

[agile vigil]

Yeah, what a shame (even though the cost of building a recovery booster vs a regular one is margin apparently)

[mint helm]

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782861557648748637

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

@Francis29413576 @kaistpr @NASA We're building recovery-configured vehicles into our standard production flow so that we always have them available, but occasionally these vehicles will fly as expendable stages due to specific mission requirements. So this one is an expendable stage masquerading as a recovery…

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 7:58 PM

[livid sorrel]

double header today

[agile vigil]

Streams on

[hasty kraken]

[naive locust]

HOLD

WE MAY BREAK THE RECORD

[weary harness]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1782892209135648826

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

And we are live for the launch of 'Beginning of the Swarm!'

📺https://t.co/hpgsVj2FPE

Operators are currently working a ground system issue, so we're keeping a close eye on that as we get closer to T-0 but currently green for launch ✅

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 10:00 PM

[median plover]

if this is a 2m hold…

[surreal kestrel]

I hope so

[livid sorrel]

theres a hold

[tight shale]

can the rocket go pls

[livid sorrel]

there is a rocket going rn

just not this one

[hasty kraken]

vent noises

[heady root]

Hold looks to be released

[median plover]

we’re back

[surreal kestrel]

[livid sorrel]

how nice of rocket lab to wait until F9 has launched

[median plover]

(not really)

[livid sorrel]

is this satellite literally a capstone sized probe with a big solar sail?

[hasty kraken]

Yes

[livid sorrel]

kinda based

this 1st stage coming back right?

cuz of the red interstage

[surreal kestrel]

No https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782861557648748637

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

@Francis29413576 @kaistpr @NASA We're building recovery-configured vehicles into our standard production flow so that we always have them available, but occasionally these vehicles will fly as expendable stages due to specific mission requirements. So this one is an expendable stage masquerading as a recovery…

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 7:58 PM

[livid sorrel]

oh ok

lift on #2

maks q

meco

ses

[hasty kraken]

[surreal kestrel]

Damn those tracking views were pretty

[livid sorrel]

battery jettison

seco

and sep of the kick stage

[surreal kestrel]

Find Peter challenge

[livid sorrel]

why is it so dark in there

[surreal kestrel]

For the vibes

[agile vigil]

@thorny jewel

BABE WAKE UP

THEY JUST CONFIRMED THAT THE CUIRE ENGINE WASNT ON THE FIRST MISSION

[weary harness]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1782927083179807013

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

Welcome to orbit, NEONSAT-1 and NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System 🌎

Mission success for our 47th Electron launch 🚀

Thank you to our mission partners @NASA @NASAAmes and @kaistpr. We're proud to deliver reliable and dedicated access to space for you!

Twitter · Apr 24, 2024, 12:18 AM

[surreal kestrel]

❓

[agile vigil]

there was debate if the first ever electron launch had a kickstage on it or not

[surreal kestrel]

Oh

[weary harness]

See 1:33:30 (T+48:50) of the webcast

[surreal kestrel]

Thanks

[weary harness]

https://vxtwitter.com/RocketLab/status/1782935540595380257

[kindred sedge]

e.g. no kick-stage?

[kindred sedge]

Akshually
It's "lift off"

[agile vigil]

https://fixupx.com/rocketlab/status/1782989815149125635?s=46&t=hGpEDt_efwm1Hm6KVk0osA

crazy view

[surreal kestrel]

uh oh https://vxtwitter.com/tw__astro/status/1836402929479086478

tumbling is suboptimal

[mint helm]

It was expected to tumble due to the boom deployment

But they were supposed to stop that once it was fully deployed