Owl The Way Up | Electron

[golden viper]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1864798781751070985
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1868782997165818018
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7213

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

The owl is back 🦉

Next on the pad at LC-1? A dedicated Electron launch for @Synspective

🚀 Mission: Owl The Way Up
⏰ Launch window: No earlier than 18 Dec NZT.
💻 Mission info: https://t.co/KaXeISJ1Ov

Twitter · Dec 5, 2024, 10:27 PM

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

🚨 Launch update 🚨

With heavy rain and strong winds at LC-1 in the coming days, we’re now targeting no earlier than Dec 20 NZT for our next Electron launch.

🚀 Mission: Owl The Way Up

🛰️ Customer: @synspective

Lift-off:
⏰NZT | 3:00 am, 20 Dec
⏰PT | 6:00 am, 19 Dec
⏰ET |

Twitter · Dec 16, 2024, 10:19 PM

[paper citrus]

🦉⬆️

[left river]

what luh fawk

[stable solar]

Owl my god not again

[tawny osprey]

Owly crap, another electron

[ashen pollen]

holy cowl

[cerulean frigate]

Owlllllll yeahhhhh

[quartz venture]

owl for fuck's sake

[molten hedge]

another electron hell yeah

[left river]

fawking delete this

[radiant forum]

owl, it hurts

[honest gyro]

Will you owl please shut the fawk up and get on with the launch

[tawny osprey]

I wowl not

[sturdy silo]

You owl are fhawking strange

[tawny osprey]

Would you go so far as to say we’re fowl

[hexed hazel]

real

[cerulean frigate]

owlright bucko you really did it this time. fhawk around find owlt.

[stable solar]

fhawk tuowl?

[cerulean frigate]

you’re really making me scowl now

[quartz venture]

someone crhawk this fool's skuowll

[wild jay]

I don't even get this pun... ooooh.

I regret that humanity was born

[torpid timber]

These messages are making me howl

[radiant forum]

You can't pronounce Electron without L

[lime plaza]

https://x.com/rocketlab/status/1869623681586274779?s=46&t=9j2-lzDcIbRK6McrWkEb9g

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

We made a list (of launch commit criteria), checked it twice (against the weather forecast), and determined conditions for lift-off were naughty not nice.

As a result we're now targeting 21 Dec NZT for the launch of 'Owl The Way Up' for @Synspective.

⏰NZT | 3:00 am, 21 Dec

Twitter · Dec 19, 2024, 5:59 AM

[paper citrus]

You're right. But my grandma can
(she always says "ectricity")

[heavy granite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4IlftNI1A

[golden viper]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870023241152246081

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

In just a few hours, we're headed to space for the 16th time this year.

Launch window opens:
🚀 NZDT | 3:00 am
🚀 UTC | 14:00
🚀 PST | 6:00 am
🚀 EST | 9:00 am

Webcast will be live from T-20 minutes: https://t.co/Tisi7AsuN4

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 8:27 AM

[heavy granite]

Cowards

Should have actually painted the fairing

[paper citrus]

Cowards

Should have actually glued a christmas hat to the fairing

[lime plaza]

https://vxtwitter.com/rocketlab/status/1870046938223259833

[golden viper]

https://fixupx.com/RocketLab/status/1870057243552739613/

[lime plaza]

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870094326593925577

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

When Electron starts frosting over, you know it’s almost go time ❄️

Liquid oxygen is now flowing into Electron’s first and second stage tanks for flight.

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 1:10 PM

[golden viper]

https://fixupx.com/RocketLab/status/1870103050817548578

[golden viper]

[heavy granite]

Hahahaha

Amazing, rocket lab literally just went live to announce a scrub as soon as the intro was over

[primal tulip]

lmao

[golden viper]

Yeah scrub was called while the intro was rolling

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1870120015376330840

Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) on X

We are standing down from today’s launch attempt for @Synspective to take a closer look at sensor data.

We have back-up opportunities in the coming days, so standby for the new launch date shortly.

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 2:52 PM

[lime plaza]

Rocket Lab's mission page has tentatively listed another attempt for tomorrow

[golden viper]

https://fixupx.com/RocketLab/status/1870328270274859083

[lime plaza]

New webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7VZB4pHJrQ

[left river]

https://fxtwitter.com/rocketlab/status/1870426311996625165?s=46

[hexed hazel]

F9 Astranis moment

[left river]

North Pole go for launch

[ashen pollen]

we are owling

[tawny osprey]

Cam is being funny

[lime plaza]

Is this the first time they show the Curie combustion chamber on the webcast

[left river]

Why is there 2 burns?

For curie

i thought there was only 1 payload

[lime plaza]

Lowering orbit for quicker re-entry (I believe most Electron upper stages don’t have enough power for full de-orbiting)

[left river]

Ah

[tawny osprey]

Could also be that they don’t wanna deal with reentry zones

Idk if they would have to necessarily tho

[wild jay]

aw crap I missed it. watching replay!! looks like it's going well. max q. nice. I never see any rocket explode on max q so is it really that big a deal?

meco. stage separation. vac rut. fairing. battery hotswap. so badass.

I see they started getting creative since last mission -_-

[hexed hazel]

I do love mispaced count

StriX-a
StriX-b
StriX-1
StriX-3

[wild jay]

did StriX-2 blow up or what?

[left river]

guess which one launched today

[wild jay]

5

[left river]

fucking hell mate

no

[wild jay]

😌

[left river]

Strix 2

[hexed hazel]

got owlfully damaged

blowl up

[left river]

owl that hurt

[lime plaza]

It's the one that launched today

The Owl’s Night Begins -> StriX-α
The Owl’s Night Continues -> StriX-β
The Owl Spreads Its Wings -> StriX-1
Owl Night Long -> StriX-3
Owl For One, One For Owl -> StriX-4
Owl The Way Up -> StriX-2

https://vxtwitter.com/synspective/status/1870507657779621974

[wild jay]

well... sometimes you started construction earlier and launch later than your sisters

maybe that's what happened?

also, the curie engine looks like a moka pot