Rocket Lab - “Don’t Stop Me Now” Mission 12 patch.
June 13, 2020
Rocket Lab’s Electron Mission 12 launch
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle launched the “Don’t Stop Me Now” mission from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on 13 June 2020, at 05:12 UTC (17:12 NZDT). “Don’t Stop Me Now” is a rideshare mission to launch five small satellites (ANDESITE for NASA, three NRO payloads, M2 Pathfinder satellite for the University of New South Wales Canberra Space) and Electron’s 12th mission.
Electron “Don’t Stop Me Now” launch
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches on its 12th flight on a rideshare mission. The rocket will carry three payloads into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency, and the ANDESITE CubeSat for Boston University and NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which will study Earth’s magnetosphere and Space Weather. The M2 Pathfinder satellite, a collaboration between the Australian government and the University of New South Wales Canberra Space, will also be launched on a communications and technology demonstration mission. Rocket Lab has nicknamed the launch “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Delayed from March 29 due to coronavirus pandemic. Delayed from May. Scrubbed on June 11.
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Credits: Video courtesy of Rocket Lab/SciNews/Image Text, Credits: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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