Rocket Lab - Electron / “Without Mission A Beat” Mission patch.
April 2, 2022
Electron launches “Without Mission A Beat”
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle launched the “Without Mission A Beat” mission, two BlackSky satellites, from Launch Complex 1 Pad A on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on 2 April 2022, at 12:42 UTC (3 April, at 01:41 NZDT).
Electron launches “Without Mission A Beat”
The mission is Rocket Lab’s 25th Electron launch overall. The “Without Mission A Beat” launches from Launch Complex 1 Pad A carrying a pair of BlackSky rapid-revisit, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites to low Earth orbit, which will expand BlackSky’s constellation to 14 satellites. Rocket Lab has delivered the majority of BlackSky’s constellation to orbit on Electron missions since 2019.
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