Mission Status
It's Business Time
Last Updated: 59 minutes ago
SUCCESS
Orbit Achieved
Fleet Space
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-1A
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Profile
Dedicated Rideshare
Sunday, November 11, 2018 03:50 AM UTC Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Source: RocketLabCorp
Mission State
Schedule
Date and time on file
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
Coverage
Official livestream linked
The primary watch link points to an official Rocket Lab source.
Name Origin
AI
Named after the Flight of the Conchords song, referencing the beloved NZ comedy duo. Double meaning: a Kiwi cultural nod and a literal declaration that Rocket Lab had moved from test flights to paying commercial customers.
"It's Business Time"
Mission Overview
Electron's first commercial launch will feature two Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire Global, a single cubesat for GeoOptics, a NABEO drag sail demonstrator for High Performance Space Structure Systems, an IRVINE01 cubesat from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program, and two Proxima cubesats from Fleet Space Technologies.
Technical Details
Vehicle
Electron
Rocket Lab launch vehicle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 1A
LC-1A · Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Target Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Planned deployment regime
Mission Profile
Dedicated Rideshare
Mission architecture
Payload Mass
45 kg
18
kiwisCustomer
Fleet Space
Mission customer