Success
Make It Rain
[[Spaceflight]], [[BlackSky]], [[Melbourne Space Program]]
Saturday, June 29, 2019 04:30 AM UTC
Source: YouTube
Disclaimer: This livestream is from a third-party channel and is not an official Rocket Lab broadcast.
Name Origin
This name cleverly uses the idiom "make it rain" to signify the abundant delivery of multiple payloads for various customers on this rideshare mission, highlighting Rocket Lab's capacity to satisfy many needs at once.
"Make It Rain"
Mission Overview
Deployed seven spacecraft to a 450 km circular orbit at 45° inclination. Payloads included BlackSky Global 3 Earth observation satellite, two Prometheus CubeSats for US SOCOM, two SpaceBEE data relay CubeSats for Swarm Technologies, and ACRUX 1 CubeSat for Melbourne Space Program.
Technical Details
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-1A
Unknown
Target Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Mission Type
Dedicated Rideshare
Payload Mass
80 kg
≈ 32
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[[Spaceflight]], [[BlackSky]], [[Melbourne Space Program]]