No Time Toulouse
No Time Toulouse was a Rocket Lab Electron mission for Kinéis that launched successfully at 18:13 UTC on 20 June 2024 (6:13 a.m. NZST on 21 June; 2:13 p.m. EDT on 20 June) from Launch Complex 1B on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
18:13 UTC on 20 June 2024 · 6:13 a.m. NZST on 21 June · 2:13 p.m. EDT on 20 June
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
The primary watch link points to an official Rocket Lab source.
Launch Updates
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Success confirmed
by SwGustav Source: x.com -
Payload deployment confirmed.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com -
Liftoff
by hitura-nobad Source: youtube.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
"No time to lose" pun with Toulouse, France — where Kineis is headquartered. The 50th Electron mission's name winks at both the urgency of deployment and Kineis's home city.
Mission Overview
First batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
Technical Details
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kiwisLaunch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
HighSun 14° below the horizon at liftoff — prime twilight.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 6:13 a.m. NZST · 18:13 UTC
- Astronomical dawn (−18°)
- 5:51 a.m. NZST · 17:51 UTC
- Nautical dawn (−12°)
- 6:24 a.m. NZST · 18:24 UTC
- Civil dawn (−6°)
- 6:58 a.m. NZST · 18:58 UTC
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m. NZST · 19:28 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Mahia, NZ) for the morning of the launch.
What's a rocket jellyfish? When a rocket launches in twilight, the ground is dark but its exhaust plume climbs into sunlight high above. The expanding plume glows against the dark sky in a jellyfish-like shape.
Space-Object Catalog
| Object | Operator | Built by | Mass | Orbit | Status | NORAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kineis-1B 2024-114A · Payload | Operator Kineis | Built by Kineis Cubesat 16U | Mass 28 kg | Orbit 624 × 629 km · 98.0° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60079 |
Electron 50 Stage 2 2024-114B · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Electron St2 | Mass 250 kg | Orbit 141 × 190 km · 98.0° | Status Decayed 2024-07-09 | NORAD 60080 |
Kineis-1C 2024-114C · Payload | Operator Kineis | Built by Kineis Cubesat 16U | Mass 28 kg | Orbit 625 × 628 km · 98.0° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60081 |
Kineis-1D 2024-114D · Payload | Operator Kineis | Built by Kineis Cubesat 16U | Mass 28 kg | Orbit 639 × 642 km · 98.0° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60082 |
Kineis-1E 2024-114E · Payload | Operator Kineis | Built by Kineis Cubesat 16U | Mass 28 kg | Orbit 624 × 629 km · 97.9° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60083 |
Kineis-1A 2024-114F · Payload | Operator Kineis | Built by Kineis Cubesat 16U | Mass 28 kg | Orbit 623 × 631 km · 97.9° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60084 |
Electron 50 Kick Stage 2024-114G · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Kick Stage | Mass 50 kg | Orbit 476 × 562 km · 97.9° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60085 |
