Mission Status
There and Back Again
Last Updated: 56 minutes ago
SUCCESS
Orbit Achieved
Unseenlabs
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-1A
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Profile
Dedicated Rideshare
Monday, May 2, 2022 10:49 PM UTC Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Source: YouTube
Disclaimer: This livestream is from a third-party channel and is not an official Rocket Lab broadcast.
Mission State
Schedule
Date and time on file
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
Coverage
External livestream linked
The current watch link is from a third-party source rather than Rocket Lab directly.
Name Origin
AI
Tolkien's subtitle for The Hobbit, chosen deliberately for Rocket Lab's first helicopter mid-air booster catch attempt — the booster literally went "there and back again."
"There and Back Again"
Mission Overview
Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swarm Technologies and UNSEENLABS.
Technical Details
Vehicle
Electron
Rocket Lab launch vehicle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 1A
LC-1A · Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Target Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Planned deployment regime
Mission Profile
Dedicated Rideshare
Mission architecture
Customer
Unseenlabs
Mission customer