Scout's Arrow
Scout's Arrow was a Rocket Lab Electron mission for Leidos that launched successfully at 01:24 UTC on 18 June 2023 (1:24 p.m. NZST on 18 June; 9:24 p.m. EDT on 17 June) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.
01:24 UTC on 18 June 2023 · 1:24 p.m. NZST on 18 June · 9:24 p.m. EDT on 17 June
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
No livestream or replay link is currently attached to this mission.
Launch Updates
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Launch success.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: twitter.com -
Liftoff
by Jay Source: youtu.be -
Livestream has started
by LL2 Source: youtube.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Technical Details
- HASTE rocketlabusa.com
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
HighSun 10° below the horizon at liftoff — prime twilight.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 9:24 p.m. EDT · 01:24 UTC
- Sunset
- 8:26 p.m. EDT · 00:26 UTC
- Civil dusk (−6°)
- 8:57 p.m. EDT · 00:57 UTC
- Nautical dusk (−12°)
- 9:37 p.m. EDT · 01:37 UTC
- Astronomical dusk (−18°)
- 10:21 p.m. EDT · 02:21 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Wallops, VA) for the evening 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.
