Stonehenge
Stonehenge was a Rocket Lab Electron mission that launched successfully at 01:00 UTC on 14 December 2024 (2:00 p.m. NZDT on 14 December; 8:00 p.m. EST on 13 December) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.
01:00 UTC on 14 December 2024 · 2:00 p.m. NZDT on 14 December · 8:00 p.m. EST on 13 December
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 was successful.
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Mission complete.
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Liftoff.
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Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
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Technical Details
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
UnlikelySun 37° below the horizon at liftoff — full night, the plume stays in Earth's shadow.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 8:00 p.m. EST · 01:00 UTC
- Sunset
- 4:43 p.m. EST · 21:43 UTC
- Civil dusk (−6°)
- 5:12 p.m. EST · 22:12 UTC
- Nautical dusk (−12°)
- 5:45 p.m. EST · 22:45 UTC
- Astronomical dusk (−18°)
- 6:17 p.m. EST · 23:17 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.