Rocket Lab - Don't Stop Me Now

[Fattbank64]

A launch for the nighthawks from New Zealand.

Link to Mission Objective

Link to live feed Everyday Astronaut

Countdown was placed on hold because of high winds and reset to 12:00.

 

[BEC]

They started, then are on hold again....will aim for the end of the launch window at 11:32 PM PDT. I suspect they won't get off tonight.

RocketLab's feed is here: (just in case you would rather not have Tim Dodd's commentary/answering of comments posted).

 

[Fattbank64]

They started, then are on hold again....will aim for the end of the launch window at 11:32 PM PDT. I suspect they won't get off tonight.

RocketLab's feed is here: (just in case you would rather not have Tim Dodd's commentary/answering of comments posted).

Thanks.

They scrubbed launch due to high winds

 

[BEC]

So close....42 seconds to liftoff and the winds came up again. *sigh*

 

[Fattbank64]

I did not expect a liftoff because they didn't explain (I might have missed it) the maximum wind speed for launch.

Tomorrow is another day.

 

[OverTheTop]

Another successful mission for Rocket Lab .

Carried payloads for NASA, NRO and University of New South Wales.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/10/electron-dont-stop-me-now-mission-status-center/

 

[BEC]

Yup - all looked good at least as far as the webcast went (to separation of the kick stage). By now the satellites should have been deployed as well.

 

[Fattbank64]

I viewed the posted video. I always get a kick when seeing the earth's curvature from space.

Congratulations to Rocket Lab.

 

[Alan15578]

I viewed the posted video. I always get a kick when seeing the earth's curvature from space.

Congratulations to Rocket Lab.

Sure, but seeing the curvature of space from Earth; That's somptin.

 

[Fattbank64]

Sure, but seeing the curvature of space from Earth; That's somptin.

The Curvature of Space sounds like the name of a Pink Floyd album.

 

[John Kemker]

The Curvature of Space sounds like the name of a Pink Floyd album.

Ayup. Somewhere around the "Atom Heart Mother" time frame.