24 January 2023, 23:00 UTC
Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)
Rocket Lab's 'Virginia is for Launch Lovers' mission, the first Electron launch from US soil, lifting off from Wallops Launch Complex 2 to deploy three HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 radio-frequency monitoring satellites to low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 93 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 33rd
- of 89 Electron flights
- Date and time
- 24 January 2023, 23:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Electron
- Builder
- Rocket Lab
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2023-011
- Launches in 2023
- 13th of 223
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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