On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J)

Rocket Lab 'On Closer Inspection' mission, launching Astroscale's ADRAS-J space-debris inspection satellite from New Zealand to rendezvous with and observe a spent Japanese H-2A rocket upper stage in orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

150 kg

Flight

43rd

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

18 February 2024, 14:52 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-034

Launches in 2024

34th of 263

See it in orbit

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