Ice AIS Baby (Kinéis 11-15)

The 'Ice AIS Baby' mission deployed five Kineis IoT nanosatellites to a 643 km orbit from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, the third of five dedicated Electron launches for the French constellation operator. It flew under 22 hours after Rocket Lab's previous launch, a company turnaround record.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

140 kg

Flight

54th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

25 November 2024, 03:55 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

2024-219

Launches in 2024

226th of 263

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