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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #40 on: 12/14/2025 02:20 am »
Back in 40 min for payload deployment
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #41 on: 12/14/2025 02:27 am »
For those that came late, and need a short recap:

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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #42 on: 12/14/2025 02:45 am »
T+32 min on the way up the southern Atlantic just off the Southern West coast of Africa. Deployment will occur off Spain when in communication with ground stations.
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #43 on: 12/14/2025 02:51 am »
About 10 min till deployment, just coming up on the equator. 
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #44 on: 12/14/2025 02:56 am »
T+45 min deployment communication zone coming up
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #45 on: 12/14/2025 03:00 am »
T+15 min
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #46 on: 12/14/2025 03:03 am »
crew back for coverage of orbit raising and deployment

Engines have already started and will take 2 minutes to circularize the orbit.

Awaiting confirmation from mission control.
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #47 on: 12/14/2025 03:05 am »
Orbit raising and deployment completed and confirmed.

Missions have been completed for RL.

JAXA will do the commissioning.
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #48 on: 12/14/2025 03:07 am »
Rocket Lab signing off.  Two more Electron launches are planned for December.
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #49 on: 12/14/2025 03:07 am »
https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/2000054787501654511

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100% mission success.
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #50 on: 12/14/2025 03:08 am »
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/2000055016187732338

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MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for Electron's 77th launch, releasing @JAXA_en's  RAISE-4 satellite to a 540km LEO 🛰️🚀
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #51 on: 12/14/2025 03:09 am »
That does it for me.  On to Starlink in 90 minutes.   
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #52 on: 12/14/2025 03:25 am »
Thank you, Tony!
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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #53 on: 12/14/2025 05:23 am »
https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/2000073517870788625

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Re: Electron : RAISE-4 : LC-1B : 14 December 2025 (03:09 UTC)
« Reply #54 on: 12/18/2025 03:34 pm »
An infographic about the Electron launch. More details are available here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSPLSHhgmmw/
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