Electron : LC-1B : Black Sky “The Beat Goes On” : March 24, 2023 (09:14 UTC)

• #40 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:11
• T-5 minutes.

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• #41 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:13
• Rocketlab's other products.

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• #42 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:14
• T-2 minutes. Vehicle on internal power.

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• #43 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:15
• T-1 minutes. First and second stages are pressed for flight.

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• #44 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:16
• Liftoff!

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• #45 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Mar, 2023 08:16
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1639194402038902787
  
  

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  LAUNCH! Rocket Lab's Electron launches two BlackSky Gen-2 spacecraft from LC-1.
  
  Overview:
  https://nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/the-beat-goes-on/ - by Tyler Gray (
  @TylerG1998
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  RL Livestream:
  youtube.com/watch?v=rvPcY3SrgAs
• #46 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:17
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• #47 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:18
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• #48 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Mar, 2023 08:18
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1639194968651706369
  
  

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  Staging1-2.
• #49 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:19
• First stage separation.
  
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• #50 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Mar, 2023 08:20
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1639195261577879553
  
  

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  Good fairing separation
• #51 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:20
• Fairing separation (not seen).
  
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• #52 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:21
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• #53 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:22
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• #54 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:24
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• #55 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:24
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• #56 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:25
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• #57 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Mar, 2023 08:25
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1639196550755946497
  
  

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  Successful drogue and main chute deploy for Electron's first stage as it returns to Earth
• #58 by Steven Pietrobon on 24 Mar, 2023 08:26
• Cutoff.
  
  Back to mission control.
  
  Splashdown in about 8 minutes.

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• #59 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Mar, 2023 08:26
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1639196761683107846
  
  

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  On to the kick stage. No views from the booster, but mains did deploy for ocean splashdown.