Electron : Live and Let Fly (NROL-123) : Wallops LC-2 : 21 March 2024 07:25 UTC

• #20 by catdlr on 21 Mar, 2024 04:43
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1770687328505192864
  
  

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  Less than 60 mins until lift-off for NROL-123 'Live And Let Fly' for
  @NatReconOfc
   from
  @NASAWallops
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  Target lift-off:
  🚀 02:40 am EDT
  🚀 11:40 pm PDT
  🚀 07:40 pm NZDT
  
  Webcast live from ~T-30 mins: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Coa3GZtotQo

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• #21 by catdlr on 21 Mar, 2024 04:58
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1770690592227410425
  
  

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  Launch visibility map for those on the East Coast willing to give up some sleep to catch a glimpse of Electron crossing the sky

  
  I won't be posting any pictures from outside Rocket Lab otherwise I get my nad slapped.
  
  

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• #22 by catdlr on 21 Mar, 2024 05:13
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1770696484570186138
  
  

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  And we're live!
  
  Tune in now for the launch broadcast of NROL-123 'Live And Let Fly' for @NatReconOfc from LC-2 in Wallops, Virginia.

  
  
  RocketLab live stream has started with soothing music
  
  https://www.youtube.com/live/Coa3GZtotQo
  
  

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• #23 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:20
• Webcast has begun.

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• #24 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:22
• Webcast ending after second stage separation.

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• #25 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:26
• T-15 minutes.

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• #26 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:27
• Payload integration and WDR.

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• #27 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:29
• T-12 minutes. Performing poll.

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• #28 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:30
• T-11 minutes. Go for launch. Three word abort procedure is in effect.

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• #29 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:34
• T-7 minutes. Mission Management Manager.

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• #30 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:35
• Neutron update.

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• #31 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:37
• The clock has stopped at T-4 minutes and 36 seconds.

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• #32 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:37
• In a hold.

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• #33 by catdlr on 21 Mar, 2024 05:38
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1770701109536981236
  
  

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  Good drone shots of the Neutron pad development at Wallops on the Rocket Lab webcast.
• #34 by catdlr on 21 Mar, 2024 05:44
• https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1770701850636910667
  
  

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  Hold hold hold - operators have called a hold during today's countdown for NROL-123 'Live And Let Fly. Updates from mission control coming shortly to determine whether we can recycle for another attempt today.
• #35 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:47
• Clock showing T-5 hours 33 minutes! Could be a default setting.

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• #36 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:48
• Countdown clock has disappeared.

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• #37 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:49
• Clock is back. Holding at T-12 minutes.

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• #38 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:55
• Clock is now T-30 minutes and 15 seconds. Launch should be around 07:25 UTC.

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• #39 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Mar, 2024 05:58
• And the clock has disappeared.
  
  Still trying to locate the problem.
  
  Targeting the end of the window at 07:25 UTC.

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