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On Closer Inspection

completedLaunch 2024-034
Launched 2/18/2024LEOService CSat SSO OO
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
ADRAS-J
active
Technology Demonstration
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
2/18/2024
Launch ID
2024-034
Launch Profile
Sat SSO OO
Service Type
C
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Rocket Lab
Launch Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Mahia Peninsula (Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula)Mahia Peninsula, N Island
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Technology Demonstration 1
Track
Mentions
8
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Other successful missions for Japanese satellite operators include Astroscale's On Closer Inspection mission scheduled for February 2024 and ALE's Running Out Of Fingers mission launched in 2019.

PlanGeneralValue 3.3Oct 16, 2025JAXA y Rocket Lab sellan un acuerdo para dos nuevas misiones de lanzamiento con el cohete Electron

Rocket Lab's successful missions for Japanese satellite operators include the 'On Closer Inspection' mission for Astroscale-Japan in February 2024 and the 'Running Out Of Fingers' mission launched in 2019 for Tokyo-based company ALE.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Rocket Lab secures multiple launches with JAXA

On Closer Inspection launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 03:52 NZDT on 2024-02-19 (14:52 UTC, 2024-02-18).

PlanValue 4.0Feb 19, 2024Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Orbital Debris Inspection Satellite for Astroscale

The "On Closer Inspection" mission launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 03:52 NZDT on 2024-02-19 (14:52 UTC on 2024-02-18).

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Feb 18, 2024Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Mission Designed to Investigate Removing Space Junk from Orbit

The launch window for the 'On Closer Inspection' mission opens on 2024-02-19 NZDT and spans 14 days with backup opportunities through February.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 17, 2024UPDATE 2: Rocket Lab readies for Sunday launch of Astroscale’s study to remove space junk

Rocket Lab set a 14-day launch window for the On Closer Inspection mission that opens on 2024-02-19 NZDT.

PlanValue 4.2Feb 12, 2024Rocket Lab schedules Astroscale’s launch for ‘space junk’ inspection mission

The 'On Closer Inspection' mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on 2024-02-19 NZDT.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 8, 2024Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window for Astroscale Orbital Debris Inspection Demonstration Mission

Rocket Lab set a 14-day launch window for the On Closer Inspection mission that opens on 2024-02-19 NZDT.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 8, 2024Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Astroscale Orbital Debris Inspection Mission