Rocket Lab’s We Love The Nightlife launch successfully deployed Capella Space’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.
Rocket Lab’s ‘We Love The Nightlife’ mission successfully deployed Capella’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.
Rocket Lab supplied the 'We Love The Nightlife' launch that successfully deployed Capella’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission deployed Capella Space’s next-generation Acadia satellite to a 640 km circular low Earth orbit.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission was the first of four new dedicated Electron launches for Capella announced in February 2023 to deploy Capella’s next-generation Acadia satellites.
The pre-flown Rutherford engine used on the 'We Love The Nightlife' mission previously flew on the first stage of the 'There and Back Again' mission launched in May 2022.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission was the first of four new dedicated Electron launches for Capella that were announced in February 2023.
The pre-flown Rutherford engine completed a successful first stage burn and performed on par with new Rutherford engines during the 'We Love The Nightlife' mission.
The 'We Love the Nightlife' mission was scheduled to lift off on 23 August 2023 at 11:45 am NZST (23:45 UTC) from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site in New Zealand.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission followed Rocket Lab’s 'Stronger Together' mission for Capella, which launched in March 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission was the first of four new dedicated Electron launches for Capella that were announced in February 2023 to deploy nexgen Acadia satellites.
The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission deployed Capella Space’s nexgen Acadia satellite to a 640 km circular low Earth orbit.
The "We Love the Nightlife" mission deployed a Capella Space radar imaging satellite into a 640-kilometer mid-inclination orbit 58 minutes after liftoff.
The pre-flown Rutherford engine to be launched on 'We Love the Nightlife' previously flew on the first stage of the 'There and Back Again' mission in May 2022.
The "We Love the Nightlife" mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
'We Love the Nightlife' is the first of four new dedicated Electron launches for Capella announced in February 2023 to deploy Capella’s next-generation Acadia SAR satellites.
'We Love the Nightlife' will be Rocket Lab’s third launch for Capella Space following the 'Stronger Together' mission launched in March 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, USA.
'We Love the Nightlife' follows the 'I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical' mission in August 2020 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, which deployed the first satellite in Capella’s SAR constellation.