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We Love The Nightlife

completedLaunch 2023-126
Launched 8/23/2023LEOService CSat LEO OO
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Capella 11
active
Earth Observation
LEO
Capella SAR
Launch Details
Launch Date
8/23/2023
Launch ID
2023-126
Launch Profile
Sat LEO 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
Constellations
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
18
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Rocket Lab’s We Love The Nightlife launch successfully deployed Capella Space’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023Rocket Lab’s launch window for the next Capella Space mission announced

Rocket Lab’s ‘We Love The Nightlife’ mission successfully deployed Capella’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Capella Space's Upcoming Mission

Rocket Lab supplied the 'We Love The Nightlife' launch that successfully deployed Capella’s first Acadia satellite to space on 2023-08-24.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.2Sep 7, 2023Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Next Capella Space Mission

The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission deployed Capella Space’s next-generation Acadia satellite to a 640 km circular low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 24, 2023Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 40th Electron Mission and Flies Reused Engine

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.

PlanValue 4.0Aug 24, 2023Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 40th Electron Mission and Flies Reused Engine

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 24, 2023Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine

The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission was the first of four new dedicated Electron launches for Capella that were announced in February 2023.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Aug 24, 2023Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 24, 2023Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine

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.

PlanValue 4.0Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab Brings Forward Milestone Recovery Mission

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.

GeneralValue 3.5Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab launches their 40th Electron mission + successfully flies a reused Rutherford engine

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.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab launches their 40th Electron mission + successfully flies a reused Rutherford engine

The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission deployed Capella Space’s nexgen Acadia satellite to a 640 km circular low Earth orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.4Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab launches their 40th Electron mission + successfully flies a reused Rutherford engine

The "We Love the Nightlife" mission deployed a Capella Space radar imaging satellite into a 640-kilometer mid-inclination orbit 58 minutes after liftoff.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab reuses engine on Electron launch

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.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Aug 23, 2023Rocket Lab Brings Forward Milestone Recovery Mission

The "We Love the Nightlife" mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 23, 2023Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Next Mission in Multi-Launch Contract for Capella Space

'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.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 21, 2023Rocket Lab’s next mission is for Capella Space

'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.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jul 21, 2023Rocket Lab’s next mission is for Capella Space

'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.

CapabilityValue 4.5Jul 21, 2023Rocket Lab’s next mission is for Capella Space