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Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
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Rocket Lab

Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)

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Electron
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Mar 5, 23:53:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
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Mission

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

Quick facts

VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
SiteRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
WindowMar 5, 23:53:00 UTC→Mar 6, 01:53:00 UTC
Acquiring satellite view…
General trajectory
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launching
East
106° · ESE
-39.263, 177.864

Orbital elements (TLE)

2 element sets
Orbit
Apogee476 km
Perigee466 km
Period94.0 min
Inclination42.00°

Launch heading 106° · ESE from Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed PO.

Parking orbitInsight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed PO› conelow
1 70035U 26043A 26065.00289352 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
2 70035 42.0000 096.7525 0230820 269.0000 000.0000 15.75827470 05
OrbitInsight At Speed Is A Friend Indeedlow
1 70035U 26043A 26065.02811343 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
2 70035 42.0001 096.7794 0007476 270.4746 143.1099 15.31519688 04

Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.

Scrub riskLOW
Go99%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go99%LL2 Go80%Wind3 ktGusts10 ktCloud0%Temp55°F