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Booster 18, the first Super Heavy V3, is beginning prelaunch testing. The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength

SpaceX's tweet image. Booster 18, the first Super Heavy V3, is beginning prelaunch testing. The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength
SpaceX's tweet image. Booster 18, the first Super Heavy V3, is beginning prelaunch testing. The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength
SpaceX's tweet image. Booster 18, the first Super Heavy V3, is beginning prelaunch testing. The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength
SpaceX's tweet image. Booster 18, the first Super Heavy V3, is beginning prelaunch testing. The first operations will test the booster's redesigned propellant systems and its structural strength

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking! We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold. We're on our way to Mars to enable @NASA and @ucbssl to study the Martian magnetosphere!

RocketLab's tweet image. 🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!

We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold.

We're on our way to Mars to enable @NASA and @ucbssl to study the Martian magnetosphere!

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

It's almost time. The journey to Mars starts tomorrow.

RocketLab's tweet image. It's almost time. The journey to Mars starts tomorrow.

NG-2 Update: We are scheduled to launch tomorrow, November 13, with a launch window from 2:57–4:25 PM EST / 19:57–21:25 UTC. The live webcast starts here at T-20 minutes.



KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

MISSION SUCCESS for our 74th Electron launch, with successful payload deployment confirmed for the QPS-SAR-14/YACHIHOKO-I satellite for @QPS_inc.


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Tucked in and ready for flight ✅ Our two spacecraft for @NASA & @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars. Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀

RocketLab's tweet image. Tucked in and ready for flight ✅

Our two spacecraft for @NASA & @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.

Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

📣 It’s time for another Electron launch! 🇯🇵 ‘The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for @QPS_Inc, making Rocket Lab the go-to provider for their Earth-imaging constellation. Launch window opens: ⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5 ⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5 ⏰…

RocketLab's tweet image. 📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!

🇯🇵 ‘The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for @QPS_Inc, making Rocket Lab the go-to provider for their Earth-imaging constellation.

Launch window opens:

⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5  
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5 
⏰…

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

We're ready to launch our next mission! With Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for @synspective we are GO for a launch attempt tomorrow for Electron's 73rd launch. "Owl New World" launch window opens: ⏰UTC | 16:30 ⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m. ⏰JST | 1:30 a.m. ⏰ET | 12:30 p.m. ⏰PT | 9:30…

RocketLab's tweet image. We're ready to launch our next mission! With Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for @synspective we are GO for a launch attempt tomorrow for Electron's 73rd launch.

"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30…

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

On track for today’s Starship flight test. The launch window is from 6:15 p.m. CT - 7:30 p.m. CT. Live coverage starts ~30 minutes before launch

Watch Starship's eleventh flight test → spacex.com/launches/stars…



KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Sunrise on Starship


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Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration

SpaceX's tweet image. Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration
SpaceX's tweet image. Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration
SpaceX's tweet image. Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration
SpaceX's tweet image. Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Rocket Lab knows Mars. The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter is where our heritage meets the future of Mars comms. Our MTO is designed for speed AND value: ✅ Supporting Humans on Mars ✅ Faster sample return ✅ A firm-fixed framework ✅ More exploration Learn more:…


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

🌌 On our upcoming ESCAPADE mission, twin spacecraft are heading to Mars to study how solar wind interacts with the planet’s magnetic field aka, how Mars is slowly losing its atmosphere. Why does it matter? The data will help us: 🔒 Design better protection for astronauts 🛡️…


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Live, Laugh, LIFT-OFF. Electron is on its way to low Earth orbit.


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

🚀 Life’s too short to not live, laugh, and launch rockets. T-2 hours to lift-off for Electron’s 70th mission. ⏰ 10:42 a.m. NZT ⏰ 22:42 UTC ⏰ 6:42 p.m. EDT ⏰ 3:42 p.m. PDT Our live webcast will begin at T-20 minutes to lift-off: rocketlabcorp.com/live-stream

RocketLab's tweet image. 🚀 Life’s too short to not live, laugh, and launch rockets. T-2 hours to lift-off for Electron’s 70th mission.

⏰ 10:42 a.m. NZT
⏰ 22:42 UTC
⏰ 6:42 p.m. EDT
⏰ 3:42 p.m. PDT

Our live webcast will begin at T-20 minutes to lift-off: rocketlabcorp.com/live-stream

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Now that #BlueGhost is on the other side of the lunar noon heat, the X-band antenna is downlinking at 10 Mbps again to transmit even more science data for @NASA! More to come soon as we prepare to operate for 5 hours of darkness during the eclipse tonight - a challenging feat…

Firefly_Space's tweet image. Now that #BlueGhost is on the other side of the lunar noon heat, the X-band antenna is downlinking at 10 Mbps again to transmit even more science data for @NASA! More to come soon as we prepare to operate for 5 hours of darkness during the eclipse tonight - a challenging feat…

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

🚀Launch update: At our customer’s request, we’re allowing a couple of extra days for spacecraft readiness checks by @QPS_inc before launch of our next mission. ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ launch window will now open NET March 15th UTC. That’s the beauty of dedicated launch on…

RocketLab's tweet image. 🚀Launch update: At our customer’s request, we’re allowing a couple of extra days for spacecraft readiness checks by @QPS_inc before launch of our next mission. ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ launch window will now open NET March 15th UTC.

That’s the beauty of dedicated launch on…

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Encapsulated and ready for launch. The QPS-SAR-9 satellite for @QPS_Inc has been attached to Electron and is now safely housed inside the rocket’s nosecone. Four days to the opening of the launch window for ‘The Lightning God Reigns' on March 10th UTC. Mission info:…

RocketLab's tweet image. Encapsulated and ready for launch.

The QPS-SAR-9 satellite for @QPS_Inc has been attached to Electron and is now safely housed inside the rocket’s nosecone.

Four days to the opening of the launch window for ‘The Lightning God Reigns' on March 10th UTC.

Mission info:…

KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Athena continues to be in excellent health in Low Lunar Orbit (LLO). She’s completed 24 of her 39 orbits, waiting for the sun to rise on her Mons Mouton landing site. Live landing coverage is scheduled to start on March 6 at 10:30 a.m. CST / 11:30 a.m. EST on the Intuitive…


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Standing down from today’s flight test attempt. Starship team is determining the next best available opportunity to fly


KiwiSpace Foundation reposted

Watch Starship's eighth flight test → spacex.com/launches/missi…


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