Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)

Name: Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Start: 2024-04-23T22:32:00+00:00
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Rocket Lab launched a Electron rocket from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B carrying Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1) to Sun-Synchronous Orbit on 23 Apr 2024, 22:32 UTC. Outcome: Launch Successful.

SuccessLaunch Successful

About the mission

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.

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