We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 23 Aug 2023, 11:45 pm UTC

Rocket: Electron

Provider: Rocket Lab

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Mission Description

Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space. First mission to fly with a reused engine.