Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Rocket Lab·Electron·Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
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Launch time: April 23, 2024 at 10:32 PM UTC
Your local time: 23 Apr 2024, 22:32 UTC
✓ SuccessApr 23, 2024
About this 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.
Mission Timeline
Events will appear closer to launch. Expected:
- Launch
- Stage Sep
- Orbit Insertion