Rocket Lab launches its 'Catch Me If You Can' mission onboard Electron | 32nd | Launch, Deployment

Rocket Lab launches its 'Catch Me If You Can' mission onboard the Electron rocket carrying the Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy (MATS) satellite from Launch Complex 1-B in Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand.

MATS is a science research satellite for the Swedish National Space Agency.

This is the 32nd launch of Electron and 2nd attempt at a mid-air helicopter recovery of the first stage.

Unfortunately due to a loss of telemetry in the first-stage, Rocket Lab was unable to perform an aerial recovery of the rocket.

Date: November 04, 2022
Launch vehicle: Electron
Payload: 53 Starlink satellites
Mission: Catch Me If You Can
Status: Success (partial failure of mid-air rocket recovery)

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LAUNCH-AUTO-SEQ: 00:00
LIFTOFF: 00:33
MAX-Q: 01:41
MECO, STAGE-SEP: 03:03
FAIRING-SEP: 03:45
BATTERY-JET: 04:42
SECO, SEP: 05:07
DEPLOYMENT: 06:04
SUBSCRIBE PLEASE :): 06:15
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Credits: Rocket Lab

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