"They Go Up So Fast"

Name: "They Go Up So Fast"
Start: 2021-03-22T22:30:00Z
Location: Mahia

Success

MAR 22202122:30:00 UTC

Photon Pathstone was a Rocket Lab technology demonstration spacecraft flown to build flight heritage ahead of the CAPSTONE lunar mission in 2022. The spacecraft tested power management, thermal control, attitude control subsystems, deep-space radio capability, an upgraded reaction control system, and sun and star sensors.

LIFTOFF

MAR 22 2021

22:30:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-1AMahia

aboardElectronintoLEO

Broadcast

Payloads · 7

01
Photon Pathstone
Space tug / Technology demonstration
02
BlackSky 7 (Global-9)
Earth observation
03
Centauri 3
IoT
04
Gunsmoke-J 1
Technology demonstration
05
M2 x 2
Technology demonstration
06
Myriota 7
IoT
07
Veery Hatchling
Meteorology