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Rocket launch

by Rocket LabUSA

Launch time20 Nov 202002:20:01 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

The DragRacer mission will test Tethers Unlimited's Terminator Tape, an electrodynamic tether that can passively de-orbit satellites in order to reduce space debris.

Alchemy, the tethered satellite, is expected to take 45 days to de-orbit.

Augury, the untethered satellite, is expected to take up to 9 years.

First stage recovery will be attempted on this flight. The Electron's first stage will splashdown under a parachute and then will be recovered by ship.

Rocket Electron

launched from Mahia, LC-1ANew Zealand

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
APSS-1 (Waka Āmiorangi Aotearoa)Ionospheric research--
Alchemy (DragRacer A)Technology demonstration--
Augury (DragRacer B)Technology demonstration--
BRO-2SIGINT--
BRO-3SIGINT--
Gnome ChompskiCharity / Mass simulator--
Landmapper-BC 5Earth observation--
SpaceBEE NZ × 6Communications--
SpaceBEE × 18Communications--