16 May
2017
16 May
'17
4:45 a.m.
Hi Rocket Launch Watchers,
The first test launch from Rocket Lab is due some time in the 10 days starting from Monday 22nd May at 9:00 NZST (21:00 on 21 May UTC). The orbit is elliptical, perigee 300KM, apogee 500KM at 83 degrees inclination. The payload is a set of instruments to evaluate the rocket performance. The downlink is broadband data on S Band. Frequency unknown. The Internet access from the launch site is not very good so I don’t think there will be a live streaming.
Their twitter feed: https://twitter.com/RocketLabUSA is the best place for updates.
73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC