{"id":16274,"date":"2018-06-22T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16274"},"modified":"2018-06-22T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T18:16:35","slug":"rocket-lab-to-launch-an-electron-with-5-payloads-including-irvine-cubesat-built-by-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16274","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab to launch an Electron with 5 payloads including Irvine CubeSat built by high schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This evening US time and Saturday afternoon New Zealand time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket Lab<\/a> will attempt to launch the third <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/electron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electron rocket<\/a>\u00a0into orbit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16275\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16275\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"On Pad-June19-2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Electron on the pad at Mahia.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16275\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OnPad-June19-2018.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Electron on the pad at Mahia. (Photo credits <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketLab\/status\/1009203455519481856\" target=\"_d\">Kieran_Fanning<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rocket is to lift off from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahia_Peninsula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahia Peninsula<\/a> on the\u00a0east coast of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\">New Zealand<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a title=\"North Island\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Island\">North Island<\/a>. You can watch the launch via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream\" target=\"_d\">rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream<\/a> webcast.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is carrying four payloads for commercial companies plus the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irvinecubesat.org\/\">Irvine CubeSat<\/a>\u00a0built by high school students in Irvine, California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Irvine CubeSat Program is a revolutionary STEM initiative based in Irvine, California.\u00a0With over 100 members from six public high schools, the program collectively strives to assemble, test, and launch a solar powered CubeSat. It aims to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers, creators, programmers, and explorers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about the program:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re launching the incredibly exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irvinecubesat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@irvinecubesat<\/a> satellite on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ItsBusinessTime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ItsBusinessTime<\/a>, built by high school students in Irvine, California. It&#8217;s such a privilege to open access to orbit for projects like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPSFinfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IPSFinfo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubeSats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubeSats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimeToFly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TimeToFly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SAqyEJQxr0\">pic.twitter.com\/SAqyEJQxr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketLab\/status\/1009982334123180032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/assets\/Uploads\/Its-Business-Time-Press-Kit2.pdf\">press kit (pdf)<\/a> has lots of information about the mission. See also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/06\/rocketlab-operational-electron-launch-five-payload\/\" target=\"_d\">Rocket Lab set for first operational Electron launch with five payload elements \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This evening US time and Saturday afternoon New Zealand time, Rocket Lab will attempt to launch the third Electron rocket\u00a0into orbit. The rocket is to lift off from the Mahia Peninsula on the\u00a0east coast of\u00a0New Zealand&#8216;s\u00a0North Island. You can watch the launch via the rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream webcast. The vehicle is carrying four payloads for commercial companies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16274\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rocket Lab to launch an Electron with 5 payloads including Irvine CubeSat built by high schoolers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-rockets","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4eu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16234,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16234","url_meta":{"origin":16274,"position":0},"title":"Video: Rocket Lab prepares for 3rd Electron launch from New Zealand","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The company Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket\u00a0from the Mahia Peninsula\u00a0on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island during a two week long launch window that opens on\u00a0June 23rd. 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