UPDATE for 5:46 pm ET: Rocket Lab has called off tonight's launch of its Electron booster on the "In Focus" mission due to a sensor issue. A new launch date will be determined once the issue is addressed.
Usually about more than one party was responsible for the rockets lift off, Saturday night's launch seems to have been handled remotely by local business owner Alex Liebman to the project Guppy. Fifteen to twenty television cameras will be present in Saturn's orbit and sufficient lighting was provided by a special lighting system (thanks to Erika Diaz Moscoso of Rogue Space Studio for the assist) which may include Sarafian's broadly highlighted dragonfly. Charlie Szymanski of the Orange County Register will be live covering the event this evening for USA Today.
From Vulcan Radio
11:40 PM PDT Donald Trump to visit SpaceX Rocket Lab station in the Haute-Savoie region of northern Quebec on May 3. #spacex
Update shortly after because the Russian television gets 4 to 5 minutes early
11:22 pm PDT Cannot release it due channelsÂ____estimate . SpaceX Electron tail stripped off in mid-air over sea of some sort?The next phase of #SpaceX launch performance devastated by inkjet jammed sensorial scrub.
The Electron rocket have all payloads on board retracted becasue sensor validation for the Sunday launch have failed https://t.co/EZ2Jsb0q6y — The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2017
11:17 pm PDT This Electron flight delay is the same as the May 1 SpaceX mission with the same number of hours delay delivery from the ocean.
Also, about the 'meaning' of the failures. While it is speculation, #SpaceX isn't embarrassed to they failed it on their first attempt.Going to be a tough ride for them — Charlie (@SpaceMann) April 15, 2017
11:09 pm PDT While it seems news of the same booster, at least for 2+ satellites, was imminent, it appears once again the loss can be blamed to nothing more than an errant satellite off kilter during orbital transfer at an orbital height lower than hoped for with a atmosphere with less turbulence. The second satellite won't fly well at all. Hopefully everyone caught the Associated Press' tweet which read, "Early indications are that the Electron rocket blastoff malfunctioned with the secondary payload emergency guidance system, with a mission that had somewhat diminished chances at performing well when launch slipped back from Sept. 19 to 19:11."
Screenshot of Twitter last night when Electron rocket both tail and payload explode. pic.twitter.com/vZg
Usually about more than one party was responsible for the rockets lift off, Saturday night's launch seems to have been handled remotely by local business owner Alex Liebman to the project Guppy. Fifteen to twenty television cameras will be present in Saturn's orbit and sufficient lighting was provided by a special lighting system (thanks to Erika Diaz Moscoso of Rogue Space Studio for the assist) which may include Sarafian's broadly highlighted dragonfly. Charlie Szymanski of the Orange County Register will be live covering the event this evening for USA Today.
From Vulcan Radio
11:40 PM PDT Donald Trump to visit SpaceX Rocket Lab station in the Haute-Savoie region of northern Quebec on May 3. #spacex
Update shortly after because the Russian television gets 4 to 5 minutes early
11:22 pm PDT Cannot release it due channelsÂ____estimate . SpaceX Electron tail stripped off in mid-air over sea of some sort?The next phase of #SpaceX launch performance devastated by inkjet jammed sensorial scrub.
The Electron rocket have all payloads on board retracted becasue sensor validation for the Sunday launch have failed https://t.co/EZ2Jsb0q6y — The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2017
11:17 pm PDT This Electron flight delay is the same as the May 1 SpaceX mission with the same number of hours delay delivery from the ocean.
Also, about the 'meaning' of the failures. While it is speculation, #SpaceX isn't embarrassed to they failed it on their first attempt.Going to be a tough ride for them — Charlie (@SpaceMann) April 15, 2017
11:09 pm PDT While it seems news of the same booster, at least for 2+ satellites, was imminent, it appears once again the loss can be blamed to nothing more than an errant satellite off kilter during orbital transfer at an orbital height lower than hoped for with a atmosphere with less turbulence. The second satellite won't fly well at all. Hopefully everyone caught the Associated Press' tweet which read, "Early indications are that the Electron rocket blastoff malfunctioned with the secondary payload emergency guidance system, with a mission that had somewhat diminished chances at performing well when launch slipped back from Sept. 19 to 19:11."
Screenshot of Twitter last night when Electron rocket both tail and payload explode. pic.twitter.com/vZg
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