010 - Running Out Of Fingers

[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> <span class="no-hover">[[Launches]]</span> <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> 010 - Running Out Of Fingers >[!success] Mission Success >[!summary] Onboard this rideshare mission were six spacecraft comprised of 5cm PocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission management provider Alba Orbital. The final payload on board was procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight for ALE Co., Ltd (ALE), a Tokyo-based company creating microsatellites that simulate meteor particles. > ‘Running Out Of Fingers’ also included the first guided, full telemetry re-entry of the Electron launch vehicle’s first stage as part of Rocket Lab’s plans to re-use and re-fly rocket boosters in future missions. Recovery instrumentation on-board this flight included guidance and navigation hardware, including S-band telemetry and on-board flight computer systems, to live-gather data during the first stage’s atmospheric re-entry, as well as a reaction control system to orient the booster. #electron #launch #success | **Mission Name** | Running Out Of Fingers | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | 2019-12-06 08:18 | | **Outcome** | ✅ Success | | **Customer** | [[Alba Orbital]], [[Spaceflight]], [[ALE]] | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] | | **Target Orbit** | 385 x 400 km | 97° | | **Payload Mass** | 77 kg | | **Recovery** | Controlled (Atmosphere Test) | | **Mission Link** | [Running Out Of Fingers](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/running-out-of-fingers/) | | **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/F10-Running-Out-of-Fingers-Presskit.pdf) | ![[Pasted image 20250406132111.png|300]] ## 📽️ Launch Video <div class="responsive-video"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QK9mQdar5_w" title="Rocket Lab's Electron - Running Out Of Fingers Mission" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> ## 📰 News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[010 - Running Out Of Fingers]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Debuts Fully Autonomous Flight Termination System.md\|Rocket Lab Debuts Fully Autonomous Flight Termination System]] | December 09, 2019 | | [[News/Rocket Lab launches milestone tenth mission, completes major success for reusable rocket program.md\|Rocket Lab launches milestone tenth mission, completes major success for reusable rocket program]] | December 06, 2019 | | [[News/Next Generation Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission.md\|Next Generation Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission]] | November 05, 2019 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%