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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
'In Focus' was a rideshare mission to low Earth orbit for [[Planet Labs]] and Spaceflight Inc.’s customer [[Canon Electronics]]. The mission deployed a total of 10 satellites to precise and individual orbits from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
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Planet had nine of their latest generation SuperDove satellites deployed to a 500km morning-crossing Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Each of the nine SuperDoves were integrated with and deployed from Rocket Lab’s [[Maxwell CubeSat Dispenser]]s, the industry’s lightest CubeSat dispenser in its class. Planet’s Flock 4e’ of SuperDoves join the company’s constellation of Earth-observation satellites already on orbit providing medium-resolution global coverage and near-daily revisit.
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The 10th and final payload, Canon Electronics Inc.’s CE-SAT-IIB, was arranged by satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight Inc. CE-SAT-IIB is a technical demonstration microsatellite developed by Canon Electronics Inc. It has a middle-size telescope equipped with an ultra-high sensitivity camera to take night images of the Earth and small size telescopes which are suitable for CubeSat use.
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[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72157716860029003/)
#electron #launch #success
| **Mission Name** | In Focus |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Launch Date** | 2020-10-28 21:21 |
| **Outcome** | âś… Success |
| **Customer** | [[Planet Labs]], [[Spaceflight]], [[Canon Electronics]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#SSO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 500 km | 97.5° |
| **Payload Mass** | 72 kg |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt |
| **Mission Link** | [In Focus](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/in-focus/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/final-F15-Press-Kit-In-Focus.pdf) |
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## 📽️ Launch Video
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## đź“° News
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| File | Published |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| [[News/Rocket Lab demonstrates flexible in-space transportation with new Kick Stage maneuver.md\|Rocket Lab demonstrates flexible in-space transportation with new Kick Stage maneuver]] | October 30, 2020 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 15th Mission, Deploys Satellites for Planet, Canon Electronics Inc..md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 15th Mission, Deploys Satellites for Planet, Canon Electronics Inc.]] | October 29, 2020 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab To Launch Commercial Earth-Imaging Rideshare Mission For Planet, Canon Electronics.md\|Rocket Lab To Launch Commercial Earth-Imaging Rideshare Mission For Planet, Canon Electronics]] | September 21, 2020 |
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