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>[!success] Mission Success
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Rocket Lab's 19th Electron mission deployed a range of satellites for commercial and government satellite operators, as well as placed a next-generation Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft in orbit to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for [[NASA]] later this year.
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Seven satellites featured on the mission manifest, including:
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>- An Earth-observation satellite for [[BlackSky]] via launch services provider Spaceflight Inc.;
>- Two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies [[Fleet Space]] and [[Myriota]], procured by [[Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems]];
>- A technology demonstration satellite for the University of [[UNSW Canberra Space |New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space]];
>- a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from [[Care Weather]] technologies;
>- A technology demonstrator for the [[U.S. Army]]’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through launch integration and program management services provider, [[TriSept]].
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The final payload on this mission was Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built [[Photon]] Pathstone. The spacecraft will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year([[CAPSTONE]]), as well as Rocket Lab's private mission to Venus in 2023. Photon Pathstone will demonstrate power management, thermal control, and attitude control subsystems, as well as newly-integrated technologies including deep-space radio capability, an upgraded RCS (reaction control system) for precision pointing in space, and sun sensors and star trackers. Pathstone is the second Photon spacecraft to be deployed to orbit, following the launch of Photon First Light in August 2020.
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[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720302048611/)
#electron #launch #success
| **Mission Name** | They Go Up So Fast |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Launch Date** | 2021-03-22 22:30 |
| **Outcome** | ✅ Success |
| **Customer** | [[BlackSky]], [[Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems]], [[Fleet Space]], [[Myriota]], [[UNSW Canberra Space]], [[Care Weather]], [[U.S. Army]], [[Trisept]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 450 km and 550 km | 45° |
| **Payload Mass** | Unknown |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt |
| **Mission Link** | [They Go Up So Fast](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/they-go-up-so-fast/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/Flight-19-They-Go-Up-So-Fast-Press-Kit-small.pdf) |
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## 📽️ Launch Video
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## 📰 News
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| File | Published |
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 19th Electron, Deploys 100th Satellite.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 19th Electron, Deploys 100th Satellite]] | March 23, 2021 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab’s Next Mission to Launch 100th Satellite and Deploy Next-Generation Photon Spacecraft in Preparation for Moon Mission.md\|Rocket Lab’s Next Mission to Launch 100th Satellite and Deploy Next-Generation Photon Spacecraft in Preparation for Moon Mission]] | February 09, 2021 |
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