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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
The âLove At First Insightâ mission, arranged for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight Inc., was Electronâs 22nd lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealandâs Mahia Peninsula. Following lift-off at 01:38 UTC, 18 November 2021, Electron successfully delivered the two BlackSky Gen-2 Earth-imaging satellites to a circular 430km orbit, growing BlackSkyâs constellation of real-time geospatial monitoring spacecraft and bringing the total number of satellites deployed by Rocket Lab to 107.
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The mission also included a controlled ocean splashdown and recovery of Electronâs first stage. For the first time, Rocket Lab stationed a helicopter in the recovery zone around 200 nautical miles offshore to track and observe the descending stage in preparation for future aerial capture attempts. The helicopter successfully tracked the returning rocket and completed communications tests in the recovery zone, bringing Rocket Lab a step closer to catching a rocket from the sky, bringing it back to the production complex for refurbishment, and then launching it to space again.
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[đ¸ Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720301777099/)
#electron #launch #success
| **Mission Name** | Love At First Insight |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Launch Date** | 2021-11-18 01:38 |
| **Outcome** | â
Success |
| **Customer** | [[BlackSky]], [[Spaceflight]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[đ Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 430 km | 42° |
| **Payload Mass** | 120 kg |
| **Recovery** | Success (Ocean Landing) |
| **Mission Link** | [Love At First Insight](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/love-at-first-insight/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/Rocket-Lab-F22-Love-At-First-Insight-Press-Kit.pdf) |
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## đ˝ď¸ Launch Video
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## đ° News
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| File | Published |
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Confirms Helicopter Capture Attempt For Next Recovery Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Confirms Helicopter Capture Attempt For Next Recovery Mission]] | November 23, 2021 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Launches 107th Satellite To Orbit, Successfully Tests Helicopter Recovery Operations.md\|Rocket Lab Launches 107th Satellite To Orbit, Successfully Tests Helicopter Recovery Operations]] | November 18, 2021 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab to Recover Electron Rocket, Introduce Helicopter Operations During Next Launch.md\|Rocket Lab to Recover Electron Rocket, Introduce Helicopter Operations During Next Launch]] | October 19, 2021 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Launch Operations Underway For Two BlackSky Missions in November.md\|Rocket Lab Launch Operations Underway For Two BlackSky Missions in November]] | October 11, 2021 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch Three Back-To-Back Missions for BlackSky from late August.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch Three Back-To-Back Missions for BlackSky from late August]] | August 10, 2021 |
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