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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
Rocket Lab's 39th [[Electron]] mission, called "Baby Come Back" will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket's first stage after it splashes down in the ocean.
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'Baby Come Back' will launch from [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B (LC-1B)|Pad B]] at [[Launch Complex 1]] in Mahia, New Zealand.
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The ‘Baby Come Back’ mission is a rideshare mission and will carry satellites for multiple customers, including:
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[[NASA]]: NASA’s [Starling mission](https://www.nasa.gov/smallspacecraft/what-is-starling/) is a four CubeSat mission designed to test technologies to enable future “swarm” missions. Spacecraft swarms refer to multiple spacecraft autonomously coordinating their activities to achieve certain goals. Starling will demonstrate technologies for in-space network communications, onboard relative navigation between spacecraft, autonomous maneuver planning, and execution, and distributed spacecraft autonomy - an experiment for small spacecraft to autonomously react to observations, paving the way for future science missions.
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>[[CesiumAstro]]: as a partner in the above mentioned Starling mission, providing [[CesiumAstro#🛰️ Space Systems#CommPack Cross-Link Communications Payload|CommPack Cross-Link Communications Payloads]] for each of the four cubesats.
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[[UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory]]: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) selected Rocket Lab to launch Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite that will provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.
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[[Spire Global]] Global: Spire will launch two 3U satellites carrying Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) payloads to replenish its fully deployed constellation of more than 100 multipurpose satellites. Spire’s satellites observe the Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data acquired by Spire’s GNSS-RO payloads provide global weather intelligence that can be assimilated into weather models to improve the accuracy of forecasts. Spire is the largest producer of GNSS-RO weather data, collecting over 20,000 RO profiles a day.
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[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720309411224/)
#electron #launch #success
| **Mission Name** | Baby Come Back |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Launch Date** | 2023-07-18 01:27 |
| **Outcome** | ✅ Success |
| **Customer** | [[NASA]], [[CesiumAstro]], [[UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory]], [[Telesat]], [[Spire Global]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#SSO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 1000 km | 99.45° |
| **Payload Mass** | 86 kg |
| **Recovery** | Success (Ocean Landing) |
| **Mission Link** | [Baby Come Back](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/baby-come-back/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/Press-Kit-Rocket-Lab-Baby-Come-Back2.pdf) |
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### 📦 Payload
- x4 NASA [Starling](https://www.nasa.gov/smallspacecraft/what-is-starling/) CubeSats housing CesiumAstro [[CesiumAstro#🛰️ Space Systems#CommPack Cross-Link Communications Payload|CommPack Cross-Link Communications Payload]]s
- x2 [[Spire Global]] 3U Satellites
## 📽️ Launch Video
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## 📰 News
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Deploys Satellites for NASA and Commercial Constellation Operators, Successfully Recovers Booster.md\|Rocket Lab Deploys Satellites for NASA and Commercial Constellation Operators, Successfully Recovers Booster]] | July 17, 2023 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Mix of NASA and Commercial Satellites, and Takes Next Step in Rocket Reusability Program.md\|Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Mix of NASA and Commercial Satellites, and Takes Next Step in Rocket Reusability Program]] | July 17, 2023 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch Multiple Satellites as Part of Upcoming Recovery Mission.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch Multiple Satellites as Part of Upcoming Recovery Mission]] | June 22, 2023 |
| [[News/Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite.md\|Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite]] | May 31, 2023 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch Small Satellite Swarm for NASA.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch Small Satellite Swarm for NASA]] | May 09, 2023 |
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