056 - Ice AIS Baby

[[Home|🏠]] > [[Launches]] > 056 - Ice AIS Baby >[!Success] Mission Success >[!summary] The “Ice AIS Baby” mission launched successfully on November 25th NZDT, 2024. Lift-off took place from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, [[Launch Complex 1]], in New Zealand. The mission was the third of five dedicated [[Electron]] launches booked by [[Kinéis]] in a multi-launch contract that will see Rocket Lab deploy an entire constellation of 25 IoT satellites. The first two missions were successfully launched by Electron in June and September 2024. > [📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720322166233/) #electron #launch #success | **Mission Name** | Ice AIS Baby | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | 2024-11-25 04:55 | | **Outcome** | ✅ Success | | **Customer** | [[Kinéis]] | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] | | **Target Orbit** | 643 km | 97° | | **Payload Mass** | 150 kg | | **Recovery** | No Attempt | | **Mission Link** | [Ice AIS Baby](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/ice-ais-baby/) | | **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/Ice-AIS-Baby-Press-Kit2.pdf) | ![[Pasted image 20250406151244.png|300]] ### 📦 Payload x5 [[Kinéis#🛰️ Space Systems#Kinéis IoT|Kinéis IoT]] Satellites ![[Kinéis#🛰️ Space Systems#Kinéis IoT|Kinéis IoT]] ## 📽️ Launch Video ![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i081vyh3WO0) 🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i081vyh3WO0 ## 📰 News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[056 - Ice AIS Baby]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Two Missions in Less Than 24 Hours.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Two Missions in Less Than 24 Hours]] | November 25, 2024 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Schedules Next Launch for Constellation Operator Kinéis.md\|Rocket Lab Schedules Next Launch for Constellation Operator Kinéis]] | November 12, 2024 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% ![](https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1860780281986535895) ![](https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1860163019550192020)