Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)

Name: Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)
Start: 2025-03-26T15:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-03-26T16:00:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Electron, Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch time

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Wed 26 Mar, 16:30 CET

15:30 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window closes: Wed 26 Mar, 17:00 CET

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Launch record updated by LL2 Thu 27 Mar 2025, 11:18 CET

Feed checked 11 Oct, 03:42 CEST

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Mission

Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1) on Electron. Wed 26 Mar 2025, 15:30 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B. Source: Launch Library 2.

8 satellites for a constellation of satellites developed by Orora Technologies (OroraTech) of Germany, with thermal infrared cameras that can provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires globally, supporting better and faster wildfire response to protect forests, people, and infrastructure worldwide. The company plans to expand their constellation with up to 100 satellites in total by 2028.

Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket file imagery

The light of an Electron launch rises above a water tower and an illuminated exhaust cloud at night. — File imagery: Virginia is for Launch Lovers, 24 January 2023. Electron lifting off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops.
Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson · Public domain (NASA) · Source

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Finding Hot Wildfires Near You Mission Patch

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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (8)

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Thu 27 Mar 2025, 10:18 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Wed 26 Mar 2025, 16:27 UTCLL2 update
All payloads deployed.
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Wed 26 Mar 2025, 15:31 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff!
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Wed 26 Mar 2025, 15:00 UTCLL2 update
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Thu 20 Mar 2025, 09:39 UTCLL2 update
Changed NET launch date.
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Thu 20 Mar 2025, 03:02 UTCLL2 update
Added launch window and launch pad information.
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Tue 18 Mar 2025, 20:27 UTCLL2 update
GO for launch.
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Thu 23 Jan 2025, 03:07 UTCLL2 update
Added launch.
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Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)

Coordinates: -39.262833, 177.864469

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