High Five (Kinéis 21-25)
Electron, Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch time
T-0
Tue 18 Mar, 02:31 CET
01:31 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch record updated by LL2
Feed checkedMission
High Five (Kinéis 21-25) on Electron. Tue 18 Mar 2025, 01:31 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Source: Launch Library 2.
Last of five batches of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Rocket file imagery
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) · SourceMission patches
- High Five
- Kinéis Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
Times are relative to liftoff.
- T-2 min
Startup
The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
- T-2 s
Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
- T-0
Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
- T+2 min 25 s
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
- T+2 min 28 s
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
- T+2 min 31 s
SES
Start of the second engine
- T+3 min 8 s
Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
- T+6 min 23 s
Battery Hotswap
Electron Second stages switches to a new set of batteries and jettisons the depleted ones.
- T+9 min
SECO
Cut-off of the second engine
- T+9 min 4 s
Kick Stage Separation
Separation of the kick stage from the previous stage
- T+52 min 24 s
Kick Stage Ignition
Start of the kick stage engine
- T+55 min 6 s
Kick Stage Cut-off
Cut-off of the kick stage engine
- T+1 h 6 min 34 s
Payload Deployment Sequence End
End of the payload deployment sequence.
Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (7)
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Launch success.
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All 5 satellites have deployed.
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Liftoff.
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Changed launch pad.
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GO for launch.
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NET March.
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Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)
Coordinates: -39.262833, 177.864469
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