NorthStar 3
Electron, Rocket Lab
Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch time
No earlier than
NET 2020s
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Source updated
UpdatedSlip history
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- LL2 update
Pushed into 2020s TBD due to satellite operator and manufacturer getting into court case on contract delivery details and problems with the first 4 satellites.
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Adding launch NET 2024
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Mission
NorthStar 3 on Electron from Unknown Pad. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.
- Mission type
- Space Situational Awareness
- Orbit
- Low Earth 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) · SourceLaunch timeline
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Launch pad
Unknown Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)
Coordinates: -39.260881, 177.865826