kein nachteil - die ~400m/s zusätzliche geschwindigkeit in ost-richtung, die du bei einem start vom äquator aus hast, sind bei starts in polare orbits eher störend.
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On May 24th, 2017 at 04:23 UTC Rocket Labs launched their first rocket: Electron from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. It was the firs...
Wobei sie es nicht bis in den Orbit geschafft haben. Aber Start, stage separation, 2nd stage ignition und fairing separation gleich im ersten Anlauf ist beeindruckend! Und das bei einer Rakete die wie die Falcon 9 gleich 9 Triebwerke in der ersten Stufe hat.
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Aktualisiertes Video mit Bildern der Onboard-Kameras beider Stufen:
Maiden Electron Launch with Rocket Camera views #ItsATest
This updated video of the Electron Rocket maiden launch includes views from the rocket's 1st and 2nd stage. There were what appear to be payload dropouts in ...
Da sieht man sehr schön, dass der Flug doch noch "weit weg" von reibungslos verlaufen ist. Besonders die erste Stufe hatte wohl größere Stabilitätsprobleme. Roll hatten sie kaum unter Kontrolle und die Flugbahn hatte daher etwas von einem Korkenzieher
Maiden Electron Launch Cut Short by Faulty Ground Equipment – Spaceflight101
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After the mission, Rocket Lab engineering teams combed through over 25,000 channels of data collected during the flight to understand what caused the rocket to fall short of orbit and provide a detailed assessment on how all launch vehicle subsystems performed in the actual flight environment. “The review found the launch had to be terminated due to an independent contractor’s ground equipment issue, rather than an issue with the rocket,” the company said in a statement. “Rocket Lab’s investigation board has identified the root causes and corrective actions.”
According to Rocket Lab’s post-mortem analysis, Electron had climbed to an altitude of 224 Kilometers when, around four minutes into the flight, ground telemetry equipment operated at the Mahia launch site by a third-party contractor lost contact with the launch vehicle. Per standard procedure, range safety officials made the call to terminate the flight and issued the destruct commands to the rocket’s Flight Termination System. Data from Rocket Lab’s own telemetry equipment confirmed the rocket was following a nominal trajectory and was performing as planned at the time of flight termination.