Mission record
Electron | It’s a Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM)
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Rocket Lab
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
New Zealand
Date
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6108 ever
Go probability
90%
Mission
A U.S. Air Force experimental spacecraft. It will demonstrate the use of a deployable sensor, where the sensor’s mass is a substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft and provide a platform to test future space protection capabilities.