Rocket Lab Launch Electron Carrying Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company
Video from the channel The Staging Point about Electron, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:36. Language: English. Video type: Launch.
Video with Rocket Lab's official feed of the launch of an Electron on the The Lightning God Defends mission, carrying a radar Earth observation satellite for the Japanese company iQPS.
After the countdown, the rocket passes 3 km in altitude and 700 km/h, goes through Max Q and accelerates past 2,000 km/h. The shutdown of the nine Rutherford engines on the first stage, the separation and the ignition of the second stage are confirmed, already past 8,000 km/h; the fairing separation is then confirmed, although the camera feed fails.
The video ends after four minutes of flight, with the second stage running normally and less than six minutes of burn remaining.