Hey there!
electron launch
It's been successful! Rocket Lab launched its "Still Testing" this afternoon 2:30 LT (NZDT) -> 01:30 UTC!
So NewZealand is the 11th nation with a successful orbital launch.
"Still Testing" carried three satellites in LEO, two for weather and ship tracking purposes, third doing nice pictures uf us.
Amazing are the mostly 3D printed engines. This allows very cheap commercial space launches in the future.
Lokking forward to the next launches!
For more information, see
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLab/comments/7rfej8/rrocketlabs_still_testing_launch_discussion_and/
and a video of the launch:
falcon heavy wed dress rehearsal
SpaceX did another WDR on their FH in preparation for the static fire and, of course, the launch.
SF is still NET Monday (it seems, that they spotted no major issues), officially the launch is still timed for end of January, but I rather doubt, they will stick to it, for the reason of GovSat-1 launch on 01/30 alone .
If you want to see 10 seconds of steem, watch
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/21/video-falcon-heavy-undergoes-fueling-test-at-pad-39a/
As always for more information on the upcoming SF, see the reddit post
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7ph9e2/official_rspacex_falcon_heavy_static_fire_updates/
Read you tomorrow and
Stay assembled!