We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)

Can I see it from here?

Daytime launch: visible as an exhaust trail near the pad.

Estimates from a typical ascent toward the likely orbit. Real trajectories, cloud and haze vary; the farther away, the lower and shorter the view.

Mission

HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).

Launch time (UTC)

Oct 21, 05:00 UTC

Precision

Hour

Window

Oct 21, 05:00 UTC – Oct 21, 08:45 UTC

Orbit

SSO

Mission type

Earth Science

Pad

Unknown Pad

Rocket · Electron

Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.

Height

18 m

Diameter

1.2 m

Liftoff mass

13 t

Liftoff thrust

162 kN

To LEO

300 kg

Track record

93 / 97 successful

Success streak

56

First flight

2017-05-25

Reusable

No

Launch time changes · 1

1. Oct 15, 18:00 UTC Slipped +5h to Oct 21, 05:00 UTC