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🚀Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) with Rocket Lab

Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) via Rocket Lab

Commercial • USA

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Onenui Station

Dec 05 at 04:00pm

Launchpad time•+1200

Dec 05 at 03:00am

Your local time•+0000

Current status

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Electron

Launch vehicle

Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)

Mission

-39.2628

Latitude

177.8645

Longitude

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Note: For all launches the scheduled launch dates and times are subject to change due to weather, equipment, crew and other factors.

Mission description

RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab's Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S' 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.

— Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)

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Attending a launch in person

Viewing from the launch site is restricted to site personnel. All areas on the peninsula with a view of the launch are typically closed off on launch day. As such there are usually no publically-accessible spots to view launches at Onenui Station.

This may change in the future as Rocket Lab's commercial operations ramp up.

How to get there

The closest airport is Hawke's Bay Airport (aka Napier Airport) in Napier. From the airport take a rental car 3 hours north to Māhia. Alternatively take a bus to Māhia Peninsula and a taxi the rest of the way. Buses are infrequent in this area as it is mostly rural.

Note that Onenui Station is private property and does not allow general access to the public.

Accomodation

Nearby hotels in Māhia Peninsula.

Nearby parking

Parking not available on-site.

Agency details

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national space agency, involved in space exploration, satellite development, and scientific research. JAXA's achievements include the Hayabusa asteroid missions, contributions to the ISS, and the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles, enhancing Japan's role in global space endeavors.