{"id":554230,"date":"2018-12-07T10:53:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=32731"},"modified":"2018-12-07T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:53:47","slug":"cubesats-to-launch-from-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=554230","title":{"rendered":"CubeSats to launch from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_32732\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2018\/12\/07\/cubesats-new-zealand-launch\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Electron rocket in New Zealand Dec 6 2018 &#8211; credit Rocket Lab\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Electron rocket in New Zealand Dec 6, 2018 &#8211; credit Rocket Lab&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=593\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32732\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"Electron rocket in New Zealand Dec 6, 2018 - credit Rocket Lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225 300w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=600&amp;h=450 600w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/electron-rocket-in-new-zealand-dec-6-2018-credit-rocket-lab.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electron rocket in New Zealand Dec 6, 2018 &#8211; credit Rocket Lab<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Terry Osborne ZL2BAC<\/strong> has provided some information on the upcoming launch from New Zealand of 10 CubeSats on the Rocket Labs Electron ELaNa-19 mission, a number of the satellites carry amateur radio payloads.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/pipermail\/amsat-bb\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AMSAT Bulletin Board<\/strong><\/a> Terry writes:<\/p>\n<p>From Rocket Lab\u2019s recent twitter post:<br \/>\nA nine-day launch window for the ELaNa-19 mission opens 13 \u2013 21 December 2018, UTC.<br \/>\nLift-off from Launch Complex 1 is scheduled between:<br \/>\n04:00 &#8211; 08:00 UTC (13 Dec) 17:00 &#8211; 21:00<br \/>\nNZDT (13 Dec) 20:00 &#8211; 00:00<br \/>\nPST (12\/13 Dec) 23:00 &#8211; 03:00<br \/>\nEST (12\/13 Dec)<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-historic-small-satellite-mission-for-nasa\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-historic-small-satellite-mission-for-nasa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The launch will be streamed from their web site at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/live-stream<\/a><br \/>\nSee also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/launch-info\/launch-complex-1\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/launch-info\/launch-complex-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Satellites to be launched are:<br \/>\nELaNa XIX<br \/>\nDate: NET December 11, 2018<br \/>\nMission: Rocket Lab Flight 4, Electron, Mahia, New Zealand<br \/>\n10 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ALBUS \u2013 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio<br \/>\n\u2022 CeREs \u2013 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland<br \/>\n\u2022 CHOMPTT \u2013 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida<br \/>\n\u2022 CubeSail \u2013 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br \/>\n\u2022 DaVinci \u2013 North Idaho STEM Charter Academy, Rathdrum, Idaho<br \/>\n\u2022 ISX \u2013 SRI International\/ California Polytechnic University<br \/>\n\u2022 NMTSat \u2013 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology<br \/>\n\u2022 RSat \u2013 United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland<br \/>\n\u2022 Shields-1 \u2013 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia<br \/>\n\u2022 STF-1 \u2013 West Virginia University \/ NASA IV&amp;V<\/p>\n<p>73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC<\/p>\n<p>AMSAT Bulletin Board <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/pipermail\/amsat-bb\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/pipermail\/amsat-bb\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Osborne ZL2BAC has provided some information on the upcoming launch from New Zealand of 10 CubeSats on the Rocket Labs Electron ELaNa-19 mission, a number of the satellites carry amateur radio payloads. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Terry writes: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2018\/12\/07\/cubesats-new-zealand-launch\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554231,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554230\/revisions\/554231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=554230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=554230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}