[amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch for NASA ElaNa-19 due next week

[Wendy and Terry Osborne]

Hi Folks,

>From Rocket Lab’s recent twitter post:
A nine-day launch window for the ELaNa-19 mission opens 13 – 21 December 2018, UTC. 
Lift-off from Launch Complex 1 is scheduled between: 
04:00 - 08:00 UTC (13 Dec) 17:00 - 21:00 
NZDT (13 Dec) 20:00 - 00:00 
PST (12/13 Dec) 23:00 - 03:00 
EST (12/13 Dec)

See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-historic-small-satellite-mission-for-nasa/

The launch will be streamed from their web site: www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream 
See also: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/launch-info/launch-complex-1/

Satellites to be launched are:
ELaNa XIX
Date:  NET December 11, 2018
Mission: Rocket Lab Flight 4, Electron, Mahia, New Zealand
10 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed

  a.. ALBUS – NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

  b.. CeREs – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

  c.. CHOMPTT – University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

  d.. CubeSail – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

  e.. DaVinci – North Idaho STEM Charter Academy, Rathdrum, Idaho

  f.. ISX – SRI International/ California Polytechnic University, Menlo Park, California

  g.. NMTSat – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

  h.. RSat – United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

  i.. Shields-1 – NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

  j.. STF-1 – West Virginia University / NASA IV&V, Morgantown, West Virginia


73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC