Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "Payload deployment confirmed! Congratulations to the launch team on our 37th Electron launch, and to our mission partners at @NASA @NASA_LSP @NASAAmes: the TROPICS constellation is officially on orbit!"

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

The Rocket Lab webcast is now also live, showing the same thing as NASA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhuJsjQH8fU

NASA webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYmgfMr2a8

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "Our operators have cleared the first poll for today’s mission and we are GO FOR LAUNCH of Electron from LC-1 for @NASA."

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

The NASA webcast is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYmgfMr2a8

Rocket Lab webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhuJsjQH8fU

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab reports that they are currently targeting 03:46.

Pri: Fri May 26 at 03:30-04:40 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period from May 22 through June 24.

Note: No booster recovery attempt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhuJsjQH8fU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYmgfMr2a8

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab reports that the weather is 85% 'Go' for tonight's launch attempt.

"Fine weather with minimal cloud and light winds over Launch Complex-1 today, both throughout the countdown and expected at lift-off."

Pri: Fri May 26 at 03:30-04:40 UTC.

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "It's almost time to go to space! Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1 with launch ops underway for the @NASA TROPICS mission."

Pri: Fri May 26 at 03:30-04:40 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period from May 22 through June 24.

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Rocket Lab webcast link now available ...

Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhuJsjQH8fU

NASA webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYmgfMr2a8

#LaunchInformation #RocketLab #TROPICS #TROPICS3 #ComingToAStormNearYou

Delayed a day due to upper-level winds ...

Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Pri: Fri May 26 at 03:30-04:40 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period through June 24.

Note: No booster recovery attempt.

#LaunchSchedule #RocketLab #TROPICS #TROPICS3 #ComingToAStormNearYou

Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "Safe inside Electron’s fairing, the final pair of @NASA TROPICS sats are ready to head to space tomorrow.

Upper air winds could be a factor but with LRR complete, right now we are GO for launch!"

Pri: Thu May 25 at 04:00-05:10 UTC.

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Postponed another two days due to weather (I updated the launch window this time).

Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Pri: Thu May 25 at 04:00-05:10 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period through June 24.

Note: No booster recovery attempt.

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** CORRECTION **

I forgot to take into account that the launch time shifts earlier each day. The corrected launch window is shown below.

Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Pri: Tue May 23 at 05:00-06:10 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period through June 24.

Note: No booster recovery attempt.

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Rocket Lab - Flight #37 'Coming To A Storm Near You' TROPICS-3 (satellites 5 & 6)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "🚀Launch update: with unfavorable weather conditions over LC-1, our launch for @NASA TROPICS will now be NET Tuesday 23 May."

Pri: Tue May 23 at 05:30-06:40 UTC.

Note: The launch window will shift roughly 30 minutes earlier each day of the launch period through June 24.

Note: No booster recovery attempt.

#LaunchSchedule #RocketLab #TROPICS #TROPICS3 #ComingToAStormNearYou