IoT 4 You and MeKinéis 16-20

Success Rocket Lab, Electron

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Mission

Communications · SSO

Fourth batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B 2025-028A Rocket body 571 × 627 km · 97.9° Globe
KINEIS-2C 2025-028B Payload 648 × 652 km · 98.1° Globe
KINEIS-2D 2025-028C Payload 639 × 645 km · 97.9° Globe
KINEIS-2E 2025-028D Payload 637 × 639 km · 97.9° Globe
KINEIS-2A 2025-028E Payload 645 × 654 km · 98.1° Globe
ELECTRON R/B 2025-028F Rocket body re-entered 2025-02-20
KINEIS-2B 2025-028G Payload 646 × 653 km · 98.0° Globe

COSPAR ID 2025-028 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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