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Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)
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Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)

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Thursday December 18 2025, 05:03:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
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Mission

STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space systems development. The projected primary payload, DISKSat, will demonstrate sustained very low earth orbit (VLEO) flight and test a unique, 1-meter diameter, disk-shaped satellite bus that is designed to increase on-orbit persistence.

Quick facts

VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
SiteWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
WindowThursday December 18 2025, 05:00:00 UTC→Thursday December 18 2025, 09:00:00 UTC
Launch CodexDossier

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Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
37.833, -75.488
Scrub riskLOW
Go87%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go87%LL2 Go80%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud100%Temp24°C

Limiting rule: Vehicle-load wind shear — vector wind change per meter of altitude in the max-Q regime. Flagged when shear exceeds typical Falcon 9 / Atlas V structural margin. (max at 44,334 ft)

0.0 ≥ 0.025 /s shear (1 km window, 1.5–55 kft band)