MATS satellite launch from New Zealand

Event

Date: Friday 4 November 2022

Time: 18.10 – 19.10

Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

On 4 November, the research satellite MATS will be launched into space.

The MATS satellite has been developed by MISU researchers in collaboration with other Swedish partners. Scientists will be able to use data from MATS to study waves in the upper part of the atmosphere, approximately 100 km above the Earth's surface. Read the article and follow its links to more information.

The satellite will be launched by Rocket Lab from their spaceport on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on 4 November at 18:27, Swedish time. You can follow the launch via livestream by Rocket Lab, which starts at approximately 18:10.