Check the listing for details. ROCKET LAB 40-WE LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE-ELECTRON Launch-CAPELLA SPACE Mission PATCH. Condition: New. Listed at 12.95 USD. Authentic ROCKET LAB 40 -WE LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE- ELECTRON Launch-CAPELLA SPACE Mission PATCH The ‘We Love The Nightlife’ mission lifted-off on August 24th at 11:45 am NZST from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula, deploying Capella’s next-generation Acadia satellite for its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation to a 640 km circular low Earth orbit. As a recovery mission, Electron’s first stage returned to Earth under a parachute after launch and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers down range from Launch Complex 1. Rocket Lab’s marine recovery vessel will soon extract the stage from the ocean and transport it back to Rocket Lab’s production complex for analysis and testing to inform future recovery efforts. In addition to recovering the booster, Rocket Lab launched a pre-flown 3D-printed Rutherford engine for the first time. The engine previously flew on the first stage of the ‘There and Back Again’ mission, launched in May 2022. The engine performed on par with new Rutherford engines, completing a successful first-stage burn. The mission follows on from Rocket Lab’s two previous launches for Capella, including the “Stronger Together” mission launched in March 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, and the “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical” mission in August 2020 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, which deployed the first satellite in Capella’s SAR constellation. ‘We Love the Nightlife’ was the first of four new dedicated launches on Electron for Capella, announced in February 2023, to deploy Capella’s next-generation Acadia satellites. rocketlabpatches.com USAFSPACE.com THIS - ORIGINAL - 100% EMBROIDERED - ROCKET LAB -40 Mission PATCH IS - 4" x 4.5" - AND IS IN - MINT - CONDITION THANKS FOR LOOKING, I WILL BE HAPPY TO COMBINE ITEMS TO SAVE ON SHIPPING**** PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR - EBAY STORE - AND OTHER EBAY AUCTIONS **** A LOTMORE GREAT PATCHES CHALLENGE COINS, FLOWN MEDALLIONS, SPACE STICKERS, AND INCREDIBLE SIGNED NASA PHOTOSNASA LITHOS AND SPACE COLLECTIBLES ARE LISTED...