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What this is
Rocket Lab is launching a rocket called Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The public listing does not name a cargo yet. This path flies over Earth in the same kind of sunlight every day, which is what picture-taking satellites like.
Rocket Lab is flying a Electron from Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Mission: TSIS-2. The Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor 2 (TSIS-2) is a satellite designed by NASA to measure the Sun's energy input to Earth. TSIS-2 comprises two instruments, the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), and the spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM). TIM measures total brightness and SIM measures spectral irradiance over a wavelength range that includes 96% of the energy in the solar spectrum. Both instruments are similar to those used for the TSIS-1 mission onboard the International Space Station. Planned orbit: . Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. The published time can still slip. Rockets wait for weather, boats, and the range.
From here
Too far to see
You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 7,307 miles southwest. The broadcast is the view.
That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway. The clock is still loose, so daylight is a guess.