Upcoming Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All Rocket Lab dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
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  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
  • TBD (To Be Determined)

NASA Rocket Lab LOXSAT

UPDATED • DELAYED

October

Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Photon Upper Stage | Curie Engine • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) | NASA Tipping Point Program • Eta Space LOXSAT • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@RocketLab LOXSAT is an incredibly exciting and ambitious mission. Electron and Photon will conduct a flight demonstration of a complete cryogenic fluid management system in orbit for NASA and Eta Space - essentially building, launching, and testing a cryogenic fuel depot in space!

Eta Space LOXSAT

Rocket Lab Neutron Test Flight

UPDATED • DELAYED

2026

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Maiden Flight Rocket Lab Neutron Rocket • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@RocketLab Neutron’s launch site is taking shape. While we’re gearing up for the next Electron launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in the coming days, here’s what the Neutron team have been up to on the new pad right next door.
Neutron's water tower has arrived at LC-3! The 283 ft / 86 m tall tower has a 200,000-gallon capacity to feed Neutron’s deluge system which protects the pad from the intense heat and vibration from the Archimedes engines on lift-off.
Concrete is flowing fast on the launch mount, a dedicated new pad for Neutron designed to enable rapid turnaround between missions.
Just a 5-minute drive from the pad, the Neutron Integration Facility is under construction. It’s from this facility that completed Neutron rockets will roll out to the pad before taking to the skies

Rocket Lab Neutron

Recent Videos of Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space & Events

Classified Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE Puma (TacRS-4)

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

TBC Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Pioneer • Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-4) • True Anomaly Mission X-3 (MX-3) JACKAL-0004 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE That's Not A Knife DART AE Suborbital Hypersonic

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)

Classified Rocket Lab Don't Be Such A Square STP-S30 DiskSat

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Space Systems Command (SSC) Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program STP-S30 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • NASA DiskSat | The Aerospace Corporation • Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) • Press Kit • Press Kit

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Prometheus Run Suborbital Hypersonic

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)

NASA Blue Origin New Glenn (NG-2) ESCAPADE Blue & Gold

 

Launch Complex 16 (LC-36) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Blue Origin New Glenn Reusable GS1-7E02-1 | Seven BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines • Second Stage | Two BE-3U LOX / LH2 Vacuum Engines • Jacklyn Landing Platform Vessel 1 (LPV1) • Viasat Real-Time Space Relay (RTSR) Demo | Loft Orbital • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) | Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) | Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) • UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) • Rocket Lab ESCAPADE | Twin Photon Explorer Spacecraft | HyperCurie Engine • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) Staging Orbit • Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) | Mars | Explorer

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Justin Suborbital Hypersonic

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)

NASA SpaceX IMAP SWFO-L1 Carruthers Rideshare

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1096.2 Flight 2 • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Solar Terrestrial Probes (STP) • NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) | Princeton University • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NEDIS) Space Weather Follow On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) | Ball Aerospace | Rocket Lab • NASA Carruthers Geocorona Observatory | GLIDE (Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1)

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Jenna Suborbital Hypersonic

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)

SpaceX Transporter-13 Smallsat Rideshare

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.13 Flight 13 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 74 Spacecraft • Albedo Clarity-1 (VLEO) • Alba Orbital Cluster 9 (5) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 61 TRYAD-1 & TRAYAD-2 | Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 64 Montana State University (MSU) Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) • Exolaunch (27) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX Quadro | HEO Holmes & Adler | ICEYE Gen4 X46 X48 X50 X51 (4) | Loft Orbital Yam-8 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-3 | Spire Global (7) | Turion Space DROID.002 | U-Space SOAP & PANDORE (2) • NASA Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) (3) | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) [JHUAPL] • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Advanced Systems & Technology Directorate (AS&T) (6) • SEOPS (23) | ISISPACE | Maverick Space Systems | 2024-BLAZE (3) • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-3 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

SpaceX Transporter-12 Smallsat Rideshare

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1088.2 Flight 2 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 131 Spacecraft • Alba Orbital Cluster 8 (7) • D-Orbit Endless Sky ION SCV014 Amazing Antonius (8) & Ascend ION SCV016 Eminent Emmanuel (4) • EnduroSat Balkan-1 • Exolaunch (35) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX || ICEYE Gen3 (4) | Norweigian Space Agency (NOSA) NorSat-4 | OroraTech FOREST-3 | Satellogic ÑuSat-47 | ÑuSat-51 | ÑuSat-52 | Spire Global (6) | Unseenlabs BRO-16 • Impulse Space LEO Express-2 • Inversion Space Ray Demo • Planet Pelican-2 | SuperDove Flock 4g (36) • SEOPS (2) | NRO Otter | Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) | New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Defence Science and Technology (DST) | SAT GUS Space Selfie • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-2 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE A La Vista MACH-TB Suborbital Hypersonic

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) • Leidos Dynetics Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB)

NASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice (PREFIRE-2)

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Mission 2 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

NASA Rocket Lab Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE-1)

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • NASA Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Mission 1 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

Classified Rocket Lab Live and Let Fly NROL-123

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) NROL-123 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

SpaceX Transporter-10 Smallsat Rideshare

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.5 Flight 5 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 53 Spacecraft • Apex Space Aries Call to Adventure | Orbit Fab | Ubotica CogniSat • Axelspace Pyxis • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 57 • Earth Observant (EOI) Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) (6) • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova (8) CarboNIX (12) | Unseenlabs BRO-12 & BRO-13 | ICEYE Gen3 (3) | Muon Space MuSat-2 | OrbAstro TR2 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-1 • Loft Orbital Yam-6 • New Zealand Space Agency | Rocket Lab | University of Auckland Space Institute Mission Operations Control Centre (MOCC) | MethaneSAT • Maverick Space Systems | Orbital Sidekick (OSK) Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) 4, 5 & 6 • SEOPS | Quantum Space Sentry Scout-1 Spire Global (4) • True Anomaly Mission X Jackals (2) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

NASA Rocket Lab Baby Come Back Starling Smallsat Rideshare

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) | 4 NASA Starling (Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde) • Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) DEFIANT | Exolaunch | Telesat LEO 3 Demo | 2 Spire Global Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occulation (GNSS-RO) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Scout's Arrow MACH-TB Suborbital Hypersonic Test Flight (DYNAMO-A)

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) • Leidos Dynetics Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) • FCC

SpaceX Transporter-8 Smallsat Rideshare

 

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1071.9 Flight 9 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 72 Spacecraft • D-Orbit Above the Sky ION SCV011 Savvy Simon | ODIN-DU1 Sensor | Alba Orbital Cluster 7 (6) | Lockheed Martin Blackjack Aces-1 / Aces-2 / Aces-3 / Aces-4 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | ExoTerra Resources Halo Thrusters • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova & CarboNIX (32) | ICEYE Gen3 (4) | Muon Space MuSat-1 | Satlantis GEI-SAT Precursor | Spire Global (3) | Swarm Technologies 14 SpaceBEEs | Turion Space DROID.001 • iQPS QPS-SAR-6 (AMATERU-III) • Launcher Orbiter SN3 | Starfish Space Otter Pup Prototype | Anomaly • Maverick Space Systems | United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) XVI Link-16 | Orbital Sidekick (OSK) Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) 3 • Outpost Ferry Mission 1 (Failure is an Option) • Satellogic Aleph-1 (ÑuSat) (4) • Terran Orbital | ImageSat International (ISI) | RUNNER-1 FASat-Delta • Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) | SatVu HOTSAT-1 • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-1 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • FCC

NASA Rocket Lab Coming to a Storm Near You TROPICS-3

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) • Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) • NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Mission 2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

NASA Rocket Lab Rocket Like a Hurricane TROPICS-2

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) | Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) • NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Mission 1 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

SNSA Rocket Lab Catch Me If You Can MATS

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Capture • Curie Kick Stage • Rymdstyrelsen / Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) • Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy (MATS) • Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University (MISU) • Exolaunch | OHB Sweden InnoSat SML | OHB Sweden • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

NOAA Rocket Lab It Argos Up From Here Argos-4 A-DCS GAzelle (OTB-3)

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed 3 (OTB-3) • NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Argos-4 • Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) • Hosted Payload Argos Worldwide Data Collection System • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit

NASA Rocket Lab CAPSTONE Final HyperCurie Burn to the Moon

 

Lunar Photon Explorer | HyperCurie Engine • NASA Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) • NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) • Terran Orbital • Advanced Space • Stellar Exploration • Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) • Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) • Moon | Explorer • Press Kit

NASA Rocket Lab CAPSTONE CubeSat to the Moon

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Lunar Photon Explorer | HyperCurie Engine • NASA Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) • NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) • Terran Orbital • Advanced Space • Stellar Exploration • Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) • Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) • Moon | Explorer • Press Kit

Rocket Lab There and Back Again Smallsat Rideshare

 

Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket • 26 Launches • Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Capture • Curie Kick Stage • 34 Spacecraft • Alba Orbital Cluster X (4) • Astrix Astronautics • Aurora Propulsion Technologies AuroraSat-1 • E-Space • Spaceflight RL-9 • Swarm Technologies SpaceBEEs • Unseenlabs BRO-6 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

Schedule of Upcoming Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All Rocket Lab dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
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  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
  • TBD (To Be Determined)
DateMissionLivestreamNotes
OctoberNASA Rocket Lab LOXSATLaunch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Photon Upper Stage | Curie Engine • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) | NASA Tipping Point Program • Eta Space LOXSAT • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026Rocket Lab Venus Life Finder Private Mission to VenusLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • TBC Rocket Lab Neutron Rocket | Photon Explorer | HyperCurie Engine • Trans-Venus Injection (TVI) • MIT Venus Life Finder (VLF) • Venus | Explorer
2026Rocket Lab Neutron Test FlightLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Maiden Flight Rocket Lab Neutron Rocket • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Recent Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space & Events

DateMissionNotes
2026-09-26 00:15 UTCRocket Lab Owlright Owlright Owlright StriX-13 #13 (7 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-7 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-09-19 03:22 UTCRocket Lab Owl by The Dozen StriX-12 #12 (6 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-7 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-09-02 12:01 UTCRocket Lab Owl Around The World StriX-8 #11 (5 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-7 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-08-20 13:00 UTCRocket Lab The Lightning God Defends QPS-SAR-18 (SUKUNAMI-II)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-18 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-08-06 09:18 UTCRocket Lab The Grain Goddess Provides (MIKURA-I) QPS-SAR-13Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-13 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-06-26 17:43 UTCRocket Lab Ten Owl Of Ten StriX-8 #10 (4 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-7 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-06-19 10:19 UTCClassified Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE Puma (TacRS-4)TBC Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Pioneer • Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-4) • True Anomaly Mission X-3 (MX-3) JACKAL-0004 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-06-11 08:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Curveball Suborbital? HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2026-05-22 09:30 UTCRocket Lab StriX-7 #9 (3 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-7 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-04-23 03:09 UTCJAXA Rocket Lab Kakushin Rising RideshareLaunch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova (39) | JAXA Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-02-26 01:36 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Bubbles Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2026-03-28 09:40 UTCESA Rocket Lab Daughter Of The Stars Celeste LEO-PNT IOD-1 & IOD-2Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Photon Upper Stage | Curie Engine • Exolaunch (5) | ESA Celeste LEO-PNT • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-03-20 18:10 UTCRocket Lab Eight Days A Week StriX-6 #8 (2 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-6 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-03-05 23:53 UTCRocket Lab Insight at Speed is a Friend Indeed BlackSky-25 (3-4)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-02-28 00:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE That's Not A Knife DART AE Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2026-01-30 01:21 UTCRocket Lab Bridging The Swarm NeonSat-1ALaunch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • South Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) NeonSat-1A • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2026-01-22 10:52 UTCRocket Lab The Cosmos Will See You Now RideshareLaunch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Open Cosmos • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025-12-21 06:36 UTCRocket Lab The Wisdom God Guides QPS-SAR-15 (SUKUNAMI-I)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-15 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025-12-18 05:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab Don't Be Such A Square STP-S30 DiskSatLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Space Systems Command (SSC) Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program STP-S30 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • NASA DiskSat | The Aerospace Corporation • Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) • Press Kit • Press Kit
2025-12-14 03:09 UTCJAXA Rocket Lab RAISE and Shine RAISE-4Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • JAXA Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 | Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite-4 (RAISE-4) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-11-20 12:43 UTCConfidential Rocket Lab Follow My Speed BlackSky-24 (3-3)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025-11-18 13:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Prometheus Run Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2025-11-13 20:55 UTCNASA Blue Origin New Glenn (NG-2) ESCAPADE Blue & GoldLaunch Complex 16 (LC-36) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Blue Origin New Glenn Reusable GS1-7E02-1 | Seven BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines • Second Stage | Two BE-3U LOX / LH2 Vacuum Engines • Jacklyn Landing Platform Vessel 1 (LPV1) • Viasat Real-Time Space Relay (RTSR) Demo | Loft Orbital • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) | Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) | Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) • UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) • Rocket Lab ESCAPADE | Twin Photon Explorer Spacecraft | HyperCurie Engine • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) Staging Orbit • Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) | Mars | Explorer
2025-11-05 19:51 UTCRocket Lab The Nation God Navigates QPS-SAR-14 (YACHIHOKO-I)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-14 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-10-14 16:33 UTCRocket Lab Owl New World StriX-5 #7 (1 of 21)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-5 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-09-29 23:45 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Justin Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2025-09-24 11:30 UTCNASA SpaceX IMAP SWFO-L1 Carruthers RideshareLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1096.2 Flight 2 • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Solar Terrestrial Probes (STP) • NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) | Princeton University • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NEDIS) Space Weather Follow On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) | Ball Aerospace | Rocket Lab • NASA Carruthers Geocorona Observatory | GLIDE (Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1)
2025-09-23 00:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Jenna Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2025-08-23 22:42 UTCRocket Lab Live, Laugh, Launch EchoStar Lyra-2Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025-08-05 04:10 UTCRocket Lab The Harvest Goddess Thrives QPS-SAR-12 (KUSHINADA-I)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-12 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-06-28 07:08 UTCRocket Lab Symphony In The Stars EchoStar Lyra-4Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2025-06-26 17:28 UTCRocket Lab Get The Hawk Outta Here HawkEye 360 Cluster 12 & Kestrel-0ALaunch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • HawkEye 360 Cluster 12 (12A, 12B, 12C) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-06-11 15:31 UTCRocket Lab The Mountain God Guards QPS-SAR-11 (YAMATSUMI-I)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-11 (YAMATSUMI-I) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-06-02 23:57 UTCRocket Lab Full Stream Ahead BlackSky-23 (3-2)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-05-17 08:17 UTCRocket Lab The Sea God Sees QPS-SAR-10 (WADATSUMI-I)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-10 (WADATSUMI-I) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-03-26 15:30 UTCRocket Lab Finding Hot Wildfires Near You OTC-P1Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) • OroraTech Constellation Phase 1 (OTC-P1) | Exolaunch EXOpod Nova | Spire Global • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-03-18 01:31 UTCRocket Lab High Five Kinéis-5 (21-25)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • 5 Kinéis • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-03-15 06:43 UTCSpaceX Transporter-13 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.13 Flight 13 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 74 Spacecraft • Albedo Clarity-1 (VLEO) • Alba Orbital Cluster 9 (5) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 61 TRYAD-1 & TRAYAD-2 | Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 64 Montana State University (MSU) Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) • Exolaunch (27) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX Quadro | HEO Holmes & Adler | ICEYE Gen4 X46 X48 X50 X51 (4) | Loft Orbital Yam-8 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-3 | Spire Global (7) | Turion Space DROID.002 | U-Space SOAP & PANDORE (2) • NASA Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) (3) | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) [JHUAPL] • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Advanced Systems & Technology Directorate (AS&T) (6) • SEOPS (23) | ISISPACE | Maverick Space Systems | 2024-BLAZE (3) • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-3 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit
2025-03-15 00:00 UTCRocket Lab The Lightning God Reigns QPS-SAR-9 (SUSANOO-I)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-9 (SUSANOO-I) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-02-18 23:17 UTCRocket Lab Fasten Your Space Belts BlackSky-22 (3-1)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-02-08 20:43 UTCRocket Lab IoT 4 You and Me Kinéis-4 (16-20)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • 5 Kinéis • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025-01-14 19:09 UTCSpaceX Transporter-12 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1088.2 Flight 2 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 131 Spacecraft • Alba Orbital Cluster 8 (7) • D-Orbit Endless Sky ION SCV014 Amazing Antonius (8) & Ascend ION SCV016 Eminent Emmanuel (4) • EnduroSat Balkan-1 • Exolaunch (35) EXOpod Nova CarboNIX || ICEYE Gen3 (4) | Norweigian Space Agency (NOSA) NorSat-4 | OroraTech FOREST-3 | Satellogic ÑuSat-47 | ÑuSat-51 | ÑuSat-52 | Spire Global (6) | Unseenlabs BRO-16 • Impulse Space LEO Express-2 • Inversion Space Ray Demo • Planet Pelican-2 | SuperDove Flock 4g (36) • SEOPS (2) | NRO Otter | Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) | New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Defence Science and Technology (DST) | SAT GUS Space Selfie • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-2 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit
2024-12-21 14:17 UTCRocket Lab Owl The Way Up StriX-2 #6Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-6 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-12-14 01:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HAST Stonehenge Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE)
2024-11-25 03:55 UTCRocket Lab Ice AIS Baby Kinéis-3 (11-15)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • 5 Kinéis • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-11-24 06:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE A La Vista MACH-TB Suborbital HypersonicLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) • Leidos Dynetics Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB)
2024-11-05 10:54 UTCConfidential Rocket Lab Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Protosat-1Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • E-Space • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024-09-20 23:01 UTCRocket Lab Kinéis Killed The RadIOT Star Kinéis-2 (6-10)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • 5 Kinéis • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-08-11 13:18 UTCRocket Lab A Sky Full of SARS Capella-13 (Acadia-3)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Capella Space Acadia • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-08-02 16:39 UTCRocket Lab Owl For One, One For Owl StriX-4 #5Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-4 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-06-20 18:13 UTCRocket Lab No Time Toulouse Kinéis-1 (1-5)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • 50th Launch Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • 5 Kinéis • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-06-05 03:15 UTCNASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice (PREFIRE-2)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Mission 2 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-05-25 07:41 UTCNASA Rocket Lab Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE-1)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • NASA Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Mission 1 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-04-23 22:32 UTCRocket Lab Beginning Of The Swarm NeonSat-1 NASA ACS3 RideshareLaunch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • South Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) NeonSat-1 • Exolaunch EXOpod | NASA Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-03-21 07:25 UTCClassified Rocket Lab Live and Let Fly NROL-123Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) NROL-123 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-03-12 15:03 UTCRocket Lab Owl Night Long StriX-3Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2024-03-04 22:05 UTCSpaceX Transporter-10 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081.5 Flight 5 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 53 Spacecraft • Apex Space Aries Call to Adventure | Orbit Fab | Ubotica CogniSat • Axelspace Pyxis • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 57 • Earth Observant (EOI) Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) (6) • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova (8) CarboNIX (12) | Unseenlabs BRO-12 & BRO-13 | ICEYE Gen3 (3) | Muon Space MuSat-2 | OrbAstro TR2 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-1 • Loft Orbital Yam-6 • New Zealand Space Agency | Rocket Lab | University of Auckland Space Institute Mission Operations Control Centre (MOCC) | MethaneSAT • Maverick Space Systems | Orbital Sidekick (OSK) Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) 4, 5 & 6 • SEOPS | Quantum Space Sentry Scout-1 Spire Global (4) • True Anomaly Mission X Jackals (2) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit
2024-02-18 14:52 UTCRocket Lab On Closer Inspection ADRAS-J CRD2Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Commercial Debris Removal Demonstration (CRD2) • Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024-01-31 06:34 UTCRocket Lab Four of a Kind NorthStar-1 (1-4 of 12)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova | Spire Global | 4 NorthStar Earth & Space • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-12-15 04:05 UTCRocket Lab The Moon God Awakens QPS-SAR-5 (TSUKUYOMI-I)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Return to Flight Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • iQPS QPS-SAR-5 (TSUKUYOMI-I) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-09-19 06:55 UTCRocket Lab We Will Never Desert You Capella-12 (Acadia-2)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Capella Space Acadia-2 • Second Stage Anomaly • Press Kit
2023-08-23 23:45 UTCRocket Lab We Love the Nightlife Capella-11 (Acadia-1)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Capella Space Acadia-1 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-07-18 01:27 UTCNASA Rocket Lab Baby Come Back Starling Smallsat RideshareLaunch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) | 4 NASA Starling (Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde) • Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) DEFIANT | Exolaunch | Telesat LEO 3 Demo | 2 Spire Global Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occulation (GNSS-RO) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2023-06-18 01:24 UTCClassified Rocket Lab HASTE Scout's Arrow MACH-TB Suborbital Hypersonic Test Flight (DYNAMO-A)Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Rutherford | Modified Curie Kick Stage • Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) • Leidos Dynetics Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) • FCC
2023-06-12 21:35 UTCSpaceX Transporter-8 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1071.9 Flight 9 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) • Transporter | 72 Spacecraft • D-Orbit Above the Sky ION SCV011 Savvy Simon | ODIN-DU1 Sensor | Alba Orbital Cluster 7 (6) | Lockheed Martin Blackjack Aces-1 / Aces-2 / Aces-3 / Aces-4 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | ExoTerra Resources Halo Thrusters • Exolaunch EXOpod Nova & CarboNIX (32) | ICEYE Gen3 (4) | Muon Space MuSat-1 | Satlantis GEI-SAT Precursor | Spire Global (3) | Swarm Technologies 14 SpaceBEEs | Turion Space DROID.001 • iQPS QPS-SAR-6 (AMATERU-III) • Launcher Orbiter SN3 | Starfish Space Otter Pup Prototype | Anomaly • Maverick Space Systems | United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) XVI Link-16 | Orbital Sidekick (OSK) Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) 3 • Outpost Ferry Mission 1 (Failure is an Option) • Satellogic Aleph-1 (ÑuSat) (4) • Terran Orbital | ImageSat International (ISI) | RUNNER-1 FASat-Delta • Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) | SatVu HOTSAT-1 • Varda Space Industries Winnebago-1 | Rocket Lab Photon Pioneer • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • FCC
2023-05-26 03:46 UTCNASA Rocket Lab Coming to a Storm Near You TROPICS-3Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) • Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) • NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Mission 2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-05-08 01:00 UTCNASA Rocket Lab Rocket Like a Hurricane TROPICS-2Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) | Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) • NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Mission 1 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-03-24 09:14 UTCRocket Lab The Beat Goes On BlackSky-20 & BlackSky-21Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Spaceflight RL-12 • BlackSky Gen-2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2023-03-16 22:38 UTCRocket Lab Stronger Together Capella-9 (Whitney-7) & Capella-10 (Whitney-8)Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Capella Space Whitney • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit • FCC
2023-01-24 23:00 UTCRocket Lab Virginia is for Launch Lovers LC-2 First Launch HawkEye 360First Launch Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | Launch Complex 0 Pad C (LP-0C) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 (6A, 6B, 6C) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2022-11-04 17:27 UTCSNSA Rocket Lab Catch Me If You Can MATSLaunch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Capture • Curie Kick Stage • Rymdstyrelsen / Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) • Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy (MATS) • Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University (MISU) • Exolaunch | OHB Sweden InnoSat SML | OHB Sweden • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2022-10-07 17:09 UTCNOAA Rocket Lab It Argos Up From Here Argos-4 A-DCS GAzelle (OTB-3)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed 3 (OTB-3) • NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Argos-4 • Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) • Hosted Payload Argos Worldwide Data Collection System • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2022-09-21 17:30 UTCRocket Lab Investor Day 2022Rocket Lab Investors • Rocket Lab Neutron Rocket • Press Kit
2022-09-15 20:38 UTCRocket Lab The Owl Spreads Its Wings StriX-1Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-1 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2022-08-04 05:00 UTCClassified Rocket Lab Antipodean Adventure NROL-199 (RASR-4)Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) NROL-199 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2022-07-13 06:30 UTCClassified Rocket Lab Wise One Looks Ahead NROL-162 (RASR-3)Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) NROL-162 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit • Press Kit
2022-07-04 06:56 UTCNASA Rocket Lab CAPSTONE Final HyperCurie Burn to the MoonLunar Photon Explorer | HyperCurie Engine • NASA Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) • NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) • Terran Orbital • Advanced Space • Stellar Exploration • Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) • Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) • Moon | Explorer • Press Kit
2022-06-28 09:55 UTCNASA Rocket Lab CAPSTONE CubeSat to the MoonLaunch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Lunar Photon Explorer | HyperCurie Engine • NASA Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) • NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) • NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) • NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) • Terran Orbital • Advanced Space • Stellar Exploration • Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) • Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) • Moon | Explorer • Press Kit
2022-05-02 22:49 UTCRocket Lab There and Back Again Smallsat RideshareLaunch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket • 26 Launches • Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford • Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Capture • Curie Kick Stage • 34 Spacecraft • Alba Orbital Cluster X (4) • Astrix Astronautics • Aurora Propulsion Technologies AuroraSat-1 • E-Space • Spaceflight RL-9 • Swarm Technologies SpaceBEEs • Unseenlabs BRO-6 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2022-04-02 12:41 UTCRocket Lab Without Mission A Beat BlackSky-18 & BlackSky-19Launch Complex 1 Pad A (LC-1A) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Spaceflight RL-11 • BlackSky Gen-2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2022-02-28 20:37 UTCRocket Lab The Owl's Night Continues StriX-βFirst Launch at Launch Complex 1 Pad B (LC-1B) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Synspective StriX-β • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2021-12-09 00:02 UTCRocket Lab A Date With Destiny BlackSky-16 & BlackSky-17Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Spaceflight RL-10 • BlackSky Gen-2 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2021-11-18 01:39 UTCRocket Lab Love At First Insight BlackSky-14 & BlackSky-15Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) | Māhia Peninsula New Zealand • Electron Rocket | Nine Rutherford LOX / Kerosene (Kerolox) Electric Pump Fed Engines | Second Stage Single Vacuum Rutherford | Curie Kick Stage • Spaceflight RL-8 • BlackSky Gen-2 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

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