Upcoming Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All Rocket Lab dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
  • NET (No Earlier Than)
  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
  • TBD (To Be Determined)

Rocket Lab The Moon God Awakens QPS-SAR-5 (TSUKUYOMI-I)

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED

 

Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) • 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

@RocketLab Payload integration is complete for our 42nd Electron launch! We’ve got a final step to clear before launch day – completing a wet dress rehearsal to confirm all systems are ready for lift-off. As such, we’re currently targeting no earlier than 13 Dec NZT for the launch of The Moon God Awakens, a dedicated mission for iQPS

iQPS QPS-SAR

Rocket Lab ADRAS-J CRD2

2023

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 • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Commercial Debris Removal Demonstration (CRD2) • Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@astroscale_HQ Looking slick, ADRASJ! 😎 Our upcoming mission will be the world’s first attempt to safely approach and characterize an existing piece of large debris through Rendezvous and Proximity Operations

Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J)

SpaceX Transporter-10 Smallsat Rideshare

UPDATED • DELAYED

March 2024

Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Transporter • Apex Space Aries Call to Adventure | Orbit Fab | Ubotica CogniSat • Axelspace Pyxis • Celestis Harmony Memorial Spaceflight • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 57 • Earth Observant (EOI) Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) (6) • Exolaunch EXOpod & CarboNIX | Muon Space MuSat-2 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-1 • New Zealand Space Agency | Rocket Lab | University of Auckland Space Institute Mission Operations Control Centre (MOCC) | MethaneSAT • Momentus Vigoride-7 (VR-7) | Apogeo Space (9) • SEOPS | Quantum Space Sentry Scout-1 • Spaceflight • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@MethaneSAT We're proud to have New Zealand Space Agency on board the MethaneSAT mission. Together with University of Auckland, the team will provide the ground component for our satellite

MethaneSAT

NASA Rocket Lab LOXSAT

March 2024

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 NorthStar-1 (1-4)

REMANIFESTED • DELAYED

2024

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 • Spire Global • 4 NorthStar Earth & Space • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@RocketLab Space debris is a global issue and the responsibility of all space users, so we’re proud to support NorthStar Earth & Space & Spire Global’s space monitoring mission on a dedicated mission this fall

NorthStar Earth & Space

Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Flight 2

2024

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) • 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)

@RocketLab Recently we debuted HASTE, our Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron, with a successful launch from LC-2 at Wallops. We're pleased to announce a new HASTE launch is already booked! 🤝 🎉 We're proud to deliver this critical capability and accelerate hypersonic innovation from Virginia's eastern shore

Rocket Lab Electron at Launch Complex 2, Wallops Island, Virginia

NASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1

May 2024

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 • 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)

@RocketLab Two Electron launches, one very important climate change mission for NASA. PREFIRE will study Arctic warming to help researchers fight against rising sea levels and melting ice sheets. We’re proud to support this latest NASA mission with two Electron launches from LC-1 in mid 2024

NASA PREFIRE

NASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE-2

May 2024

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)

@RocketLab Two Electron launches, one very important climate change mission for NASA. PREFIRE will study Arctic warming to help researchers fight against rising sea levels and melting ice sheets. We’re proud to support this latest NASA mission with two Electron launches from LC-1 in mid 2024

NASA PREFIRE

NASA ESCAPADE New Glenn

UPDATED • REMANIFESTED • DELAYED

August 2024

Launch Complex 16 (LC-36) • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) | Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Blue Origin New Glenn Reusable | Seven BE-4 Engines • Second Stage | Three BE-3U Upper Stage Engines • Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) • Rocket Lab ESCAPADE | Twin Photon Spacecraft • Mars | Explorer

@blueorigin We’re honored to have been selected by NASA's Launch Services Program to launch the ESCAPADE science mission on New Glenn. With ESCAPADE, NASA will study Mars’ magnetosphere

Blue Origin New Glenn

Recent Videos of Rocket Lab Rocket Launches to Space & Events

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 • Advisory

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

 

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) • 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 (4) | Muon Space MuSat-1 | Satlantis GEI-SAT Precursor | Spire Global (3 LEMUR-2) | 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 & 4 • Outpost Ferry Mission 1 (Failure is an Option) • Satellogic Aleph-1 (4 ÑuSat) • 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 • 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 • Advisory

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 • Advisory

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 • Advisory

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 • Advisory

NASA Rocket Lab CAPSTONE Final HyperCurie Burn to the Moon

 

Photon Upper Stage | 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 | Photon Upper Stage | 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
2023-12-13 04:00 UTCRocket Lab The Moon God Awakens QPS-SAR-5 (TSUKUYOMI-I)Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) • 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
2023Rocket Lab ADRAS-J CRD2Launch 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 • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Commercial Debris Removal Demonstration (CRD2) • Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
March 2024SpaceX Transporter-10 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Transporter • Apex Space Aries Call to Adventure | Orbit Fab | Ubotica CogniSat • Axelspace Pyxis • Celestis Harmony Memorial Spaceflight • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 57 • Earth Observant (EOI) Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) (6) • Exolaunch EXOpod & CarboNIX | Muon Space MuSat-2 | Sidus Space LizzieSat-1 • New Zealand Space Agency | Rocket Lab | University of Auckland Space Institute Mission Operations Control Centre (MOCC) | MethaneSAT • Momentus Vigoride-7 (VR-7) | Apogeo Space (9) • SEOPS | Quantum Space Sentry Scout-1 • Spaceflight • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit
March 2024NASA 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)
2024Rocket Lab 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 • NASA Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab NorthStar-1 (1-4)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 • Spire Global • 4 NorthStar Earth & Space • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab 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)
2023Rocket Lab Kinéis-1 (1-5)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)
2024Rocket Lab Capella-14 (Acadia-4)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)
2024Rocket Lab StriX-2Launch 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 • Synspective StriX-2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab StriX-3Launch 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 • Synspective StriX-2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab StriX-4Launch 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 • Synspective StriX-2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab TBC BlackSky-22 & BlackSky-23Launch 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-12 • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Classified Rocket Lab HASTE Flight 2Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) • 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)
May 2024NASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE-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 • 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)
May 2024NASA Rocket Lab PREFIRE-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 • 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)
2024Rocket Lab TBC BlackSky-24 & BlackSky-25Launch 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-12 • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab Kinéis-2 (6-10)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)
2024Rocket Lab Kinéis-3 (11-15)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)
2024Rocket Lab 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)
2024Rocket Lab Kinéis-5 (21-25)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)
2024Rocket Lab TBC BlackSky-26 & BlackSky-27Launch 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-12 • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab TBC BlackSky-28 & BlackSky-29Launch 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-12 • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2024Rocket Lab TBC BlackSky-30 & BlackSky-31Launch 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-12 • BlackSky Gen-3 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
August 2024NASA ESCAPADE New GlennLaunch Complex 16 (LC-36) • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) | Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Blue Origin New Glenn Reusable | Seven BE-4 Engines • Second Stage | Three BE-3U Upper Stage Engines • Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) • Rocket Lab ESCAPADE | Twin Photon Spacecraft • Mars | Explorer
NET 2024-12-30 TBC UTCRocket Lab Private Mission to VenusLaunch 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 | High-Energy Photon Upper Stage | HyperCurie Engine• Trans-Venus Injection (TVI) • MIT Venus Life Finder (VLF) • Venus | Explorer
2024Rocket 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
2023-09-19 06:55 UTCRocket Lab We Will Never Desert You Capella-12 (Acadia-2)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 • Second Stage Anomaly • Press Kit • Advisory
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 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit • Advisory
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 • Advisory
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) • 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 (4) | Muon Space MuSat-1 | Satlantis GEI-SAT Precursor | Spire Global (3 LEMUR-2) | 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 & 4 • Outpost Ferry Mission 1 (Failure is an Option) • Satellogic Aleph-1 (4 ÑuSat) • 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 • 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 • Advisory
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 • Advisory
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) • 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) • 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 • Advisory
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 • Advisory
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 • Advisory
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 • Advisory
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) • NRO Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) • NROL-199 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit • Advisory
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) • 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 MoonPhoton Upper Stage | 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 | Photon Upper Stage | 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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