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RAISE And Shine! Our next Electron launch will be a dedicated mission for JAXA from Launch Complex 1 to a 540km LEO.
The launch will deploy JAXA'S RAISE-4 mission that includes a single satellite with 8x tech demonstrations.
"RAISE And Shine" will launch NET December 5th.
The launch will deploy JAXA'S RAISE-4 mission that includes a single satellite with 8x tech demonstrations.
"RAISE And Shine" will launch NET December 5th.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
RAISE And Shine! Our next Electron launch will be a dedicated mission for JAXA from Launch Complex 1 to a 540km LEO.
The launch will deploy JAXA'S RAISE-4 mission that includes a single satellite with 8x tech demonstrations.
"RAISE And Shine" will launch NET December 5th.
The launch will deploy JAXA'S RAISE-4 mission that includes a single satellite with 8x tech demonstrations.
"RAISE And Shine" will launch NET December 5th.
Blue and Gold are now more than a million kilometers from Earth on their way to Mars 🛰️🛰️
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Blue and Gold are now more than a million kilometers from Earth on their way to Mars 🛰️🛰️
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission.
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission.
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
It's launch day (again)! We're back-to-back with our next launch and 76th Electron mission, this time from LC-1 in just ~4 hours' time.
'Follow My Speed' is scheduled to launch NET:
🚀 1:15 am NZDT
🚀 12:15 UTC
🚀 07:15 am ET
🚀 04:15 am PT
'Follow My Speed' is scheduled to launch NET:
🚀 1:15 am NZDT
🚀 12:15 UTC
🚀 07:15 am ET
🚀 04:15 am PT
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's launch day (again)! We're back-to-back with our next launch and 76th Electron mission, this time from LC-1 in just ~4 hours' time.
'Follow My Speed' is scheduled to launch NET:
🚀 1:15 am NZDT
🚀 12:15 UTC
🚀 07:15 am ET
🚀 04:15 am PT
'Follow My Speed' is scheduled to launch NET:
🚀 1:15 am NZDT
🚀 12:15 UTC
🚀 07:15 am ET
🚀 04:15 am PT
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
View from the pad of our latest launch from LC-2.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
View from the pad of our latest launch from LC-2.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
The countdown to Mars in ON! Today our twin spacecraft for NASA and UCB's ESCAPADE mission are set to lift off from Cape Canaveral.
🚀 2:57 PM EST
🚀 19:57 UTC
Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc...
Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
🚀 2:57 PM EST
🚀 19:57 UTC
Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc...
Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The countdown to Mars in ON! Today our twin spacecraft for NASA and UCB's ESCAPADE mission are set to lift off from Cape Canaveral.
🚀 2:57 PM EST
🚀 19:57 UTC
Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc...
Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
🚀 2:57 PM EST
🚀 19:57 UTC
Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc...
Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?
Long Beach ➡️ Cape Canaveral ➡️ MARS
Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx
Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx
ESCAPADE | Journey to Mars
The journey is just beginning! Rocket Lab's twin spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for their launch to Mars.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Long Beach ➡️ Cape Canaveral ➡️ MARS
Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx
Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx
It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
The Final Countdown | ESCAPADE Mission to Mars
YouTube video by Rocket Lab
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
Electron has successfully launched its 16th mission of the year to deploy the latest iQPS satellite to orbit – our sixth mission for its QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. Congratulations and welcome back to space, iQPS!
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Electron has successfully launched its 16th mission of the year to deploy the latest iQPS satellite to orbit – our sixth mission for its QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. Congratulations and welcome back to space, iQPS!
It’s a beautiful day for a rocket launch. Preparations are underway at LC-1 for Electron’s next launch for @QPS_Inc.
🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates”
🎯 Customer: iQPS
🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I
🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO
📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1
🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates”
🎯 Customer: iQPS
🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I
🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO
📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s a beautiful day for a rocket launch. Preparations are underway at LC-1 for Electron’s next launch for @QPS_Inc.
🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates”
🎯 Customer: iQPS
🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I
🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO
📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1
🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates”
🎯 Customer: iQPS
🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I
🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO
📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1
Wet Dress Rehearsal complete and we are GO for our upcoming launch attempt for “The Nation God Navigates” for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
🚀 8:45 am NZDT, Nov 6
🚀 4:45 am JST, Nov 6
🚀 19:45 UTC, Nov 5
🚀 2:45 pm ET, Nov 5
🚀 11:45 am PT, Nov 5
Launch window opens:
🚀 8:45 am NZDT, Nov 6
🚀 4:45 am JST, Nov 6
🚀 19:45 UTC, Nov 5
🚀 2:45 pm ET, Nov 5
🚀 11:45 am PT, Nov 5
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Wet Dress Rehearsal complete and we are GO for our upcoming launch attempt for “The Nation God Navigates” for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
🚀 8:45 am NZDT, Nov 6
🚀 4:45 am JST, Nov 6
🚀 19:45 UTC, Nov 5
🚀 2:45 pm ET, Nov 5
🚀 11:45 am PT, Nov 5
Launch window opens:
🚀 8:45 am NZDT, Nov 6
🚀 4:45 am JST, Nov 6
🚀 19:45 UTC, Nov 5
🚀 2:45 pm ET, Nov 5
🚀 11:45 am PT, Nov 5
Mars, we’re coming for you. 🔴🛰️🛰️
Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.
Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mars, we’re coming for you. 🔴🛰️🛰️
Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.
Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.
Tucked in and ready for flight ✅
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tucked in and ready for flight ✅
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
Electron is vertical on the pad and operations are underway for today’s launch from Pad A at LC-1 with Synspective.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Electron is vertical on the pad and operations are underway for today’s launch from Pad A at LC-1 with Synspective.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
We're ready for our next mission! With Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for Synspective we are GO for a launch attempt tomorrow for Electron's 73rd launch.
"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30 a.m.
Mission info: bit.ly/4n92Pwh
"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30 a.m.
Mission info: bit.ly/4n92Pwh
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We're ready for our next mission! With Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for Synspective we are GO for a launch attempt tomorrow for Electron's 73rd launch.
"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30 a.m.
Mission info: bit.ly/4n92Pwh
"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30 a.m.
Mission info: bit.ly/4n92Pwh
We've signed a direct contract with JAXA for two dedicated launches on Electron!
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We've signed a direct contract with JAXA for two dedicated launches on Electron!
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
ESCAPADE = Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The two spacecraft, built by Rocket Lab for NASA & @ucbssl.bsky.social will help scientists unlock the planet’s history and prepare for future human exploration on Mars. Read how we’re at the forefront: bit.ly/41NH6lV
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
ESCAPADE = Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The two spacecraft, built by Rocket Lab for NASA & @ucbssl.bsky.social will help scientists unlock the planet’s history and prepare for future human exploration on Mars. Read how we’re at the forefront: bit.ly/41NH6lV