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Official account for Rocket Lab, the end-to-end space company. We build rockets and spacecraft that open access to space to improve life on Earth.
Launch rehearsal for iQPS at LC-1 was successfully completed on the same day we launched Electron's 20th mission of the year from LC-2. Now tonight, it's iQPS's turn.
Liftoff is set for:
🚀 7:12 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:12 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:12 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:12 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:12 pm PT, Dec 20
Liftoff is set for:
🚀 7:12 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:12 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:12 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:12 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:12 pm PT, Dec 20
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Launch rehearsal for iQPS at LC-1 was successfully completed on the same day we launched Electron's 20th mission of the year from LC-2. Now tonight, it's iQPS's turn.
Liftoff is set for:
🚀 7:12 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:12 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:12 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:12 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:12 pm PT, Dec 20
Liftoff is set for:
🚀 7:12 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:12 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:12 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:12 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:12 pm PT, Dec 20
We're targeting tomorrow December 21 NZDT for our next Electron launch with a dedicated mission for iQPS.
Launch of 'The Wisdom God Guides' from LC-1 is set for:
🚀 7:38 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:38 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:38 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:38 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:38 pm PT, Dec 20
Launch of 'The Wisdom God Guides' from LC-1 is set for:
🚀 7:38 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:38 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:38 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:38 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:38 pm PT, Dec 20
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We're targeting tomorrow December 21 NZDT for our next Electron launch with a dedicated mission for iQPS.
Launch of 'The Wisdom God Guides' from LC-1 is set for:
🚀 7:38 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:38 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:38 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:38 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:38 pm PT, Dec 20
Launch of 'The Wisdom God Guides' from LC-1 is set for:
🚀 7:38 pm NZT, Dec 21
🚀 3:38 pm JST, Dec 21
🚀 06:38 UTC, Dec 21
🚀 1:38 am ET, Dec 21
🚀 10:38 pm PT, Dec 20
We've just been awarded our largest contract to date 🛰️
An $816M prime contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Learn more: bit.ly/3MJv0FD
An $816M prime contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Learn more: bit.ly/3MJv0FD
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We've just been awarded our largest contract to date 🛰️
An $816M prime contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Learn more: bit.ly/3MJv0FD
An $816M prime contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Learn more: bit.ly/3MJv0FD
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for the STP-S30 mission for USSF's Space Test Program and 4x DiskSats to a 550km LEO 🛰️🚀
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for the STP-S30 mission for USSF's Space Test Program and 4x DiskSats to a 550km LEO 🛰️🚀
Next mission alert: Launching from Launch Complex 2 tomorrow will be our 20th Electron launch of the year: the STP-S30 mission for the USSF's Space Test Program.
'Don't Be Such A Square' launch window opens:
🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17
🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18
🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18
'Don't Be Such A Square' launch window opens:
🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17
🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18
🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Next mission alert: Launching from Launch Complex 2 tomorrow will be our 20th Electron launch of the year: the STP-S30 mission for the USSF's Space Test Program.
'Don't Be Such A Square' launch window opens:
🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17
🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18
🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18
'Don't Be Such A Square' launch window opens:
🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17
🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18
🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18
Welcome to launch day. Again!
Less than 48 hours after our last Electron mission was on the pad at LC-1, this time we're ready to liftoff for @KAISTPR.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZT
Less than 48 hours after our last Electron mission was on the pad at LC-1, this time we're ready to liftoff for @KAISTPR.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZT
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Welcome to launch day. Again!
Less than 48 hours after our last Electron mission was on the pad at LC-1, this time we're ready to liftoff for @KAISTPR.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZT
Less than 48 hours after our last Electron mission was on the pad at LC-1, this time we're ready to liftoff for @KAISTPR.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZT
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for Electron's 77th launch, releasing JAXA's RAISE-4 satellite to a 540km LEO 🛰️🚀
December 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for Electron's 77th launch, releasing JAXA's RAISE-4 satellite to a 540km LEO 🛰️🚀
"RAISE And Shine" and welcome to launch day. Our 77th Electron mission is scheduled for liftoff for JAXA today in T-6 hours.
Liftoff is set for
🚀 4:09 pm NZDT
🚀 12:09 pm JST
🚀 03:09 UTC
🚀 10:09 pm ET
🚀 7:09 pm PT
Liftoff is set for
🚀 4:09 pm NZDT
🚀 12:09 pm JST
🚀 03:09 UTC
🚀 10:09 pm ET
🚀 7:09 pm PT
December 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"RAISE And Shine" and welcome to launch day. Our 77th Electron mission is scheduled for liftoff for JAXA today in T-6 hours.
Liftoff is set for
🚀 4:09 pm NZDT
🚀 12:09 pm JST
🚀 03:09 UTC
🚀 10:09 pm ET
🚀 7:09 pm PT
Liftoff is set for
🚀 4:09 pm NZDT
🚀 12:09 pm JST
🚀 03:09 UTC
🚀 10:09 pm ET
🚀 7:09 pm PT
We're standing down from today's launch attempt for KAIST to assess sensor data, but we have plenty of back up opportunities in the coming days. New target launch date to be posted shortly🚀
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We're standing down from today's launch attempt for KAIST to assess sensor data, but we have plenty of back up opportunities in the coming days. New target launch date to be posted shortly🚀
It’s launch day! Our next Electron mission from LC-1 is “Bridging The Swarm” for KAIST scheduled for liftoff today from 1:55 pm NZDT/00:55 UTC.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZDT
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZDT
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s launch day! Our next Electron mission from LC-1 is “Bridging The Swarm” for KAIST scheduled for liftoff today from 1:55 pm NZDT/00:55 UTC.
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZDT
🚀9:55 am KST
🚀7:55 pm EST
🚀4:55 pm PST
🚀00:55 UTC
🚀1:55 pm NZDT
Launch update: Our next Electron launch from LC-1 will be a dedicated mission for KAIST. The launch window for ‘Bridging The Swarm’ will open Thursday Dec 11 NZDT.
🚀 1:45pm, Dec 11 NZDT
🚀 00:45, Dec 11 UTC
🚀 9:45am, Dec 11 KST
🚀 7:45pm, Dec 10 ET
🚀 4:45pm, Dec 10 PT
🚀 1:45pm, Dec 11 NZDT
🚀 00:45, Dec 11 UTC
🚀 9:45am, Dec 11 KST
🚀 7:45pm, Dec 10 ET
🚀 4:45pm, Dec 10 PT
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Launch update: Our next Electron launch from LC-1 will be a dedicated mission for KAIST. The launch window for ‘Bridging The Swarm’ will open Thursday Dec 11 NZDT.
🚀 1:45pm, Dec 11 NZDT
🚀 00:45, Dec 11 UTC
🚀 9:45am, Dec 11 KST
🚀 7:45pm, Dec 10 ET
🚀 4:45pm, Dec 10 PT
🚀 1:45pm, Dec 11 NZDT
🚀 00:45, Dec 11 UTC
🚀 9:45am, Dec 11 KST
🚀 7:45pm, Dec 10 ET
🚀 4:45pm, Dec 10 PT
We've been awarded R&D funding from Canadian Space Agency to build a new medium-class reaction wheel for larger satellites.
Reaction wheels point and steady spacecraft in orbit and ours have delivered 20+ years of flight heritage keeping 300+ missions on target. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3KNFTFI
Reaction wheels point and steady spacecraft in orbit and ours have delivered 20+ years of flight heritage keeping 300+ missions on target. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3KNFTFI
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We've been awarded R&D funding from Canadian Space Agency to build a new medium-class reaction wheel for larger satellites.
Reaction wheels point and steady spacecraft in orbit and ours have delivered 20+ years of flight heritage keeping 300+ missions on target. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3KNFTFI
Reaction wheels point and steady spacecraft in orbit and ours have delivered 20+ years of flight heritage keeping 300+ missions on target. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3KNFTFI
We've completed qualification & acceptance testing of the Hungry Hippo fairing for Neutron 🚀 With the design, structure, and operations of Neutron's fixed reusable fairing and upper module now proven out, Hungry Hippo is ready for launch.
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We've completed qualification & acceptance testing of the Hungry Hippo fairing for Neutron 🚀 With the design, structure, and operations of Neutron's fixed reusable fairing and upper module now proven out, Hungry Hippo is ready for launch.
Frontier radios carry ESCAPADE’s voice across the Solar System. NASA’s Deep Space Network picks up the signal from Canberra, Madrid and Goldstone and routes it to UC Berkeley and our Long Beach and Auckland mission control centers.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Frontier radios carry ESCAPADE’s voice across the Solar System. NASA’s Deep Space Network picks up the signal from Canberra, Madrid and Goldstone and routes it to UC Berkeley and our Long Beach and Auckland mission control centers.
So you’re in space and on the way to Mars, what next? Time to fire up the engines 🛰️🛰️
Learn more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4p8DHYf
Learn more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4p8DHYf
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So you’re in space and on the way to Mars, what next? Time to fire up the engines 🛰️🛰️
Learn more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4p8DHYf
Learn more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4p8DHYf
We’ve completed payload integration and encapsulation at LC-1 with JAXA for our 77th Electron launch.
Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “RAISE and Shine" mission before the launch window opens on December 5 UTC.
Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “RAISE and Shine" mission before the launch window opens on December 5 UTC.
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We’ve completed payload integration and encapsulation at LC-1 with JAXA for our 77th Electron launch.
Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “RAISE and Shine" mission before the launch window opens on December 5 UTC.
Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “RAISE and Shine" mission before the launch window opens on December 5 UTC.
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