Rocket Lab launched 5 satellites for a confidential buyer this night (Aug. 23) on the seventieth total liftoff of its Electron rocket.
An Electron carrying the satellite quintet lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand web site right this moment at 6:42 p.m. EDT (2242 GMT; 10:42 a.m. on Aug. 24 native New Zealand time).
The mission, which Rocket Lab calls “Live, Laugh, Launch,” is sending five satellites to a circular orbit 413 miles (665 kilometers) above Earth.
That is just about all we all know concerning the flight, which is veiled in secrecy; it is the second of two contracted missions that Electron will launch for a confidential buyer, in line with the corporate.
Rocket Lab ended its launch webcast about 10 minutes after liftoff right this moment, on the request of the shopper.
“Reside, Chuckle, Launch” was the twelfth launch of 2025 and seventieth total for Electron, a 59-foot-tall (18 meters) rocket that offers small satellites devoted rides to Earth orbit and past.
Rocket Lab can be growing a bigger, partially reusable automobile referred to as Neutron, which is predicted to debut earlier than the yr is out.
Editor’s notice: This story was up to date at 6:50 p.m. ET with information of profitable liftoff.
