🚀 Rocket Lab’s 70th Electron Launch: A Night of Precision and Progress On the evening of August 23, 2025, Rocket Lab marked a major milestone with the successful launch of its 70th Electron mission, aptly named Live, Laugh, Launch. Liftoff occurred at 22:42 UTC from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, reinforcing Electron’s reputation as the world’s most frequently launched small orbital rocket. This mission deployed five satellites into a 655 km circular orbit for a confidential commercial

January 22, 2026: Rocket Lab has launched The "The Cosmos Will See You Now" mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket from its Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand, sending the first two satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation. This was Rocket Lab's 1st launch of the year, and 80th overall. | NASASpaceflight.com

Rocket Lab has launched the Live, Laugh, Launch mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 10:42am NZST Sunday (10:42pm UTC Saturday) from its Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand, sending the EchoStar Lyra-2 satellite (and four other confidential payloads) to sun-synchronous orbit. This is Rocket Lab and Electron’s 12th mission of 2025 and 70th overall. [Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab] | NASASpaceflight.com

Kiwi-founded aerospace company Rocket Lab has successfully launched their latest rocket. The lunar launch is a first from New Zealand soil. 👉 https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/29/rocket-lab-launches-nasa-satellite-headed-for-the-moon/ | 1News

Electron is on the launch pad and ready for lift-off for today's 60th mission. Full launch details on the Rocket Lab website. | Rocket Lab

Electron is vertical on the pad at LC-1 and getting ready to launch for JAXA - our 77th mission overall and 19th Electron launch this year. Liftoff is set for 🚀 4:09 pm NZDT 🚀 12:09 pm JST 🚀 03:09 UTC 🚀 10:09 pm ET 🚀 7:09 pm PT | Rocket Lab