Rocket Lab launches Electron, deploys three HawkEye 360 satellites

The launch lifted off from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on 23 October 2026.

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MAHIA PENINSULA, New Zealand, Oct 23 2026 - Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket at 16:11 Japan Standard Time on this date.^[1] The mission carried and successfully deployed three HawkEye 360 Cluster 16 radio frequency observation satellites.^[2] A separate Electron launch from the same site, carrying the Aspera mission, is scheduled no earlier than 29 January 2027.^[3] Space Nugget. Electron is a small launcher built to put satellites of a few hundred kilograms into low orbit. HawkEye 360's satellites fly in clusters and pinpoint radio signals on the ground by comparing when and how each satellite hears them.

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Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 16:11 Japan Standard Time on 2026 October 23. · sorae 宇宙へのポータルサイト
This launch mission carried and successfully deployed three HawkEye 360 Cluster 16 radio frequency observation satellites. · sorae 宇宙へのポータルサイト
Aspera is scheduled to launch no earlier than 29 January 2027 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand. · NASA ScienceUnited Statesofficial source

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