https://spacewatch.global/tag/rocket-lab-launch-complex/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:34:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/rocket-lab-launch-complex/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-and-deploys-sixth-earth-imaging-satellite-for-iqps/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68826 Rocket Lab has successfully launched its 74th Electron mission, deploying the QPS-SAR-14 satellite to orbit for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). ‘The Nation God Navigates’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:51 UTC on November 5th to deploy a single SAR imaging satellite; QPS-SAR-14 to a 575km circular Earth orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/rocket-lab-launches-gen-3-satellite-for-blacksky-in-60th-electron-mission/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64071 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully launched its 60th Electron to deploy BlackSky's next satellite in its Earth-imaging satellite constellation]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/rocket-lab-set-to-launch-kineis-second-of-five-missions/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56866 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has set the launch window for its 53rd Electron Launch which will be the second of five dedicated launches for the French company Kinéis. The ‘Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission will tentatively launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a 14-day launch window that opens on September 17, 2024, NZST.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/rocket-lab-usa-successfully-deploys-satellites-no-time-tolouse/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55754 Rocket Lab USA, Inc has successfully launched its 50th Electron mission, deploying satellites for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Kinéis. Electron has reached the milestone of 50 launches faster than any commercially developed rocket in history. The ‘No Time Toulouse’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 6:13 am on 21 June NZST (6:13 pm, 20 June UTC), successfully deploying five satellites to a 635 km circular orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/rocket-lab-signs-dedicated-launch-deal-with-iqps/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50665 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced that it signed a deal to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company. The mission will tentatively lift off in September 2023 and will carry iQPS’s QPS-SAR-5 satellite "TSUKUYOMI-I" into orbit. Furthermore, it will be a dedicated Electron mission and launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. iQPS named the mission "The Moon God Awakens" in acknowledgement of Tsukuyomi, the Japanese God of the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/rocket-lab-to-launch-climate-change-research-mission/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50601 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced it has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency’s climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024.  The launches will consequently be the 7th and 8th missions Rocket Lab has launched for NASA since 2018.]]>