Electron | Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 85th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 7,242nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 28, 09:14 – Mar 28, 09:14 UTC
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Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe’s own global navigation system. This launch will lift 2 “Pathfinder A” satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.
Navigation · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2026 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 3/28/2026 · source
GO for launch on March 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/27/2026 · source
NET March 28 per new NOTAMs, to be confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/26/2026 · source
Standing down due to weather conditions, new launch date TBD
Nosu · 3/25/2026 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2026 · source
Delayed to March 25.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/21/2026 · source
Launch pad assigned.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/20/2026 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Local pad time: Mar 28, 10:14 PM GMT+13
41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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