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Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)

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Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab's 70th launch · 12th this year · humanity's 7,040th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--August 23, 2025 · 22:42 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Aug 23, 22:42 – Aug 23, 22:42 UTC

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Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)

'Live, Laugh, Launch' is the second of two dedicated missions on Electron for a confidential customer in 2025. This mission deployed 5 satellites to a 655 km circular Earth orbit identified as “Calistus A to E”, identified as most likely for Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space.

Communications · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2025 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2025 · source

  • Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started

    LL2 · 8/23/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2025 · source

  • Added launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source

Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Local pad time: Aug 24, 10:42 AM GMT+12

41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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