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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1)
Launched
February 18, 2025 · 23:17 UTC
Summary
Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on February 18, 2025 at 23:17 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 60th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,882nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 60th Electron flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Global-31, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 476 × 486 km orbit inclined 59.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for BS
- Milestone
- 60th Electron flight · 2nd this yearRocket Lab's 60th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,882nd orbital launch attempt33rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Global-31 · NORAD 63027 · 2025-033 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-033B
- Epoch
- 2025-02-19 06:40:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.30741602 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007296
- Inclination
- 59.0017°
- Ascending node
- 105.2077°
- Arg. of perigee
- 322.5326°
- Mean anomaly
- 148.8821°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+57SSupersonic
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M38SMECO
- T+2M41SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M44SSES
- T+3M32SFairing Separation
- T+6M34SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M11SSECO
- T+9M15SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M20SKick Stage Ignition
- T+54M43SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+55M28SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Global-31 · NORAD 63027 · in orbit
Electron 60 Kick Stage · re-entered February 23, 2026
Electron 60 Stage 2 · re-entered February 26, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The first of five BlackSky Technology missions to deploy its new next-generation BlackSky Gen-3 satellites. The commercial constellation of Gen-3 satellites has the capability to produce imagery with 50-centimeter resolution and host multiple sensors, including in shortwave infrared (SWIR). The improved resolution and enhanced spectral diversity of the Gen-3 satellites will expand BlackSky's ability to provide real-time information to its customers.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
26th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 1st this year · 54th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 19, 12:17 PM GMT+13, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
59 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/19/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 2/18/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/11/2025 · source
NET February.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2025 · source
NET November.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/22/2024 · source
Adding launch NET 2024
Nosu · 8/10/2023 · source
Questions
When did Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) launch?
Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) launched on February 18, 2025 at 23:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Fasten Your Space Belts' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Feb 19, 12:17 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) reach?
Global-31, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 476 × 486 km orbit inclined 59.0°.
How many satellites did Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).