Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)
Launched
November 20, 2025 · 12:43 UTC
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Summary
Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on November 20, 2025 at 12:43 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 76th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 7,123rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 76th Electron flight and the 18th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Global-33, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 475 × 485 km orbit inclined 42.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- 'Follow My Speed' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for BS
- Milestone
- 76th Electron flight · 18th this yearRocket Lab's 76th launch18th this yearhumanity's 7,123rd orbital launch attempt274th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Global-33 · NORAD 66554 · 2025-267 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2025-267A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-21 14:18:25 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.30949686 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00067503
- Inclination
- 42.0189°
- Ascending node
- 178.9818°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.7217°
- Mean anomaly
- 86.2848°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 16
- B*
- 0.0001251568
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- Global-33 · NORAD 66554 · in orbit
Electron 76 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 76 Stage 2 · re-entered November 28, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
35th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 8th this year · 67th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 21, 1:43 AM GMT+13, at night
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
36 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2025 · source
New T-0
IronRain · 11/20/2025 · source
Hold
IronRain · 11/20/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 11/20/2025 · source
GO for launch; payload/customer identification based on mission patch and rocket drop zones analysis and is tentative.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2025 · source
NET November.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/6/2025 · source
Adding launch NET 2024
Nosu · 8/10/2023 · source
Questions
When did Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) launch?
Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) launched on November 20, 2025 at 12:43 UTC.
Where can I watch Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)?
Coverage: 'Follow My Speed' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Nov 21, 1:43 AM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) reach?
Global-33, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 475 × 485 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).