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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
Launched
June 2, 2025 · 23:57 UTC
Summary
Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on June 2, 2025 at 23:57 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 65th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 6,971st orbital launch attempt. It was the 65th Electron flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Global-32, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 479 × 480 km orbit inclined 58.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Full Stream Ahead' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for BS
- Milestone
- 65th Electron flight · 7th this yearRocket Lab's 65th launch7th this yearhumanity's 6,971st orbital launch attempt122nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Global-32 · NORAD 64231 · 2025-118 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-118B
- Epoch
- 2025-06-03 03:51:48 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.31134813 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00006
- Inclination
- 58.9356°
- Ascending node
- 218.1275°
- Arg. of perigee
- 255.4255°
- Mean anomaly
- 138.9857°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- Global-32 · NORAD 64231 · in orbit
Electron 65 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 65 Stage 2 · re-entered June 11, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
29th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 4th this year · 59th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 3, 11:57 AM GMT+12, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
68 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 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/3/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/2/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 6/2/2025 · source
Adjusted T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/2/2025 · source
Delayed to June 3 LT.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2025 · source
Delayed to May 29 due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/26/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2025 · source
NET Q2.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2025 · source
Adding launch NET 2024
Nosu · 8/10/2023 · source
Questions
When did Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) launch?
Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) launched on June 2, 2025 at 23:57 UTC.
Where can I watch Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Full Stream Ahead' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Jun 3, 11:57 AM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) reach?
Global-32, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 479 × 480 km orbit inclined 58.9°.
How many satellites did Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).