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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Launched
March 5, 2026 · 23:53 UTC
Summary
Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on March 5, 2026 at 23:53 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:53 to 01:53 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 83rd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 7,220th orbital launch attempt. It was the 83rd Electron flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Global-34, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 474 × 484 km orbit inclined 42.0°. 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
- 83rd Electron flight · 4th this yearRocket Lab's 83rd launch4th this yearhumanity's 7,220th orbital launch attempt47th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Global-34 · NORAD 68098 · 2026-043 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-043A
- Epoch
- 2026-03-06 11:23:31 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.31392628 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00070072
- Inclination
- 42.0208°
- Ascending node
- 94.0551°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.6929°
- Mean anomaly
- 86.3107°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0.00036504235
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; 1 still in orbit
- Global-34 · NORAD 68098 · in orbit
Electron 83 Kick Stage · re-entered March 13, 2026
Electron 83 Stage 2 · re-entered March 12, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th 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
38th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 3rd this year · 72nd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 6, 12:53 PM GMT+13, in daylight
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
34 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.
Questions
When did Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launch?
Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launched on March 5, 2026 at 23:53 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:53 to 01:53 UTC.
Where can I watch Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Mar 6, 12:53 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) reach?
Global-34, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 474 × 484 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).