Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

JUSTIN

Name: JUSTIN launch
Start: 2025-10-01T00:28:00.000Z
End: 2025-10-01T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Launched

October 1, 2025 · 00:28 UTC

Launch Successful

Summary

JUSTIN launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on October 1, 2025 at 00:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:45 to 05:00 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 72nd launch and 14th this year. It was the 72nd Electron flight and the 14th this year. The payload was bound for Suborbital (Sub).

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: Electron · Rocket Lab
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Government/Top Secret · Suborbital (Sub)
Milestone: 72nd Electron flight · 14th this yearRocket Lab's 72nd launch14th this year

Flight preview

About this launch

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.

Pad

Map of Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

8th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), 2nd this year · 82nd from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 30, 8:28 PM EDT, at night

13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

8 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Mission success.

Cosmic_Penguin · Oct 2, 2025 · source

Show 9 earlier updates

Mission completed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
On hold.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/30/2025 · source
Delayed to September 30 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/29/2025 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/27/2025 · source
New launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2025 · source
NET September 29 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2025 · source

Questions

When did JUSTIN launch?

JUSTIN launched on October 1, 2025 at 00:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:45 to 05:00 UTC.

Where can I watch JUSTIN?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched JUSTIN?

Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet

Where did JUSTIN launch from?

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA. Liftoff was Sep 30, 8:28 PM EDT local time at the pad.

What orbit was JUSTIN going to?

Suborbital (Sub), a government/top secret mission.