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Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
Launched
April 23, 2026 · 03:09 UTC
Summary
Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on April 23, 2026 at 03:09 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 87th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 7,266th orbital launch attempt. It was the 87th Electron flight and the 8th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). FSI-SAT2, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 545 × 563 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Kakushin Rising' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for JAXA
- Milestone
- 87th Electron flight · 8th this yearRocket Lab's 87th launch8th this yearhumanity's 7,266th orbital launch attempt93rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
FSI-SAT2 · NORAD 68792 · 2026-088 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-088A
- Epoch
- 2026-04-23 08:37:17 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.06374461 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00130651
- Inclination
- 97.5001°
- Ascending node
- 264.0358°
- Arg. of perigee
- 296.3923°
- Mean anomaly
- 63.5963°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.000069268518
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 8 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 8 still in orbit
- FSI-SAT2 · NORAD 68792 · in orbit
- OrigamiSat-2 · NORAD 68795 · in orbit
- ARICA-2 · NORAD 68796 · in orbit
- WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II · NORAD 68797 · in orbit
- MAGNARO-II A · NORAD 68798 · in orbit
- Mono-Nikko · NORAD 68799 · in orbit
- KOSEN-2R · in orbit
- PRELUDE · in orbit
Electron 87 Stage 2 · re-entered May 4, 2026
Electron 87 Kick Stage · re-entered May 12, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
40th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 5th this year · 75th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 23, 3:09 PM GMT+12, in daylight
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
25 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 4/23/2026 · source
Launch pad assigned.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/22/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/15/2026 · source
NET April 23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2026 · source
NET Q1 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/10/2025 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 10/10/2025 · source
Questions
When did Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launch?
Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launched on April 23, 2026 at 03:09 UTC.
Where can I watch Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Kakushin Rising' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Apr 23, 3:09 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) reach?
FSI-SAT2, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 545 × 563 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launch?
8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).