Eight Days A Week
Rocket Lab's live broadcast of the dedicated Electron launch "Eight Days A Week" from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, which lifted off at 7:10 a.m. NZT carrying one StriX radar Earth observation satellite for Synspective.
Key moments
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Watch this moment · 1:33
Mission overview: Eight Days a Week and Synspective's SAR satellites
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Watch this moment · 6:37
Launch director go/no-go poll
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Watch this moment · 10:35
Arrowhead fairing and Electron vehicle overview
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Watch this moment · 18:35
Liftoff
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Watch this moment · 19:41
Clean pass through max Q
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Watch this moment · 21:14
MECO, stage separation and stage two ignition
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Watch this moment · 25:11
Battery hot swap confirmed
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Watch this moment · 27:38
SECO and kick stage separation
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Watch this moment · 1:14:10
Payload separation and final orbit confirmed
Key facts
| Vehicle | Electron |
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| Mission name | Eight Days A Week |
| Launch site | Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand |
| Crew size | 0 |
| Outcome | Success |
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March 2026
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