Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
26 September 2026
1 video perspective
Rocket Lab's Electron launched from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand with the 13th StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Published 26 Sep 2026
Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / Rocket Lab / Public domain
19 September 2026
Rocket Lab launched Electron from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 19 September 2026 with a StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Published 19 Sep 2026
20 August 2026
Rocket Lab launched Electron on The Lightning God Defends mission for iQPS from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, on 20 August 2026.
Published 20 Aug 2026
6 August 2026
Rocket Lab launched Electron from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 6 August 2026 carrying QPS-SAR-13, nicknamed MIKURA-I, for iQPS.
Published 6 Aug 2026
27 June 2026
Rocket Lab's 91st Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 5:43 a.m. local time on 27 June 2026, carrying a single StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Published 26 Jun 2026
19 June 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand for the US Space Force's Victus Haze responsive space mission, carrying Rocket Lab's own Pioneer spacecraft.
Published 22 Jun 2026
22 May 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron launched the 'Viva La StriX' mission from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 22 May 2026 at 09:33 UTC, carrying one StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Published 22 May 2026
23 April 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron launched the Kakushin Rising mission for JAXA on 23 April 2026 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, carrying eight small satellites to a 540 km circular orbit.
Published 23 Apr 2026
28 March 2026
Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 28 March 2026 NZT, carrying the two Celeste IOD demonstrator satellites for the European Space Agency.
Published 28 Mar 2026
21 March 2026
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.
Published 20 Mar 2026
6 March 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, carrying a single Earth observation satellite for a confidential commercial customer.
Published 6 Mar 2026
Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut hosts a watch-along of Rocket Lab's webcast for the Electron mission "Bridging the Swarm", which was to carry the NEONSAT-1A satellite for KAIST from Launch Complex 1…
Published 11 Dec 2025
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