Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
Published: 23 Oct 2026
Rocket Lab launched its 98th Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on the mission 'We're Not Hawking Around', its third dedicated launch for HawkEye 360.
Published: 7 Oct 2026
A roundup of space news from roughly the last two weeks before October 6th.
Mission: 2026Published: 26 Sep 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron launched from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand with the 13th StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Mission: 2026Published: 19 Sep 2026
Rocket Lab launched Electron from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 19 September 2026 with a StriX radar satellite for Synspective.
Published: 1 Sep 2026
A roundup of space news from the second half of August.
Mission: 2026Published: 20 Aug 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 6 Aug 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 26 Jun 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 22 Jun 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 23 Apr 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 28 Mar 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 20 Mar 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.
Mission: 2026Published: 6 Mar 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: 11 Dec 2025
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: 30 Oct 2025
A tour of the range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, produced with the U.S.
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