Launch success.
Rocket Lab / MISSION BRIEFING
Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Electron · Earth Science
Success
LAUNCH TIMEMISSION COMPLETETiming is subject to mission updates
Mission image · https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/b81156da-c0b8-46c8-aebd-8af8d2be83cd/
Mission overview
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
- Mission
- Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Listening for verified changes
Activity appears when ORBITAL observes a change between source records. No historical events are invented.
Read source update
NET Q3.
Adding launch NET 2024
Schedule history
No changes recorded
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Rocket
ElectronRocket Lab · United StatesElectron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
Payload
Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Classification
- LEO
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Latitude
- -39.26283°
- Longitude
- 177.86447°
- Country
- New Zealand
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
Source links and confidence are preserved with each mission. Official updates take priority when verified.
Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Sep 14, 2026 00:28 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
rocketlabcorp.com · Updated Sep 14, 2026 00:28 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
x.com · Updated Sep 14, 2026 00:28 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
blacksky.com · Updated Sep 14, 2026 00:28 UTCOfficial mission updatehigh · P100
www.rocketlabusa.com · Updated Sep 14, 2026 00:28 UTCMission photographs are provided by the original sources. Their rights remain with their creators; consult the source before reusing an image.