Rocket Lab Launch Schedule

23 Apr, 3:09am

UTC

🎯 Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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

Last Update: GO for launch.

StriX Launch 9

TBD

May 2026

The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

🎯 Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Last Update: NET May.

TBD

May 2026

🎯 Low Earth Orbit

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

Last Update: NET May 2026.

LOXSAT 1

TBD

Jun 2026

🎯 Low Earth Orbit

LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program. The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.

Last Update: NET June 25.

VICTUS HAZE Puma

TBD

Jun 2026

🎯 Low Earth Orbit

VICTUS HAZE will see Rocket Lab design, build, launch, and operate a rendezvous proximity operation (RPO) capable spacecraft. U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Safari’s VICTUS HAZE mission will be an exercise of a realistic threat-response scenario and on-orbit space domain awareness (SDA) demonstration. Once the spacecraft build is complete, Rocket Lab will be entered into a Hot Standby Phase awaiting further direction. Once the exercise begins, Rocket Lab will be given notice to launch the spacecraft into a target orbit. After reaching orbit, the spacecraft will be rapidly commissioned and readied for operations. Rocket Lab will configure a Pioneer class spacecraft bus to meet the unique requirements of the VICTUS HAZE mission. The mission will improve Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) processes and timelines, demonstrating the ability to respond to on-orbit threats on very short timelines and validating techniques for space domain awareness (SDA) and on-orbit characterization. Rocket Lab’s constellation-class production capability and discriminating technical capabilities in the areas of in-space propulsion, precision attitude control, low latency communications, and autonomous operations are key enablers for this mission.

Last Update: Updated name for the spacecraft.

StriX Launch 10

TBD

Jul 2026

🎯 Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Last Update: NET July.

Aspera

TBD

Aug 2026

🎯 Low Earth Orbit

Aspera houses an ultraviolet telescope and will examine hot gas in the intergalactic medium, thought to be contributing to the birth of stars and planets. Aspera will be the first NASA astrophysics mission to gather and map these ultraviolet light signatures, potentially unlocking a deeper understanding of the origins of stars, planets, and life in the universe.

Last Update: NET August 15.

StriX Launch 11

TBD

Aug 2026

🎯 Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Last Update: NET August.

StriX Launch 12

TBD

Oct 2026

🎯 Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Last Update: NET October.

6x HawkEye 360

TBD

2026

📍 Wallops Island

HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).

Updated: Dec 25, 9:30am UTC

BlackSky Gen-3 5

TBD

2026

🎯 Low Earth Orbit

BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites

Updated: Dec 25, 9:30am UTC

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