Rocket Lab Launch Schedule
Stay updated on Rocket Lab's rocket launches with our real-time schedule. You can see 43 planned space missions on our website. Watch the live stream of any Rocket Lab rocket launch happening today.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
StriX Launch 11
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Last Update: NET early Q3.
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Upcoming Rocket Lab Launches
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Last Update: Scrubbed for the day.
TBD
Jul 2026
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 July 17.
TBD
Oct 2026
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Last Update: NET October.
TBD
2026
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
TBD
2026
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Updated: Dec 25, 9:30am UTC
TBD
2026
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Last Update: NET December.
TBD
2026
Maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle.
Last Update: NET Q4.
TBD
2026
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Updated: Mar 8, 3:00am UTC
TBD
2026
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 late 2026.
TBD
2026
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Updated: Oct 14, 1:30pm UTC
TBD
2026
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Updated: Oct 14, 11:00am UTC
TBD
2026
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Updated: Oct 14, 6:00am UTC
TBD
2026
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Updated: Mar 6, 4:00pm UTC
TBD
2026
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Updated: Mar 6, 3:00pm UTC
TBD
2026
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Updated: Mar 6, 9:00am UTC
TBD
2026
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Updated: Mar 6, 9:00am UTC
TBD
Mar 2027
The Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor 2 (TSIS-2) is a satellite designed by NASA to measure the Sun's energy input to Earth. TSIS-2 comprises two instruments, the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), and the spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM). TIM measures total brightness and SIM measures spectral irradiance over a wavelength range that includes 96% of the energy in the solar spectrum. Both instruments are similar to those used for the TSIS-1 mission onboard the International Space Station.
Last Update: Launch moved to flying on Electron, NET early 2027.
TBD
Jun 2027
The PoISIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) mission will help provide a better understanding of ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Consisting of two small satellites, both of PoISIRβs 16U CubeSats have a scientific instrument designed to measure a specific spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, which will determine how the amount of ice in tropical clouds rises and falls during the day, as well as how the ice changes connect to larger storms. The instruments also will help determine how ice clouds affect sunlight and heat radiation throughout the day. The pair of CubeSats will fly in orbits separated by several hours to observe the pattern of cloud ice content changes over a day. This information will help researchers make more accurate weather predictions.
Updated: Jul 2, 11:01am UTC
TBD
Jun 2027
The PoISIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) mission will help provide a better understanding of ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Consisting of two small satellites, both of PoISIRβs 16U CubeSats have a scientific instrument designed to measure a specific spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, which will determine how the amount of ice in tropical clouds rises and falls during the day, as well as how the ice changes connect to larger storms. The instruments also will help determine how ice clouds affect sunlight and heat radiation throughout the day. The pair of CubeSats will fly in orbits separated by several hours to observe the pattern of cloud ice content changes over a day. This information will help researchers make more accurate weather predictions.
Updated: Jul 2, 6:00am UTC
TBD
2027
NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket. The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.
Last Update: Switch in launch vehicle planned.
TBD
2027
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Updated: Aug 2, 12:00pm UTC