Rocket Lab Schedules Next Launch in Series of Multiple Missions for BlackSky
The mission, named 'Full Stream Ahead', will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on May 28 th, 2025 UTC. The mission will launch the next of BlackSky's Gen-3 satellites to a mid-inclination circular 470km orbit, where it will join the remainder of the company's constellation delivering very high-resolution imagery and AI-enabled analytics for daily intelligence operations.
'Full Stream Ahead' is the second in a series of four Electron launches booked by BlackSky to deploy its Gen-3 satellites to orbit this year, and the tenth overall launch for the company – making Electron the most prolific launcher for their constellation to date.
Rocket Lab's launch for BlackSky will be the seventh Electron mission of 2025, its 65 th launch overall, and will bring the total number of satellites delivered to space by Rocket Lab to 226.
'Full Stream Ahead' mission information: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission
'Full Stream Ahead' launch window opens:
01:30 UTC, May 28 th
1:30 pm NZT, May 28 th
9:30pm Eastern, May 27 th
6:30pm Pacific, May 27 th
About Rocket Lab
Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, a family of spacecraft platforms, and the Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered over 200 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab's spacecraft platforms have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia.
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