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Electron | Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360)

June 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM UTC

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Electron | Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360) launch image
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June 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM UTC

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · -39.2628, 177.8645

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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Mission description

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). 3 of the satellites will comprise HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 and will operate in a dawn-to-dusk polar orbit, while the 4th is Kestrel-0A, an experimental satellite designed to evaluate emerging capabilities and future technology enhancements.

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Vehicle

Electron

Height

18 m

Diameter

1.2 m

LEO capacity

300 kg

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88

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron rocket for small satellites. With the launch of Electron on 25 May 2017, it became the first private spaceport to host an orbital launch attempt, and the first site in New Zealand to host an orbital launch attempt. With the Electron launch of 21 January 2018, it became the first private spaceport to host a successful orbital launch.

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Launch success.

June 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Payload separation complete.

June 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Liftoff!

June 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM UTC · hitura-nobad

Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started

June 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM UTC · LL2

New T-0.

June 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin