Electron | Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)
Electron launched the Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30) mission for Rocket Lab from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on Dec 18, 2025 (UTC).
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Electron | Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)
Launched Dec 18, 2025 2:03:00 PMSuccess
4 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
64° ENE
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 45.0°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space systems development. The projected primary payload, DISKSat, will demonstrate sustained very low earth orbit (VLEO) flight and test a unique, 1-meter diameter, disk-shaped satellite bus that is designed to increase on-orbit persistence.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Thu, Dec 18 · 2:03:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- Mission type
- Technology
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA