Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)
Electron launched the Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E) mission for Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on Aug 23, 2025 (UTC).
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)
Launched Aug 24, 2025 7:42:00 AMSuccess
6 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
190° S
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 98.0°
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
'Live, Laugh, Launch' is the second of two dedicated missions on Electron for a confidential customer in 2025. This mission deployed 5 satellites to a 655 km circular Earth orbit identified as “Calistus A to E”, identified as most likely for Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Sun, Aug 24 · 7:42:00 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- Mission type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand