Electron | Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1)
Electron launched the Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) mission for Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on Feb 18, 2025 (UTC).
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Electron | Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1)
Launched Feb 19, 2025 8:17:00 AMSuccess
1 object in orbit now
Flight direction
42° NE
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 59.0°
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
The first of five BlackSky Technology missions to deploy its new next-generation BlackSky Gen-3 satellites. The commercial constellation of Gen-3 satellites has the capability to produce imagery with 50-centimeter resolution and host multiple sensors, including in shortwave infrared (SWIR). The improved resolution and enhanced spectral diversity of the Gen-3 satellites will expand BlackSky's ability to provide real-time information to its customers.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Wed, Feb 19 · 8:17:00 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand