Rocket Lab Electron Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) - space launch mission detailed information

When is Rocket Lab Electron Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)? Launch date 5/MAR/2026 — Electron rocket launch by Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

Rocket Lab Electron Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) launch date, launch time, live countdown, live stream and mission status (Success) — tracked on Space Realm.

Rocket Lab Electron Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)

Name: Rocket Lab Electron Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Start: 2026-03-05T23:53:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Electron

Status

Success

Date

5 MAR 2026

23:53

Launch Provider

Rocket Lab

Launch Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Mission Overview

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

Rocket

Electron

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.

Height

18 m

Diameter

1.2 m

Launch Mass

13 T

Thrust

162 kN