Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, LC-1A (New Zealand)
Launch date:
23 October 2026 at 07:11:00 UTC
Status:
Success
Launch description
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "We're Not Hawking Around" mission on Friday, October 23, 2026 at 7:11 AM (UTC).
Missions
Hawkeye 360 Flight 3:
Rocket Lab's dedicated Electron mission for HawkEye 360 launched from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 8:11 p.m. NZDT on October 23, 2026, deploying the three satellites of HawkEye 360's Cluster 16 to a 520 km low Earth orbit. The satellites operate in formation to detect, characterize and geolocate radio frequency signals from space.