Selected by UCB-SSL to design, manufacture and commission the twin high delta-V Explorer-class interplanetary spacecraft, Rocket Lab moved the project from...
Rocket Lab
With this latest mission, Rocket Lab has set a new annual record for the Electron program, completing 21 launches in a single year with a perfect 100% mission...
The launch is also scheduled to take place less than a month after Rocket Lab’s most recent LC-2 launch.
The upcoming dedicated launch is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on November 5, 2025.
With this contract, Synspective’s launch contracts total 24 vehicles, including 21 with Rocket Lab and 3 with SpaceX.
Work on Launch Complex 3 began in late 2023, with the site becoming operational and officially opening in August 2025.
Details of Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission from Launch Complex 1 are expected to be announced in the coming days.

