SuccessOrbital launch
Electron | Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Launched Sep 11, 2026, 03:28 UTC
Launch Library gives this time to the minute.
STATUS
Launch Successful. The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
MISSION
- Mission
- Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
ROCKET AND PROVIDER
- Rocket
- Electron
- Provider
- Rocket Lab (commercial)
- On SpaceDew
- Rocket Lab
- Window
- Sep 11, 2026, 01:00 UTC to Sep 11, 2026, 03:28 UTC
LAUNCH SITE
- Pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Location
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), record updated Sep 14, 2026, 00:28 UTC. Times are UTC. Every launch SpaceDew tracks