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Electron | Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)

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Launch Successful

Minute precision

Electron | Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)

11 Sept 2026, 03:28 UTCNo earlier than · subject to change

Rocket: Electron
Operator: Rocket Lab
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Launch reported successful by the data provider.

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

Source & record notes

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Provider record updated: 14/09/2026, 0:28:53 UTC.

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