Electron is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1 for tonight's launch. Operations are tracking to schedule for an on-time lift-off at 7:33 PM New Zealand time. Mission info on our website. | Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab has launched the Live, Laugh, Launch mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 10:42am NZST Sunday (10:42pm UTC Saturday) from its Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand, sending the EchoStar Lyra-2 satellite (and four other confidential payloads) to sun-synchronous orbit. This is Rocket Lab and Electron’s 12th mission of 2025 and 70th overall. [Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab] | NASASpaceflight.com

Electron has arrived at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1! The rocket, named 'It's a Test', will go through a series of tests and checkouts before it is signed-off to fly. Head to rocketlabusa.com/latest/ to learn more. | Rocket Lab

🔥This engine has been to space and back. This week we proved it could go again. 🔥 We've successfully test fired a recovered Rutherford engine for the first time - a significant technical milestone on our path to make Electron a reusable rocket! Recovered from the There And Back Again mission in May, this refurbished Rutherford completed 200 seconds of engine fire, multiple restarts, and produced full thrust of 21kNs within 1000 milliseconds of ignition. | Rocket Lab

We’ve completed the 2,000th successful hot fire of our Rutherford engines! 260 of our 3D-printed, electric pump-fed Rutherford engines have been launched to space - and in some cases we have them back again thanks to our recovery missions. Our Rutherford engines have helped deliver 146 satellites to space, will soon play their part in launching missions past Earth's orbit to the Moon and beyond, and have been essential to making Electron the second most-frequently launched U.S. rocket annually a

Rutherford engines preparing for flight. Our next mission will see us reach 200 of these 3D printed, electric-pump-fed engines launched to space | Rocket Lab

🚀 Rocket Lab’s 70th Electron Launch: A Night of Precision and Progress On the evening of August 23, 2025, Rocket Lab marked a major milestone with the successful launch of its 70th Electron mission, aptly named Live, Laugh, Launch. Liftoff occurred at 22:42 UTC from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, reinforcing Electron’s reputation as the world’s most frequently launched small orbital rocket. This mission deployed five satellites into a 655 km circular orbit for a confidential commercial

Electron is vertical on the pad for our first recovery mission of the year. Target lift-off: 🚀NZT | 22:08 🚀UTC | 10:08 🚀ET | 06:08 🚀PT | 03:08 Webcast live from T-20 minutes: https://youtu.be/Zw3sIUyfSfc | Rocket Lab