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Launched 2025-06-28 07:08 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
144th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
Rocket Lab
10th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
5th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
25 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
'Symphony In The Stars' is the first of two dedicated missions on Electron to deploy a single spacecraft to a 650km circular Earth orbit for a confidential commercial customer.
A second dedicated launch on Electron to meet those same mission requirements is scheduled for launch before the end of 2025.
The payload has since been identified by USSF as EchoStar's Lyra-4, an EchoStar Lyra Block 1 satellite. It is a 4-satellite constellation that will deliver global Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M) and other data services through S-band. EchoStar will operate the constellation from its Australian subsidiary, EchoStar Global.
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
Launches
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Successful
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96%
Landings
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of 9
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrubbed due to additional checkouts required.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for June 24.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrubbed for today. New date to be determined.
hitura-nobad
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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On hold due to excessive upper level winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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