Mission
HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission.
The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).
Electron will launch We’re Not Hawking Around from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
- Liftoff
- 20:00 UTC+13 at the pad
- Window
- – 1 h 45 min
- Rocket
- ElectronRocket Lab
- Destination
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Mahia, New Zealand9th launch from this pad in 202640 days after the last
- Observed
- Wind km/h, gusts km/hCalm °CNow at
- Twilight launch
- Liftoff 27 min after sunset: high up, the plume may light up in sunlight.Estimated from the sun’s position.
- Latest update
- GO for launch.
19th
Rocket Lab launch of 2026
Electron
Rocket Lab97 launches since May 2017, 93 successful
18m
Height
1.2m
Diameter
13t
Mass at liftoff
0.2MN
Thrust at liftoff
0.3t
Payload to low Earth orbit
About Electron
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path
In orbit now
The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes
| Spacecraft | Altitude | Speed |
|---|---|---|
| ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-29, Crew-13In Earth’s shadow | 428km | 27,564km/h |
| TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-23In sunlight | 386km | 27,648km/h |
| Shenzhou-23In sunlight | 386km | 27,648km/h |
| Soyuz MS-29In Earth’s shadow | 428km | 27,564km/h |
| Crew-13In Earth’s shadow | 428km | 27,564km/h |
| HubbleIn sunlight | 476km | 27,462km/h |
Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 33 h old.
