30 January 2026, 01:21 UTC
Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A)
Bridging The Swarm mission, Electron's 81st flight, launched from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula and deployed a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to a 540 km orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 100 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 75th
- of 89 Electron flights
- Date and time
- 30 January 2026, 01:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Electron
- Builder
- Rocket Lab
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-019
- Launches in 2026
- 22nd of 243
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