Rocket Lab Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, Rocket Lab has flown 16 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 6% of the world's launches, and 89 since its first in 2017. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
Electron
Sep 26, 2026
Rocket Lab's Electron Owlright Owlright Owlright mission delivered Synspective's 13th StriX synthetic-aperture-radar satellite into a 559 km, 37-degree low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. It was Electron's 97th flight and 18th of 2026, extending a 13-for-13 dedicated StriX success streak seven days after the previous satellite.
Next mission
We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
Electron
Oct 22, 2026 · 07:00 AM (UTC)
Liftoff in 08 h 41 min 25 s
A dedicated Electron from Launch Complex 1 will deploy three HawkEye 360 HAWK satellites to a 520 km, 97-degree orbit. Flying as a cluster, they detect and geolocate radio-frequency signals for maritime tracking, GNSS-jamming detection, and civil signals intelligence.
Statistics summary
Rocket Lab launches
2026 so far
16
vs 13 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.4 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
2 t
vs 2 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.1 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Every Rocket Lab launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
Rocket Lab in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, Rocket Lab and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, Rocket Lab and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by Rocket Lab, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 6%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 16
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 5%
- 18 launches
- All time
- 89
- since 2017
Orbital launch attempts per year, Rocket Lab and the rest of the world, 2017 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
Rocket Lab's rockets in 2026
Launch success rate by Rocket Lab rocket, 2017 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | Rocket Lab | World | Rocket Lab share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 16 | 248 | 6% |
| 2025 | 18 | 329 | 5% |
| 2024 | 14 | 263 | 5% |
| 2023 | 9 | 223 | 4% |
| 2022 | 9 | 186 | 5% |
| 2021 | 6 | 146 | 4% |
| 2020 | 7 | 114 | 6% |
| 2019 | 6 | 102 | 6% |
| 2018 | 3 | 114 | 3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 90 | 1% |