Rocket Lab - Electron - Bridging the Swarm - LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - January 30, 2026

Описание: Launch Date: January 30, 2026
Launch Time: 13:55 NZDT, 0055 UTC, 01:55 CET, (January 29, 7:55 p.m. EST, 4:55 p.m. PST)
Launch window: Open until 0200 UTC
Launch Status: After a launch recycle, nominal orbit insertion.

Launch Provider: Rocket Lab, USA
Launcher System: Electron Rocket
Mission: Bridging the Swarm
Contractor: Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea
Launch Location: Launch Complex-1 - Mähia Peninsula, New Zealand

Price: $7,5 million (Standard mission to LEO)
Rocket Height: 18 m
Payload to Orbit: LEO 320 kg
Lift-Off Thrust: 224 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 1,2 m / Height 4,05 m
Stages: 3

Electron's 77th mission, ‘Bridging The Swarm’, is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on December 11 UTC.

‘Bridging The Swarm’ is a dedicated launch for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea’s leading university dedicated to science and technology. The mission will deploy NEONSAT-1A, an advanced Earth observation satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical camera.

Designed to capture near-real-time natural disaster monitoring for the Korean Peninsula, KAIST’s NEONSAT constellation is a collaboration across multiple Korean academic, industry, and research institutions, including SaTReC, which is leading the program’s system design and engineering. The NEONSAT program is funded by the Korean government’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT).

The launch marks Rocket Lab's 81st mission overall, the 2nd in 2026.