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Rocket Lab/Electron·Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)

Orbit: SSO·Type: Earth Science·Agencies: HawkEye 360

Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

GMT Time
Spaceport
Launch Successful⟳ Rescheduled 6×
Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) mission image
Vehicle: ElectronCredit: Rocket Lab · Launch Library 2

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).

Target orbit
SSO · Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission type
Earth Science
Payload
We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
Agencies
HawkEye 360
Mission Update

Launch success.

Webcast Replays & Re-streams

Re-streams Available (1)

Target liftoff time (UTC)

07:11:00 UTC

Friday, 23 October 2026

Planned T-0 liftoff

07:00:00 UTCWindow open
07:11:00 UTCPlanned ignition
08:45:00 UTCWindow close
Rocket family
Electron
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
Payload to LEO
300kg
Payload to SSO
225kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
Stage 1 propulsion
9× Rutherford
Stages
2 (optional 3rd)