Overview
- The Electron mission “Follow My Speed” lifted off Nov. 20 at 12:43 UTC from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, deploying a single satellite for a confidential commercial customer.
- The flight followed a Nov. 18 HASTE launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying a Missile Defense Agency payload developed by Johns Hopkins APL along with secondary experiments.
- The back-to-back operations established Rocket Lab’s 2025 record of 18 Electron launches with 100% mission success.
- Rocket Lab reported this HASTE mission as its third such flight of the year and the sixth overall using the suborbital Electron variant for hypersonic testing.
- Bank of America’s Ronald J. Epstein cited stronger-than-expected third-quarter profitability and over $1 billion in liquidity, with Neutron’s first launch now expected in 2026.