Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)

Name: Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
Start: 2026-03-28T09:14:00.000Z
End: 2026-03-28T09:14:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Electron, Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch time

T-0

Sat 28 Mar, 10:14 CET

09:14 UTC

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Launch record updated by LL2 Tue 31 Mar 2026, 01:39 CEST

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Mission

Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A) on Electron. Sat 28 Mar 2026, 09:14 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Source: Launch Library 2.

The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe’s own global navigation system. This launch will lift 2 “Pathfinder A” satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.

Mission type: Navigation
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket file imagery

The light of an Electron launch rises above a water tower and an illuminated exhaust cloud at night. — File imagery: Virginia is for Launch Lovers, 24 January 2023. Electron lifting off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops.
Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson · Public domain (NASA) · Source

Mission patches

Daughter Of The Stars Patch
Celeste Mission Patch

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Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC.

Source updates from Launch Library 2 (15)

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Sat 28 Mar 2026, 12:37 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Sat 28 Mar 2026, 10:10 UTCLL2 update
Spacecraft separation.
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Sat 28 Mar 2026, 09:14 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Sat 28 Mar 2026, 08:50 UTCLL2 update
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Fri 27 Mar 2026, 15:12 UTCLL2 update
GO for launch on March 28.
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Thu 26 Mar 2026, 12:45 UTCLL2 update
NET March 28 per new NOTAMs, to be confirmed.
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Wed 25 Mar 2026, 08:16 UTCLL2 update
Standing down due to weather conditions, new launch date TBD
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Wed 25 Mar 2026, 01:43 UTCLL2 update
New T-0.
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Sat 21 Mar 2026, 02:31 UTCLL2 update
Delayed to March 25.
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Fri 20 Mar 2026, 19:08 UTCLL2 update
Launch pad assigned.
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Thu 19 Mar 2026, 10:41 UTCLL2 update
Added daily launch window.
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Thu 19 Feb 2026, 14:31 UTCLL2 update
NET March 24.
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Thu 15 Jan 2026, 21:47 UTCLL2 update
Added mission name.
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Sat 6 Dec 2025, 03:45 UTCLL2 update
NET early 2026.
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Wed 25 Jun 2025, 12:40 UTCLL2 update
Added launch.
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Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)

Coordinates: -39.262833, 177.864469

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