Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)

Mission

Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30) on Electron. Thu 18 Dec 2025, 05:03 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C). Source: Launch Library 2.

STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space systems development. The projected primary payload, DISKSat, will demonstrate sustained very low earth orbit (VLEO) flight and test a unique, 1-meter diameter, disk-shaped satellite bus that is designed to increase on-orbit persistence.

Mission type

Technology

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Rocket file imagery

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff.

1. T-2 minThu 18 Dec, 06:01 CET

   Startup

   The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

2. T-2 sThu 18 Dec, 06:02 CET

   Ignition

   Start of the engine ignition sequence

3. T-0Thu 18 Dec, 06:03 CET

   Liftoff

   First upwards movement of the rocket

4. T+1 min 11 sThu 18 Dec, 06:04 CET

   Supersonic

   Vehicle is supersonic

5. T+1 min 14 sThu 18 Dec, 06:04 CET

   Max-Q

   Maximum dynamic pressure

6. T+2 min 40 sThu 18 Dec, 06:05 CET

   MECO

   Cut-off of the main engine

7. T+2 min 44 sThu 18 Dec, 06:05 CET

   Stage 2 Separation

   Separation of the second stage from the first

8. T+2 min 47 sThu 18 Dec, 06:05 CET

   SES

   Start of the second engine

9. T+3 min 41 sThu 18 Dec, 06:06 CET

   Fairing Separation

   Separation of the payload fairing

10. T+6 min 40 sThu 18 Dec, 06:09 CET

    Battery Hotswap

    Electron Second stages switches to a new set of batteries and jettisons the depleted ones.

11. T+9 min 19 sThu 18 Dec, 06:12 CET

    SECO

    Cut-off of the second engine

12. T+9 min 23 sThu 18 Dec, 06:12 CET

    Kick Stage Separation

    Separation of the kick stage from the previous stage

13. T+53 min 44 sThu 18 Dec, 06:56 CET

    Kick Stage Ignition

    Start of the kick stage engine

14. T+55 min 30 sThu 18 Dec, 06:58 CET

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

15. T+55 min 30 sThu 18 Dec, 06:58 CET

    Kick Stage Cut-off

    Cut-off of the kick stage engine

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

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

Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA (US)

Coordinates: 37.833262, -75.488235