Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)

Name: Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
Start: 2025-06-02T23:57:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-02T23:57:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Electron, Rocket Lab

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

Launch time

T-0

Tue 3 Jun, 01:57 CEST

Mon 2 Jun, 23:57 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

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Launch record updated by LL2 Tue 3 Jun 2025, 09:02 CEST

Feed checked 11 Oct, 03:42 CEST

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Mission

Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) on Electron. Mon 2 Jun 2025, 23:57 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B. Source: Launch Library 2.

2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth 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

Full Stream Ahead Mission Patch

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Launch timeline

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Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:16 UTC.

Source updates from Launch Library 2 (10)

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Tue 3 Jun 2025, 01:13 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Tue 3 Jun 2025, 00:50 UTCLL2 update
Spacecraft separation.
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Mon 2 Jun 2025, 23:57 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Mon 2 Jun 2025, 23:35 UTCLL2 update
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Mon 2 Jun 2025, 13:38 UTCLL2 update
Adjusted T-0.
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Wed 28 May 2025, 20:22 UTCLL2 update
Delayed to June 3 LT.
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Mon 26 May 2025, 20:38 UTCLL2 update
Delayed to May 29 due to launch site weather.
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Thu 22 May 2025, 12:44 UTCLL2 update
GO for launch.
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Tue 4 Mar 2025, 15:24 UTCLL2 update
NET Q2.
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Thu 10 Aug 2023, 08:23 UTCLL2 update
Adding launch NET 2024
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Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

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

Coordinates: -39.262833, 177.864469

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