Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)

Name: Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Start: 2026-09-11T03:28:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-11T03:28:00.000Z
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

Fri 11 Sept, 05:28 CEST

03:28 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window opens: Fri 11 Sept, 03:00 CEST
Window closes: Fri 11 Sept, 05:28 CEST

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Source updated Mon 14 Sept, 02:28 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:22 CEST

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Slip history

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC.

Fri 11 Sept 2026, 05:06 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Thu 6 Aug 2026, 15:07 UTCLL2 update
NET Q3.
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Thu 10 Aug 2023, 08:25 UTCLL2 update
Adding launch NET 2024
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Mission

Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5) on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th 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

Happily Ever Faster Patch

Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.

Launch timeline

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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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