Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Electron, Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch time
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Fri 6 Mar, 00:53 CET
Thu 5 Mar, 23:53 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch probability 80%
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Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4) on Electron. Thu 5 Mar 2026, 23:53 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Source: Launch Library 2.
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Rocket file imagery
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) · SourceMission patches
- Insight at Speed is a Friend Indeed Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (6)
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Launch success.
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Liftoff.
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Updated launch weather, 80% GO.
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GO for launch.
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Adding launch NET 2024
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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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