Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

Name: Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
Start: 2026-04-23T03:09:00.000Z
End: 2026-04-23T03:09:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Electron, Rocket Lab

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

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Thu 23 Apr, 05:09 CEST

03:09 UTC

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Launch record updated by LL2 Fri 24 Apr 2026, 01:43 CEST

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Mission

Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) on Electron. Thu 23 Apr 2026, 03:09 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Source: Launch Library 2.

JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE

Mission type: Technology
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

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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (8)

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Thu 23 Apr 2026, 04:05 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Thu 23 Apr 2026, 03:09 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Thu 23 Apr 2026, 02:44 UTCLL2 update
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Wed 22 Apr 2026, 21:30 UTCLL2 update
Launch pad assigned.
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Wed 15 Apr 2026, 22:52 UTCLL2 update
GO for launch.
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Wed 18 Mar 2026, 05:41 UTCLL2 update
NET April 23.
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Fri 10 Oct 2025, 14:17 UTCLL2 update
NET Q1 2026.
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Fri 10 Oct 2025, 13:30 UTCLL2 update
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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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