Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)
Electron, Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch time
T-0
Sun 24 Aug, 00:42 CEST
Sat 23 Aug, 22:42 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch record updated by LL2
Feed checkedMission
Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E) on Electron. Sat 23 Aug 2025, 22:42 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Source: Launch Library 2.
'Live, Laugh, Launch' is the second of two dedicated missions on Electron for a confidential customer in 2025. This mission deployed 5 satellites to a 655 km circular Earth orbit identified as “Calistus A to E”, identified as most likely for Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous 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
- Live Laugh Launch Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (5)
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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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New T-0.
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Added launch.
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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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