LOXSAT 1

Electron, Rocket Lab

Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch time

No earlier than

NET 2026

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Source updated Sat 19 Sept, 06:23 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:12 CEST

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

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Mission

LOXSAT 1 on Electron from Unknown Pad. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program. The system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.

Mission type: Technology
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

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Launch pad

Unknown Pad

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

Coordinates: -39.260881, 177.865826