Bubbles

Name: Bubbles
Start: 2026-04-22T01:36:00.000Z
End: 2026-04-22T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Electron, Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Launch time

T-0

Wed 22 Apr, 03:36 CEST

01:36 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window opens: Wed 22 Apr, 02:00 CEST
Window closes: Wed 22 Apr, 07:00 CEST

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Launch record updated by LL2 Thu 23 Apr 2026, 03:37 CEST

Feed checked 11 Oct, 03:32 CEST

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Mission

Bubbles on Electron. Wed 22 Apr 2026, 01:36 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C). Source: Launch Library 2.

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.

Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Suborbital

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

Launch timeline

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Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC.

Source updates from Launch Library 2 (6)

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Thu 23 Apr 2026, 01:37 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Wed 22 Apr 2026, 03:53 UTCLL2 update
Mission completed.
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Wed 22 Apr 2026, 01:53 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Wed 22 Apr 2026, 01:32 UTCLL2 update
New T-0.
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Wed 22 Apr 2026, 00:28 UTCLL2 update
Updated approximate T-0 per local reports.
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Wed 15 Apr 2026, 14:16 UTCLL2 update
Added launch per air space closure notices; payload identity is uncertain.
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Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA (US)

Coordinates: 37.833262, -75.488235

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