Launch alert! It’s time for Electron’s 70th mission, ‘Live, Laugh, Launch’ ✌️🌴🐚

Scheduled to lift off from LC-1 no earlier than:

⏰ August 24, 10:30 a.m. NZT
⏰ August 23, 22:30 UTC
⏰ August 23, 6:30 p.m. EDT
⏰ August 23, 3:30 p.m. PDT

Find out more: http://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/next-mission

✅ Wet Dress Rehearsal is complete and we are GO for F70, Electron’s next launch from Launch Complex 1 – our 70th mission overall and 12th launch from LC-1 this year.

The ‘Live, Laugh, Launch’ window opens tomorrow:

⏰ August 24, 10:30 a.m. NZT
⏰ August 23, 22:30 UTC
⏰ August 23, 6:30 p.m. EDT
⏰ August 23, 3:30 p.m. PDT

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Live Stream
On August 28, we celebrated the opening of our new launch site for Neutron, Launch Complex 3.Watch our live broadcast of the event below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_PeCyRjfGI

With Launch Complex 3 now ready for Neutron's debut, we can't wait to deliver the largest orbital launch capacity that Wallops Island has ever seen for national security, constellation deployment, and human spaceflight.

https://youtu.be/eb5gO0MT9CE?si=U6KclRpyh7aZ57Ml

🌌 On our upcoming ESCAPADE mission, twin spacecraft are heading to Mars to study how solar wind interacts with the planet’s magnetic field aka, how Mars is slowly losing its atmosphere.

Why does it matter? The data will help us:

🔒 Design better protection for astronauts
🛡️ Build safer spacecraft
📍 Plan better routes around Mars

ESCAPADE isn’t just about science—it’s helping us prepare to send humans to the Red Planet. Learn more: bit.ly/4fULfd9

Talk first. Land later.

Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will deliver persistent, high-bandwidth comms between Mars and Earth—keeping future astronauts safe, connected & mission-ready.

This is just a glimpse of what’s coming. 🔗 bit.ly/41NH6lV

To Mars from MARS? With Launch Complex 3 open and Neutron on its way, the future of launch from Virginia is all about assured access to space for the most important future missions.

Want to join the team launching from Virginia? We've got open roles at LC-3:

💡 Launch Pad Electrician
🔧 Integration & Test Technician
🚀 Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer

From cleanroom to countdown.

🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.

Every hardware and system check brings NASA & ucbssl ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴

150,000 hours 🛣️ 2,574 miles 🚚 38 hours

That’s what it took to design, build, test, & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from our Long Beach facility to Kennedy Space Center.

NASA & ucbssl’s ESCAPADE mission will be the first dual-spacecraft to study Mars’ magnetosphere, unlocking insights into atmospheric escape and paving the way for future human exploration.

Next stop: Mars. 🛰️🔴🛰️

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/46hcmfD

Imagine astronauts calling home from Mars or scientists sharing discoveries in real time. 🌎➡️🔴

That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗 bit.ly/41NH6lV