🚀 Rocket Lab’s 70th Electron Launch: A Night of Precision and Progress On the evening of August 23, 2025, Rocket Lab marked a major milestone with the successful launch of its 70th Electron mission, aptly named Live, Laugh, Launch. Liftoff occurred at 22:42 UTC from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, reinforcing Electron’s reputation as the world’s most frequently launched small orbital rocket. This mission deployed five satellites into a 655 km circular orbit for a confidential commercial

Rocket Lab has launched the Live, Laugh, Launch mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 10:42am NZST Sunday (10:42pm UTC Saturday) from its Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand, sending the EchoStar Lyra-2 satellite (and four other confidential payloads) to sun-synchronous orbit. This is Rocket Lab and Electron’s 12th mission of 2025 and 70th overall. [Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab] | NASASpaceflight.com

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