‘Symphony In The Stars’ is the first of two dedicated missions on Electron to deploy a single spacecraft to a 650km circular Earth orbit for a confidential commercial customer. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th, 12:00 AM PDT, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B has witnessed the launch of 29 rockets, including 29 orbital launch attempts. While Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, has been the site for 60 rocket launches.
The forecast calls for a temperature of 56°F, clear skies, 7% cloud cover and a wind speed of 17mph.
A second dedicated launch on Electron to meet those same mission requirements is scheduled for launch before the end of 2025.
These dedicated Electron launches demonstrate Rocket Lab’s responsive launch capabilities and its increasing launch cadence as provider in dedicated small launch.
With demand for 20+ launches in 2025 and 100% mission success for all Electron launches this year, Electron is continually serves satellite operators across commercial, civil, and government missions, and remains on track for another record year of launches from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 and Launch Complex 2 orbital launch sites in Mahia, New Zealand and Wallops Island, Virginia.
A possible identity of the payload (based on the mission patch, mission name and the orbit altitude) is it being an EchoStar Lyra Block 1 S-band IoT (Internet-of-Things) communication satellite, of which 4 are planned.