MISSION SUCCESS: Rocket Lab Launches 98th Electron Mission
Key Highlights
- ➤Rocket Lab (RKLB) successfully launches its 98th Electron mission for HawkEye 360
- ➤Three HAWK satellites deployed to a 520km low Earth orbit
- ➤Rocket Lab completes 19 successful missions in 2026
- ➤Mission marks Rocket Lab’s third dedicated HawkEye 360 launch
- ➤Electron moves closer to its record 100th launch milestone
MAHIA, New Zealand, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today launched its Electron rocket to deliver a dedicated mission to space for HawkEye 360, a signals intelligence data and analytics company.
The ‘We're Not Hawking Around’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 8:11 p.m. NZDT on 23 October 2026, to deliver three HAWK satellites to a 520km low Earth orbit. Operating in tri-satellite formation, HawkEye 360's satellites collect signal data from across the radio frequency (RF) spectrum for maritime tracking, GNSS jamming detection, radar monitoring, communications mapping, and space defense.
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