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Symphony In The Stars

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-06-20 07:33 | |


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| | Scheduled for (NZST) | 2025-06-20 19:33 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Undisclosed | | Payload | Unknown | | Mass | Unknown | | Target orbit | Sun Synchronous Orbit |

| Stream | Link | |


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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYrNicmZMc | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TyqhAhoBJI | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tLrvzC_1wM |

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  • 9th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
  • 67th overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight

'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.

A second dedicated launch on Electron to meet those same mission requirements is scheduled for launch before the end of 2025.


Previous mission: The Mountain God Guards

Next mission: TBD

Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here! Also feel free to leave feedback or suggestions for the mod team. We’re a relatively small community, so feedback is very valuable!

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[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1935953553933369659

The launch team is assessing options for a new T-0 lift-off time for tonight's launch attempt due to strong upper level winds over LC-1.

The launch window for 'Symphony In The Stars' extends until 9:24 p.m. NZT. Stand by for an update.

Edit: End of launch window 21:24 p.m. NZT is 09:24 UTC.