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Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
ElectronRocket LabRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Thursday, March 5, 2026 · 11:53 PM UTC
Mission brief
The mission
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
PayloadInsight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
OrbitLEO
CustomerRocket Lab
Stages3
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, temperature not reported
Flight plan
Mission timeline
15 / 15100%
The range
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Site locked
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Global range
- Latitude
- 39.263°S
- Longitude
- 177.864°E
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
80%
Go
FavorableNo active constraints
Weather rules
Clear — no formal weather rule concerns published.
- Primary concern
- None published
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
11:53 PM UTC – 01:53 AM UTC
Hardware
Vehicle & provider
Reliability
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.