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Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

ElectronRocket LabRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Thursday, April 23, 2026 · 03:09 AM UTC
Mission brief

The mission

JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE

PayloadKakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
OrbitSSO
CustomerRocket Lab
Stages3
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Flight plan

Mission timeline

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The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
39.263°S
Longitude
177.864°E

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather rules

Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern
No weather issues
Rule count
0
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

03:09 AM UTC – 03:09 AM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Electron

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Height18 m
LEO Payload300 kg
Launches91
Successes87
Provider

Rocket Lab

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USA • Founded 2006

Reliability

Schedule history

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.