Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
Launch information
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RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab's Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S' 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)’.
Go
Status: Go for Launch
Class: normal
Launch T0: Dec. 5, 2025, 3 a.m.
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) (SSO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Rocket Lab |
Rocket |
Electron |
Location |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand |
Pad |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B |
Type |
Technology |
Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) |
Satellites on-board
Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (Dec. 5, 2025).
Launch statistics
Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (Dec. 5, 2025).
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