Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)

Launch information

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Mission description

Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)’.

Launch image Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Nov. 20, 2025, 12:43 p.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3) (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
66554 OBJECT A LEO 42.02 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit
66555 OBJECT B LEO 42.02 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#7123

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Location Launch

#67

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Pad Launch

#35

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Agency Launch

#76

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Orbital Launch

#274

Year 2025

Location Launch

#15

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Pad Launch

#8

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Agency Launch

#18

Year 2025

Latest news about the launch

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BlackSky confirms it was the ‘confidential customer’ on recent Rocket Lab Electron rocket launch

The Earth imaging company released a statement on Tuesday stating that its latest Gen-3 satellite launched successfully and began sending high-quality images within 24 hours.

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BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch

Earth observation company BlackSky was the confidential customer for the latest Rocket Lab launch, placing into orbit a satellite that has already returned its first images. The post BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential E...


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