The 19th flight of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, named They Go Up So Fast, lifted off on Monday, March 22 at 22:30 UTC. On board the mission were six customer satellites and an internal Photon pathfinder satellite named Pathstone, which will gain flight heritage ahead of future Photon missions to the moon and Venus.
The launch was conducted from Launch Complex 1A (LC-1A) at Rocket Lab’s private launch site on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. In addition to the noteworthy Photon payload, this flight will include the 100th satellite that Rocket Lab has delivered to orbit.