SCRUBBED - Rocket Lab - Electron - Bridging the Swarm - LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - December 16, 2025

Launch Date: December 16, 2025 Launch Time: 13:55 NZST (December 15, 7:55 p.m.EST - December 16, 0055 UTC, 01:55 CET) Launch Status: Scrubbed Launch Provider: Rocket Lab, USA Launcher System: Electron Rocket Mission: Bridging the Swarm Contractor: Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea Launch Location: Launch Complex-1 - Mähia Peninsula, New Zealand Price: $7,5 million (Standard mission to LEO) Rocket Height: 18 m Payload to Orbit: LEO 320 kg Lift-Off Thrust: 224 kilonewtons Fairing: Diameter 1,2 m / Height 4,05 m Stages: 3 Electron's 77th mission, ‘Bridging The Swarm’, is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on December 11 UTC. ‘Bridging The Swarm’ is a dedicated launch for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea’s leading university dedicated to science and technology. The mission will deploy NEONSAT-1A, an advanced Earth observation satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical camera. Designed to capture near-real time natural disaster monitoring for the Korean peninsula, KAIST’s NEONSAT constellation is a collaboration across multiple Korean academic, industry, and research institutions, including SaTReC, which is leading the program’s system design and engineering. The NEONSAT program is funded by the Korean government’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT). The launch represents Rocket Lab's 78th mission in total, the 20th mission of 2025.