Rocket Lab will launch five mystery spacecraft today (Aug. 23), and you can watch the action live.<\/p>\n
An Electron<\/a> rocket carrying the satellite<\/a> quintet is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab<\/a>‘s New Zealand site today at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT; 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 24 local New Zealand time).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can watch it live via Rocket Lab,<\/a> and Space.com will carry the company’s feed if (as expected) it’s made available. Coverage will begin 30 minutes before liftoff.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Today’s mission, which Rocket Lab calls “Live, Laugh, Launch,” will send five satellites to a circular orbit 413 miles (665 kilometers) above Earth.<\/p>\n That’s pretty much all we know about the flight, which is veiled in secrecy; it’s the second of two contracted missions that Electron will launch for a confidential customer, according to the company.<\/p>\n “Live, Laugh, Launch” will be the 12th launch of 2025 and 70th overall for Electron, a 59-foot-tall (18 meters) rocket<\/a> that gives small satellites dedicated rides to Earth orbit and beyond.<\/p>\n Rocket Lab is also developing a larger, partially reusable vehicle called Neutron<\/a>, which is expected to debut before the year is out.<\/p>\n