The mission, called “Follow My Speed” was a complete success, Rocket Lab announced via X<\/a> on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n Best picks for you<\/p>\n \n a black and white rocket launches into a dark night sky (Image credit: Rocket Lab)<\/p>\n “Today’s ‘Follow My Speed’ mission marks 18 launches with 100% mission success for 2025 \u2014 more than any other year in Electron’s history \u2014 making our rocket the most frequently flown orbital small launch vehicle in the world,” the company said in another Thursday X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fifteen of those 18 launches have been orbital missions. The other three were suborbital flights involving HASTE, a modified version of the 59-foot-tall (18-meter-tall) Electron that allows customers to test hypersonic technologies<\/a> in the space environment.<\/p>\n Today’s ‘Follow My Speed’ mission marks 18 launches with 100% mission success for 2025 – more than any other year in Electron’s history – making our rocket the most frequently flown orbital small launch vehicle in the world.Here’s how we do it:\ud83d\ude80 High cadence launch sites\ud83c\udfed\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jPzhcLITkVNovember 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n We don’t know much about “Follow My Speed.” <\/p>\n Rocket Lab described the mission in vague terms only,<\/a> saying that its goal was “to deploy a single satellite for a confidential commercial customer.”<\/p>\n Keeping things so close to the vest isn’t exactly odd for launch companies, who regularly loft national-security payloads or commercial satellites with sensitive, proprietary tech. Rocket Lab, for example, launched five satellites for a confidential customer just three months ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nLgpJPDEiW25dtaK7a3P5C.jpg\")
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