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Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) launched on Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 03:09 AM UTC — a Rocket Lab mission.
NET Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 03:09 AM UTC
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Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Electron to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Electron ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE
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Good to know
Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) is scheduled to lift off Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 03:09 AM UTC.
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) is an Rocket Lab mission flying on a Electron.
It lifts off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.