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Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) launched on Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 03:09 AM UTC — a Rocket Lab mission.
Launch SuccessfulRocket Lab
Lifted offNET Dec 2025
NET Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 03:09 AM UTC
Live coverage
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Mission profile
The flight at a glance
ElectronVehicle
Rocket LabProvider
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1BPad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLocation
TechnologyMission type
Sun-Synchronous OrbitOrbit
Flight sequence
Mission timeline
Key events from liftoff — ignition, staging, separation and deployment — with their times relative to T0.
- StartupT- 00:02:00
- IgnitionT- 00:00:02
- LiftoffT+ 00:00:00
- SupersonicT+ 00:01:03
- Max-QT+ 00:01:10
- MECOT+ 00:02:31
- Stage 2 SeparationT+ 00:02:35
- SEST+ 00:02:38
- Fairing SeparationT+ 00:03:12
- Battery HotswapT+ 00:06:29
- SECOT+ 00:09:05
- Kick Stage SeparationT+ 00:09:09
- Kick Stage IgnitionT+ 00:51:43
- Kick Stage Cut-offT+ 00:53:54
- Payload SeparationT+ 00:54:44
Flight simulation
Ascent to orbit
A representative gravity-turn climb for Electron to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
Mission timeT+0:00
Altitude0.0 km
Velocity0.00 km/s
PhaseLiftoff
T+0:00 / 8:50
SimulatedRepresentative Electron ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab's Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S' 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.
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Frequently asked
What time does Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) launch?
Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) is scheduled to lift off Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 03:09 AM UTC.
Where can I watch Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)?
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Who is launching Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)?
Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) is an Rocket Lab mission flying on a Electron.
Where does Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) launch from?
It lifts off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.