🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!

We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.

We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!

The countdown to Mars in ON! Today our twin spacecraft for NASA and UCB's ESCAPADE mission are set to lift off from Cape Canaveral.

🚀 2:57 PM EST
🚀 19:57 UTC

Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc...

Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2

Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC

Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519

📷: Blue Origin

L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?

ESCAPADE | Journey to Mars The journey is just beginning! Rocket Lab's twin spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for their launch to Mars.

Long Beach ➡️ Cape Canaveral ➡️ MARS

Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx

Tonight's ViaSat-3 F2 launch attempt has been scrubbed.

Launch is now planned for Thursday, November 6 at 10:16 p.m. EST at the opening of a 44-minute window.

Learn more: www.viasat.com/news/latest-...

#VS3 #VS3F2 #ViaSat3 #ViaSat3F2

YouTube video by Rocket Lab The Final Countdown | ESCAPADE Mission to Mars

It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️

Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...

It’s a beautiful day for a rocket launch. Preparations are underway at LC-1 for Electron’s next launch for @QPS_Inc.

🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates”
🎯 Customer: iQPS
🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I
🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO
📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1

Today's the day

Mars, we’re coming for you. 🔴🛰️🛰️

Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.

Tucked in and ready for flight ✅

Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.

Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀

Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.

Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV

Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.

Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅

🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026

Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55

📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!

'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.

Launch window opens:

⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6

Electron is vertical on the pad and operations are underway for today’s launch from Pad A at LC-1 with Synspective.

Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.

We're ready for our next mission! With Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for Synspective we are GO for a launch attempt tomorrow for Electron's 73rd launch.

"Owl New World" launch window opens:
⏰UTC | 16:30
⏰NZDT | 5:30 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:30 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:30 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:30 a.m.

Mission info: bit.ly/4n92Pwh

We've signed a direct contract with JAXA for two dedicated launches on Electron!

The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.

ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD

ESCAPADE = Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The two spacecraft, built by Rocket Lab for NASA & @ucbssl.bsky.social will help scientists unlock the planet’s history and prepare for future human exploration on Mars. Read how we’re at the forefront: bit.ly/41NH6lV

We’ve completed payload integration and encapsulation at LC-1 with Synspective for our 73rd Electron mission.

Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “Owl New World” mission before the launch window opens on October 14 UTC.

We’ve signed another Electron multi-launch agreement: three dedicated missions for Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (@iQPS_Inc)!

This latest bulk buy brings the total number of upcoming missions for iQPS to seven.

More info: bit.ly/4o7a2hd

We’re gearing up for our 73rd launch with the “Owl New World” mission for @synspective 🦉🚀

Launching from Pad A at Launch Complex 1, this next mission will be the first of 21 upcoming launches to deploy Synspective’s Earth-imaging constellation.

ℹ️: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/next-mission/

Rocket Lab knows Mars. The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter is where our heritage meets the future of Mars comms.

Our MTO is designed for speed AND value:
✅ Supporting Humans on Mars.
✅ Faster sample return.
✅ A firm-fixed framework.
✅ More exploration.

Learn more: bit.ly/41NH6lV

We've secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective – bringing the total number of upcoming missions with them to 21, the largest order of dedicated Electron missions with a single customer to date.

Learn more: bit.ly/46LT94K

⚡ Meet Lightning ⚡Our high-power, long-life spacecraft platform built for LEO & beyond.

Now in production at scale in Long Beach:
🔹 17 🛰️ for Globalstar’s next-gen constellation
🔹 18 🛰️ for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation

When the mission calls for endurance, Lightning strikes.
🔗 bit.ly/3YlOEdK

Imagine astronauts calling home from Mars or scientists sharing discoveries in real time. 🌎➡️🔴

That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗https://bit.ly/41NH6lV

ESCAPADE: Journey to Mars The journey is just beginning! Rocket Lab's twin spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission have arrived at Kennedy Space Flight Center in preparation for their launch to Mars.

⏱️150,000 hours 🛣️2,574 miles 🚚38 hours
That’s what it took to design, build, test & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from Long Beach to Kennedy Space Center. Next stop: 🛰️🔴🛰️ Mars to study its magnetosphere & unlock clues for future explorers. bit.ly/4mshUbK

🌌🛰️ Our two ESCAPADE spacecraft will soon be added to the list of spacecraft and satellite components we design, build & deliver that push the frontiers of space exploration & science.

From Earth orbit to Mars — this is what end-to-end looks like. 🔗https://bit.ly/4fULfd9

Talk first. Land later.

Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will deliver persistent, high-bandwidth comms between Mars and Earth—keeping future astronauts safe, connected & mission-ready.

This is just a glimpse of what’s coming. 🔗 bit.ly/41NH6lV

To Mars from MARS? With Launch Complex 3 open and Neutron on its way, the future of launch from Virginia is all about assured access to space for the most important future missions.

From cleanroom to countdown.

🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.

Every hardware and system check brings NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴