# Electron | VICTUS HAZE Puma: launch

> Electron by Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Flown: Success.

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- Data as of: 2026-10-13 02:30 UTC (last Launch Library 2 sync)
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## Facts

- Launch: Electron | VICTUS HAZE Puma
- Mission: VICTUS HAZE Puma
- Provider: Rocket Lab
- Rocket: Electron
- Pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Country of the launch site: NZL
- Date (UTC): Fri, Jun 19, 10:19 UTC (2026-06-19T10:19:00.000Z)
- Status: completed (Launch Library 2: Success)
- Outcome: Success
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: VICTUS HAZE will see Rocket Lab design, build, launch, and operate a rendezvous proximity operation (RPO) capable spacecraft. U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Safari’s VICTUS HAZE mission will be an exercise of a realistic threat-response scenario and on-orbit space domain awareness (SDA) demonstration. Once the spacecraft build is complete, Rocket Lab will be entered into a Hot Standby Phase awaiting further direction. Once the exercise begins, Rocket Lab will be given notice to launch the spacecraft into a target orbit. After reaching orbit, the spacecraft will be rapidly commissioned and readied for operations. Rocket Lab will configure a Pioneer class spacecraft bus to meet the unique requirements of the VICTUS HAZE mission. The mission will improve Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) processes and timelines, demonstrating the ability to respond to on-orbit threats on very short timelines and validating techniques for space domain awareness (SDA) and on-orbit characterization. Rocket Lab’s constellation-class production capability and discriminating technical capabilities in the areas of in-space propulsion, precision attitude control, low latency communications, and autonomous operations are key enablers for this mission.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacelaunchnow.me/launch/electron-victus-haze-puma)

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