# Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360): launch

> Electron by Rocket Lab from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Scheduled: Wed, Oct 21 (time not set yet).

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmogcfc9cu4ad10zhnz3ogzuu
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmogcfc9cu4ad10zhnz3ogzuu.md
- Data as of: 2026-10-13 01:45 UTC (last Launch Library 2 sync)
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/method

## Facts

- Launch: Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
- Mission: We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)
- Provider: Rocket Lab
- Rocket: Electron
- Pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Country of the launch site: NZL
- Date (UTC): Wed, Oct 21 (time not set yet) (2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z)
- Status: tbd (Launch Library 2: TBD)
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 2

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).

## Date history

"Seen live" means our sync saw the change when it happened; "caught up late" means Launch Library 2 made it earlier, on a day we do not know, and it is never counted as a slip.

| Observed | From | To | Kind | Shift (days) | Observation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-19 | Sep 30, 2026 (placeholder) | 2026 | Placeholder roll | 92 | seen live |
| 2026-10-12 | 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Firmed | -71 | seen live |

## Sources

- [Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com): launch names, providers, rockets, pads, dates and status
- [SpaceNexus Launch Ledger (our own record of every date change)](https://spacenexus.us/launch-slips/method)
- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/launches/hawkeye-360/)

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