flown by Rocket Lab USA

"We Love The Nightlife"

Success
AUG 23202323:45:00 UTC

First of four dedicated launches for Capella Space, a commercial provider of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery.

The flight also reused a Rutherford engine recovered from an earlier flight, a step in Rocket Lab's push to make Electron's first stage reusable.

launched from LC-1B Mahia

aboard Electron into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

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Payload

Acadia-1 (Capella-11)

Earth observation

last updated Oct 7, 2026