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January 22, 2026: Rocket Lab has launched The "The Cosmos Will See You Now" mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket from its Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand, sending the first two satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation. This was Rocket Lab's 1st launch of the year, and 80th overall. | NASASpaceflight.com

187K views · 1.3K reactions | Electron is on the launch pad and ready for lift-off for today's 60th mission. Full launch details on the Rocket Lab website. | Rocket Lab | Facebook

16 launches and counting for 2025. A new annual launch record for Electron is just around the corner. | Rocket Lab

Electron is vertical on the pad for our first recovery mission of the year. Target lift-off: 🚀NZT | 22:08 🚀UTC | 10:08 🚀ET | 06:08 🚀PT | 03:08 Webcast live from T-20 minutes: https://youtu.be/Zw3sIUyfSfc | Rocket Lab

Gone (rocket) fishing! The recovery team has been conducting drop and capture tests ahead of our first aerial rocket capture attempt this year. Can't wait to pluck Electron from the skies. 🚁🚀 | Rocket Lab

Red is for recovery... it’s time to bring another rocket back from space! We’ll be attempting to splash down and recover Electron’s first stage during our next mission - and for the first time, a helicopter will be stationed in the recovery zone to simulate a mid-air intercept in preparation for future recovery missions. This will be our third ocean recovery mission as we get closer to our ultimate goal of launch, catch, repeat. The booster for this 22nd Electron mission is going through final p