### Filing Overview **Filing Date**: August 10, 2021 **Type of Filing**: [[Filing Definitions#Form 425|Form 425]] **Filing Purpose**: Press Release - [[BlackSky]] Multi-Launch Agreement --- ### Notes - **Mission Announcement**: - Rocket Lab announced its upcoming mission, **“Love At First Insight,”** as part of three dedicated Electron rocket launches for **BlackSky**, a global monitoring provider. - Scheduled for **late August 2021** from [[Launch Complex 1]] in New Zealand. - **Mission Details**: - First launch in a rapid series of three back-to-back missions through September 2021. - Deploying two **Gen-2 small satellites** for BlackSky into low Earth orbit (LEO). - Supports BlackSky’s real-time geospatial intelligence services, expanding its satellite constellation to deliver multi-spectral, high-resolution images. - **Launch Partnership**: - Mission managed under a multi-launch agreement between Rocket Lab and Spaceflight Inc., which provides integration and mission management services for BlackSky. - **CEO Remarks**: - **Peter Beck**, Rocket Lab CEO, highlighted the advantage of dedicated launches to enable rapid constellation expansion and meet demand for real-time data services. - **Significance**: - The series will mark Rocket Lab’s **22nd Electron launch** and increase the total number of satellites deployed by Rocket Lab to **107**. --- ![[cbc8b265-c85b-41b0-a04f-3e6b1531b864.pdf]]