070 - Live, Laugh, Launch

[[Home|🏠]] > [[Launches]] > Live, Laugh, Launch >[!success] Mission Success >[!hint] Confidential Customer >Customer and Payload confidential but it's speculated the customer is [[EchoStar]] launching a [[EchoStar#Lyra Block-1|Lyra Block-1]] Satellite along with 4 CubeSats 'Live, Laugh, Launch' was a dedicated mission on Electron for a confidential commercial customer (Likely [[EchoStar]]). The mission launched from Launch Complex 1 at 22:42 UTC and was Electron's 70th launch to date and 12th this year. [📸 Mission Photo Album]() | **Mission Name** | Live, Laugh, Launch | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | August 23 2025 22:30 UTC | | **Outcome** | Success ✅ | | **Customer** | Confidential Customer (Likely [[EchoStar]]) | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#SSO]] | | **Target Orbit** | 650 km \| 96° | | **Payload Mass** | x1 [[EchoStar#Lyra Block-1]] (74 kg), x4 Cubesats (48-96kg) | | **Recovery** | No Attempt | | **Mission Link** | [Live, Laugh, Launch](https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/missions-launched/live-laugh-launch/) | | **Press Kit** | No Press Kit - Confidential Customer | ![[Pasted image 20250818195937.png|300]] ## Payload x1 [[EchoStar#Lyra Block-1]] x4 [Helios-Wire](https://www.newspace.im/constellations/helios-wire) satellites (Based on [[Astro Digital#Corvus-6U]] or [[Astro Digital#Corvus-16U|Corvus-16U]] bus) ![[EchoStar#Lyra Block-1]] ## Launch Video ![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OggyCnnCJec) 🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OggyCnnCJec ## News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 70th Electron Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 70th Electron Mission]] | August 24, 2025 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window for 70th Electron Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window for 70th Electron Mission]] | August 18, 2025 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% ![](https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1959400252261425526) ![](https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1959386329256780166) ![](https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1957541317355139458)