[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> <span class="no-hover">[[Launches]]</span> <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> Bridging The Swarm >[!warning] Mission Pending >[!info] December 11 and December 16 launch scrubbed >[!summary] NEONSAT-1A / Verifier >The NeonSat-1A, carrying a high-resolution optical camera, is designed to test the constellation capabilities of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NEONSAT (New-space Earth Observation Satellite), in particular technology improvements identified from operations of NeonSat-1 after its [[047 - Beginning Of The Swarm|launch in April 2024]]. These technologies will in turn be incorporated into the next 10 NEONSAT under construction, as well as providing more site re-visiting capabilities along with NEONSAT-1. | **Mission Name** | Bridging The Swarm | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | 2025-12-16 00:55 | | **Outcome** | ⌛ Pending (scrub) | | **Customer** | [[KAIST]] | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[Orbits#SSO]] | | **Target Orbit** | 540 km \| 97.4° | | **Payload Mass** | < 100 kg | | **Recovery** | No Attempt Likely | | **Mission Link** | [Bridging The Swarm](https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/missions-launched/bridging-the-swarm/) | | **Press Kit** | 🚫 No Press Kit Issued for this mission | ![[Pasted image 20251209203851.png|300]] ## Payload x1 [[KAIST#NEONSAT]] ![[KAIST#NeonSat]] ## Launch Video  🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBMyFpB9GPI ### KASA Stream  🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/ALYG_aVaKp8 ### KASA Stream (12-10-25 scrub)  🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVEWdZyCvY ## News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Brings Forward Earth Observation Launch for KAIST, Liftoff Scheduled for Tomorrow 1.md\|Rocket Lab Brings Forward Earth Observation Launch for KAIST, Liftoff Scheduled for Tomorrow 1]] | December 09, 2025 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%