>[!summary] #electron #launch **Title:** Rocket Lab Launch Operations Underway For Two BlackSky Missions in November **Source:** https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-launch-operations-underway-for-two-blacksky-missions-in-november/ **Author:** [[Rocket Lab]] **Published:** 2021-10-11 **Description:** The launches, Rocket Lab’s 22nd and 23rd Electron missions, are part of a multi-launch deal that represents the largest number of satellites BlackSky has committed to a single launch provider. **Customer:** [[BlackSky]] **Mission:** [[022 - Love At First Insight]], [[023 - A Data With Destiny]] *The launches, Rocket Lab’s 22^nd and 23^rd Electron missions, are part of a multi-launch deal that represents the largest number of satellites BlackSky has committed to a single launch provider.* **Long Beach, California. October 11, 2021** – Rocket Lab USA, Inc (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: [RKLB](https://investors.rocketlabusa.com/overview/default.aspx)), a leading launch provider and space systems company, has today announced it has scheduled two dedicated launches in November for Spaceflight Inc.’s customer, real-time geospatial and global monitoring company BlackSky (NYSE: [BKSY](https://ir.blacksky.com/)). A two-week launch window for Rocket Lab’s 22^nd Electron launch will open November 11-24, 2021, while the 23^rd Electron mission is targeted for lift-off during a two-week launch window that opens November 27. Both missions are scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Each mission will deploy two Gen-2 satellites for BlackSky in a rapid expansion of the geospatial and global monitoring company’s low Earth orbit constellation. These two dedicated missions are part of a multi-launch agreement signed between Rocket Lab and Spaceflight Inc., for BlackSky earlier this year, and precede a third dedicated mission that will follow to deploy two additional BlackSky Gen-2 satellites. Together, these launches - along with a successfully deployed Gen-2 satellite on Rocket Lab’s “They Go Up So Fast” rideshare mission in March this year - represent the largest number of satellites BlackSky has committed to a single launch provider to date. The back-to-back launch of these two dedicated missions supports BlackSky’s aggressive scaling of its high-resolution Earth-imaging constellation to bolster its delivery of analytics and insights to industries including transportation, infrastructure, land use, defense, supply chain management, and humanitarian aid. “The speed to space Electron provides our customers is unmatched in the dedicated small launch industry, and we’re thrilled to be delivering a launch service that provides assurance for BlackSky to scale their constellation and services with confidence,” says Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck. Follow Rocket Lab on Twitter @RocketLab for real-time mission updates closer to launch day. --- ![[Pasted image 20250103025458.jpg]]