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Daughter of the Stars

completedLaunch 2026-065
Launched 3/28/2026LEOService CSat LEO OO
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
2 payloads
LPTNSAT-001
active
Positioning Navigation Timing
LEO
Celeste
LPTNSAT-002
active
Positioning Navigation TimingLEOCeleste
Launch Details
Launch Date
3/28/2026
Launch ID
2026-065
Launch Profile
Sat LEO OO
Service Type
C
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Rocket Lab
Launch Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Mahia Peninsula (Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula)Mahia Peninsula, N Island
Payload Summary
Payload Count
2
Constellations
1
Payload Status
active 2
Payload Mission Types
Positioning Navigation Timing 2
Track
Mentions
8
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

ESA's "The Daughter Of The Stars" mission reached orbit on Rocket Lab's 85th Electron launch.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: MISSION SUCCESS 🚀 Payload deployment confirmed for our 85th Electron launch. Welcome to orbit, @esa. 'The Daughter Of The Stars' is home. pic.

Rocket Lab set T-0 for the "Daughter Of The Stars" mission at 10:14 pm NZT, 10:14 am CET, 09:14 UTC, 5:14 am ET, and 2:14 am PT on March 28, 2026.

PlanValue 4.6Mar 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: LOx fill is underway at Launch Complex 1 for our 'Daughter Of The Stars" mission for @esa. T-0 is set for: 🚀 10:14 pm NZT 🚀 10:14 am CET 🚀 09:14 UTC 🚀 5:14 am ET 🚀 2:14 am PT pic.

Rocket Lab’s "Daughter Of The Stars" mission for ESA had LOx fill underway at Launch Complex 1.

GeneralPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: LOx fill is underway at Launch Complex 1 for our 'Daughter Of The Stars" mission for @esa. T-0 is set for: 🚀 10:14 pm NZT 🚀 10:14 am CET 🚀 09:14 UTC 🚀 5:14 am ET 🚀 2:14 am PT pic.

The launch windows for Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch and Electron's "Daughter Of the Stars" mission are 09:14 UTC for the eastern window and 20:00 UTC for the southern window.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 26, 2026New hazard area's have been released for Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch, as well as for Electron's "Daughter Of The Stars" mission, which was also scrubbed yesterday. Both are now scheduled for NET Mar. 28, with the same windows as yesterday (E: 09:14 & S: 20:00 UTC).

Hazard areas have been released for Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch and Electron's "Daughter Of the Stars" mission.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Mar 26, 2026New hazard area's have been released for Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch, as well as for Electron's "Daughter Of The Stars" mission, which was also scrubbed yesterday. Both are now scheduled for NET Mar. 28, with the same windows as yesterday (E: 09:14 & S: 20:00 UTC).

Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch and Electron's "Daughter Of the Stars" mission are scheduled for no earlier than March 28.

PlanGeneralValue 3.6Mar 26, 2026New hazard area's have been released for Spectrum's "Onward And Upward" launch, as well as for Electron's "Daughter Of The Stars" mission, which was also scrubbed yesterday. Both are now scheduled for NET Mar. 28, with the same windows as yesterday (E: 09:14 & S: 20:00 UTC).

Rocket Lab's "The Daughter Of The Stars" mission for ESA will be the first launch for the new European satnav system LEO-PNT.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 16, 2026Rocket Lab is preparing for another pair of back-to-back launches! Up first is "Eight Days A Week" with Synspective's StriX-6 SAR satellite NET March 19th at 17:45 UTC, followed by "Daughter Of The Stars" with ESA's Celeste Pathfinder A cubesats NET March 24th in the morning UTC.

Celeste Pathfinder A will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron mission named Daughter Of The Stars.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 19, 2026ESA announced that their Celeste Pathfinder A mission is set to launch NET March 24th! It'll launch aboard Rocket Lab's "Daughter Of The Stars" Electron mission. Pathfinder A consists of 2 cubesats that will demo how LEO-PNT satellites can enhance the Galileo navigation system.