Get The Hawk Outta Here
Get The Hawk Outta Here was a Rocket Lab Electron mission for HawkEye 360 that launched successfully at 17:28 UTC on 26 June 2025 (5:28 a.m. NZST on 27 June; 1:28 p.m. EDT on 26 June) from Launch Complex 1A on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
17:28 UTC on 26 June 2025 · 5:28 a.m. NZST on 27 June · 1:28 p.m. EDT on 26 June
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
The primary watch link points to an official Rocket Lab source.
Launch Updates
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Launch success.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: he360.com -
Payload separation complete.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: youtube.com -
Liftoff!
by hitura-nobad Source: youtube.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Colloquial exclamation "get the [heck] outta here!" doubled as a literal mission description — deploying HawkEye 360's Hawk-series RF-monitoring satellites to orbit.
Mission Overview
HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO). 3 of the satellites will comprise HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 and will operate in a dawn-to-dusk polar orbit, while the 4th is Kestrel-0A, an experimental satellite designed to evaluate emerging capabilities and future technology enhancements.
In the news
- Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand (video) (opens in a new tab) Space.com
Rocket Lab launched Hawkeye 360's Cluster 12 and Kestrel-0A on Electron from New Zealand on June 26, 2025, marking its 67th mission and 231 payloads deployed.
Technical Details
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
LowSun 22° below the horizon at liftoff — dark at the pad, only the upper stage might catch sunlight.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 5:28 a.m. NZST · 17:28 UTC
- Astronomical dawn (−18°)
- 5:52 a.m. NZST · 17:52 UTC
- Nautical dawn (−12°)
- 6:25 a.m. NZST · 18:25 UTC
- Civil dawn (−6°)
- 6:58 a.m. NZST · 18:58 UTC
- Sunrise
- 7:29 a.m. NZST · 19:29 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Mahia, NZ) for the morning of the launch.
What's a rocket jellyfish? When a rocket launches in twilight, the ground is dark but its exhaust plume climbs into sunlight high above. The expanding plume glows against the dark sky in a jellyfish-like shape.
Space-Object Catalog
| Object | Operator | Built by | Mass | Orbit | Status | NORAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawk 12C 2025-138A · Payload | Operator HawkEye 360 Inc. | Built by UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory Hawk2G | Mass 31 kg | Orbit 498 × 520 km · 97.4° | Status On orbit | NORAD 64621 |
Hawk 12B 2025-138B · Payload | Operator HawkEye 360 Inc. | Built by UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory Hawk2G | Mass 31 kg | Orbit 499 × 519 km · 97.5° | Status On orbit | NORAD 64622 |
Hawk 12A 2025-138C · Payload | Operator HawkEye 360 Inc. | Built by UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory Hawk2G | Mass 31 kg | Orbit 498 × 520 km · 97.5° | Status On orbit | NORAD 64623 |
Kestrel-0A 2025-138D · Payload | Operator HawkEye 360 Inc. | Built by UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory Cubesat 8U | Mass 12 kg | Orbit 481 × 501 km · 97.5° | Status On orbit | NORAD 64624 |
Electron 67 Kick Stage 2025-138E · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Kick Stage | Mass 50 kg | Orbit 116 × 205 km · 97.3° | Status Decayed 2025-07-01 | NORAD 64625 |
Electron 67 Stage 2 2025-138F · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Electron St2 | Mass 250 kg | Orbit 135 × 266 km · 97.3° | Status Decayed 2025-07-03 | NORAD 64626 |
Weili Kongjian 05-08 2026-138J · Payload | Operator Beijing weilai daohang keji YG | Built by Harbin gongda weixing jishu YG WK01H | Mass 140 kg | Orbit 833 × 844 km · 55.1° | Status On orbit | NORAD 69636 |
