JUSTIN
JUSTIN was a Rocket Lab Electron mission that launched successfully at 00:28 UTC on 1 October 2025 (1:28 p.m. NZDT on 1 October; 8:28 p.m. EDT on 30 September) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.
00:28 UTC on 1 October 2025 · 1:28 p.m. NZDT on 1 October · 8:28 p.m. EDT on 30 September
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
No livestream or replay link is currently attached to this mission.
Launch Updates
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Mission success.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: rocketlabcorp.com -
Mission completed.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com -
Liftoff.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Technical Details
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
LowSun 20° below the horizon at liftoff — dark at the pad, only the upper stage might catch sunlight.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 8:28 p.m. EDT · 00:28 UTC
- Sunset
- 6:46 p.m. EDT · 22:46 UTC
- Civil dusk (−6°)
- 7:12 p.m. EDT · 23:12 UTC
- Nautical dusk (−12°)
- 7:42 p.m. EDT · 23:42 UTC
- Astronomical dusk (−18°)
- 8:13 p.m. EDT · 00:13 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Wallops, VA) for the evening 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.