Electron | Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
Rocket Lab
Mission Status
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission Updates
Launch success.
Source →Spacecraft separation.
Source →Liftoff.
Source →Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
Source →GO for launch on March 28.
Source →NET March 28 per new NOTAMs, to be confirmed.
Source →Standing down due to weather conditions, new launch date TBD
Source →New T-0.
Source →Delayed to March 25.
Source →Launch pad assigned.
Source →Added daily launch window.
Source →NET March 24.
Source →Added mission name.
Source →NET early 2026.
Source →Added launch.
Source →Mission Details
The European Space Agency (ESA)'s LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing) demonstrator mission will feature a 10-satellite constellation demonstration mission that will assess how a low Earth orbit fleet of satellites can work in combination with the Galileo and EGNOS constellations in higher orbits that provide Europe’s own global navigation system. This launch will lift 2 “Pathfinder A” satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and GMV to a 510 km altitude Low Earth Orbit.
Rocket Configuration
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.