{
  "id": 19862647,
  "title": "Rocket Lab launching 100th space mission early on Nov. 14: Watch it live",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/rocket-lab-launching-100th-space-mission-early-on-nov-14-watch-it-live",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T20:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Space.com",
    "slug": "space-com",
    "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-100th-launch-iqps-electron-sar-satellite"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rocket Lab is set to launch its 100th space mission on November 14, 2022, with a 59-foot-tall Electron rocket carrying a Japanese Earth-observing satellite. The launch, dubbed \"The Mountain God Rises,\" is scheduled to take place at 12:30 a.m. EST (0530 GMT; 6:30 p.m. local time) from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site. The milestone launch is being described as an unprecedented achievement for a commercial small-lift orbital rocket, with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck emphasizing the company's impressive 96% reliability rate across 99 launches. The special edition rocket will be adorned with black and golden paint, signifying its historic moment. The mission, for Tokyo-based iQPS, will deploy a single satellite into a low Earth orbit, with Electron's upper kick stage deploying it at an altitude of 357 miles (575 kilometers) above Earth.",
  "summary": "Rocket Lab will launch its 100th space mission shortly after midnight on Saturday (Nov. 14), and you can watch the milestone liftoff live.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}