Rocket Lab Launches Electron Rocket on Dedicated HawkEye 360 Mission

05:23 AM EDT, 10/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Rocket Lab (RKLB) launched its Electron rocket to deliver a mission to space for HawkEye 360 (HAWK), Rocket Lab said Friday. The mission launched from a complex in New Zealand to deliver three HAWK satellites to a 520-kilometer low-Earth orbit. The three satellites operate in formation to collect radio frequency data for maritime tracking, GNSS jamming detection, radar monitoring, communications mapping and space defense. Rocket Lab shares were up 1.6% in premarket activity, while HawkEye rose 0.1%.