December 14, 2025 3:09 am

Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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2026-06-27 08:26:02

RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab’s Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S’ 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.
Launch Overview
Window Open 03:09 UTC
Window Close 03:09 UTC
Lift Off Dec 14, 2025 · 03:09 UTC
Launch Facility Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch Pad Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Rocket Lab
Payload Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
Rocket Electron
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab’s Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S’ 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.

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Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Launch Overview
Window Open 03:09 UTC
Window Close 03:09 UTC
Lift Off Dec 14, 2025 · 03:09 UTC
Launch Facility Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch Pad Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Rocket Lab
Payload Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
Rocket Electron
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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