The JAXA Rideshare Mission successfully launched eight spacecraft, including educational satellites and a deployable origami antenna, demonstrating innovative satellite technology.

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight 🛰️ Mission: Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare) [Technology] 🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 3:09:00 UTC ☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad. 🚀 Launcher: Electron 🏗️ Launch Provider: Rocket Lab → [8 launches this year] 🌍 Launch Site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand 🇳🇿 📺 Watch Live: 1 📡 Mission Description: JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size. The satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures. The 8 satellites are: * MAGNARO-II * KOSEN-2R * WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II * FSI-SAT2 * OrigamiSat-2 * Mono-Nikko * ARICA-2 * PRELUDE #space #launch #spacelaunch

⏮️ JUST LAUNCHED: Launch in Flight 🛰️ Mission: Starlink Group 17-14 [Communications] 🕒 Launched on: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 3:23:09 UTC ☄️ Status: The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad. 🚀 Launcher: Falcon 9 Block 5 🏗️ Launch Provider: SpaceX → [49 launches this year] 🌍 Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 🇺🇸 📺 Watch Live: 1 📡 Mission Description: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #space #launch #spacelaunch