The mission was also Rocket Lab's 40 th Electron launch since the Company began launches in 2017, further cementing Electron's position as the leading commercial small launch vehicle globally. The 'We Love The Nightlife' mission lifted-off on August 24 th at 11:45 am NZST from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula, deploying Capella's next-generation Acadia satellite for its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation to a 640km circular low Earth orbit. As a recovery mission, Electron's first stage returned to Earth under a parachute after launch and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers down range from Launch Complex 1. Rocket Lab's marine recovery vessel will soon extract the stage from the ocean and transport it back to Rocket Lab's production complex for analysis and testing to inform future recovery efforts.