Rocket Lab USA, Inc. announced it has set the launch window for its first mission of 2024. The 'Four of a Kind' mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than January 18 between 19:15-20:00 NZT (January 18 between 06:15-07:00 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The mission will deploy four Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites for Spire Global Inc.'s (Spire) customer NorthStar Earth & Space (NorthStar).

NorthStar's satellites, built and operated by Spire, will be the first to simultaneously monitor all near-Earth orbits from space, delivering a radically enhanced level of SSA services to the global satellite community, with timely and precise information for space object detection, tracking, orbit determination, collision avoidance, navigation, and proximity alerts. As a secondary mission, Rocket Lab will be attempting to splash down and retrieve Electron's first stage as part of the Company's plan to evolve Electron into a reusable rocket. 'Four of a Kind' will be Rocket Lab's first launch as part of a sold-out launch manifest for 2024 and will be the Company's 43rd Electron mission overall.