# Rocket Lab 週三晚間從紐西蘭發射八顆日本衛星進入軌道。

*aerospace · news · 2026-04-22 · Space.com*

## Key points

- Rocket Lab 從紐西蘭發射了八顆日本衛星，執行「Kakuchin Rising」任務。
- 其中一顆衛星配備了可展開的天線，採用摺紙折疊技術，展開後尺寸增大 25 倍。
- 「Kakuchin Rising」是日本宇宙航空研究開發機構創新衛星技術示範計畫下的第二次 Electron 任務。
- 這些衛星包括用於教育、海洋監測的小型衛星，以及搭載超小型多光譜相機的示範衛星。
- 這是 Electron 火箭的第 79 次發射，專門用於將小型衛星送入低地球軌道。

Rocket Lab sent eight Japanese satellites to orbit from New Zealand on Wednesday night (April 22), including one with a unique "origami" construction. An Electron vehicle launched the "Kakuchin Rising" mission from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Wednesday at 11:09 p.m. EDT (0309 GMT and 3:19 p.m. local New Zealand time on Thursday, April 23). The satellites were deployed into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of 336 miles (540 kilometers), a little under an hour after launch as planned, Rocket Lab announced via X. Article continues below "Kakuchin Rising" is the second of two contracted Electron missions for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program. The first such flight, which Rocket Lab called "RAISE and Shine," occurred last December. It sent JAXA's Rapid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4, known as RAISE-4, to low Earth orbit to test a variety of technologies. The eight satellites flying on "Kakuchin Rising" are a diverse bunch. They include "educational smallsats, 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," Rocket Lab wrote in a mission description. "Kakuchin Rising" was the 79th launch to date for the 59-foot-tall (18-meter-tall) Electron, which gives small satellites dedicated rides to Earth orbit and beyond.

**Companies:** Rocket Lab
**Countries:** 日本, 紐西蘭

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