The ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 10:32 am NZT on April 24th, 2024. Electron carried two satellites for two separate customers: NEONSAT-1, an Earth observation satellite for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3).