New NASA solar-sailing technology will make its way to orbit this evening , if all goes according to plan, and you can watch the action live.vehicle from New Zealand today, during an hourlong window that opens at 6 p.m. EDT .will livestream the launch, beginning 30 minutes before the window opens. You can watch it live here at Space.com, orharness the subtle push of sunlight, using it to propel probes through space much as seagoing ships capture the wind here on Earth.
ACS3 is the secondary payload on today's mission, which Rocket Lab calls"Beginning of the Swarm." The main passenger is NEONSAT-1, an Earth-observationNEONSAT-1 will use a high-resolution camera and artificial intelligence tech to monitor and track natural disasters along the Korean coastline, according to Rocket Lab. Other NEONSAT spacecraft will launch in 2026 and 2027 to add to the constellation, which explains the"Beginning of the Swarm" moniker.