NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Another One Leaves The Crust

Launch Time
Wed Jan 20, 2021 07:26 UTC

Rocket

Electron/Curie
Image Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab
Status: Active
Price: $7.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN
Payload to LEO: 320 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 18.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m
Fairing Height: 4.05 m

Mission Details

OHB Cosmos

The mission will launch a single communication microsatellite for OHB Group that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit. The launch will be Rocket Lab’s 18th Electron mission and was procured for OHB Group through OHB Cosmos International Launch Service GmbH, the launch service division of OHB Group. OHB Cosmos is responsible for launching the spacecraft built by the Group's satellite manufacturers based in Germany, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 50.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Stats

2021

4th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

18th mission
1st mission of 2021
16th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission

Electron

18th mission
1st mission of 2021
16th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission