Electron/Curie | Running Out Of Toes

Status

Failure

Running Out Of Toes

Launch Time
Sat May 15, 2021 11:11 UTC

2nd stage Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system failed just after engine ignition due to engine igniter operations causing corruption of signals within the engine computer.

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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

Details

Vehicles

Splashdown

F20 1st Stage

Flight #1

2nd Electron recovery attempt

2nd successful Electron recovery

2nd consecutive successful Electron landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

BlackSky 8 and 9

BlackSky Global 10 and 11 are the eighth and ninthth of sixty high resolution earth observation microsatellites in the BlackSky constellation. This constellation will provide real-time earth observation. the constellation is built by Blacksky, a SpaceFlight Subsidiary, and the satellites are produced by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space.

Payloads: 2

Total Mass: 112.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

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

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Stats

2021

42nd orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

20th mission

3rd mission of 2021

3rd failed mission

Electron

20th mission

3rd mission of 2021

3rd failed mission