Another One Leaves The Crust

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

07:26:00

Wednesday January 20, 2021

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Mission Details

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OHB Cosmos

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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.

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

50 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Electron/Curie

Active Since 2018


Price

$7.50 million

Rocket

Height: 18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 320 kg

Liftoff Thrust

224 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.2m

Height: 4.05m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Rocket Lab LC-1A

Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 1 hour

Stats

Electron


18th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2021

Rocket Lab


18th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2021

2021


4th

Orbital launch attempt