NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

There and Back Again

Launch Time
Mon May 02, 2022 22:49 UTC

For the first time, Rocket Lab attempted a mid air recovery of an Electron booster. While the booster was caught, the helicopter pilot experienced unexpected forces and made the decision to cut the line the booster was hanging from. It splashed down and was recovered by Rocket Lab's recovery ship.

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

F26 1st Stage

Flight #1
4th Electron recovery attempt
4th successful Electron recovery
4th consecutive successful Electron landing and recovery
Manifest

Mission Details

There and Back Again

Electron will deploy 34 payloads from commercial operators Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Unseenlabs, and Swarm Technologies via global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc.

Payloads: 34
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Wiki

Stats

2022

48th orbital launch attempt

Rocket Lab

26th mission
3rd mission of 2022
23rd successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission

Electron

26th mission
3rd mission of 2022
23rd successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission