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Electron

Electron is a partially recoverable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an American aerospace company founded in New Zealand with a wholly-owned New Zealand subsidiary. Electron was developed to service the commercial small satellite launch market. Its Rutherford engines are the first electric-pump-fed engine to power an orbital-class rocket. On some missions, the first stage is recovered using a parachute.

Missions: 54
Successes: 50
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 4
Success Streak: 13
Success Rate: 92.6%
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Configurations

Electron
Image Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab
Status: Active
Price: $7.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN
Payload to LEO: 320 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 18.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m
Fairing Height: 4.05 m
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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
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Electron/Explorer
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
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Electron/Photon
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
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Launch Sites

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launches

Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:54 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star
Fri Sep 20, 2024 23:01 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | A Sky Full Of SARs
Sun Aug 11, 2024 13:18 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Owl For One, One For Owl
Fri Aug 02, 2024 16:39 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | No Time Toulouse
Thu Jun 20, 2024 18:13 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | PREFIRE And Ice
Wed Jun 05, 2024 03:15 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE
Sat May 25, 2024 07:41 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Beginning Of The Swarm
Tue Apr 23, 2024 22:32 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Live and Let Fly (USA 352) (NROL-123)
Thu Mar 21, 2024 07:25 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Owl Night Long
Tue Mar 12, 2024 15:03 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | On Closer Inspection
Sun Feb 18, 2024 14:52 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Four Of A Kind
Splashdown
Wed Jan 31, 2024 06:34 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | The Moon God Awakens
Fri Dec 15, 2023 04:05 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | We Will Never Desert You
Tue Sep 19, 2023 06:55 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | We Love the Nightlife
Splashdown
Wed Aug 23, 2023 23:45 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | Baby Come Back
Splashdown
Tue Jul 18, 2023 01:27 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron | Scout's Arrow
Suborbital
Sun Jun 18, 2023 01:24 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | TROPICS Flight 3: Coming to a Storm Near You
Fri May 26, 2023 03:46 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | TROPICS Flight 2: Rocket Like A Hurricane
Mon May 08, 2023 01:00 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | The Beat Goes On
Splashdown
Fri Mar 24, 2023 09:14 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Stronger Together
Thu Mar 16, 2023 22:38 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Virginia is for Launch Lovers
Tue Jan 24, 2023 23:00 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Catch Me If You Can
Splashdown
Fri Nov 04, 2022 17:27 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | It Argos Up From Here
Fri Oct 07, 2022 17:09 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | The Owl Spreads Its Wings
Thu Sep 15, 2022 20:38 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Antipodean Adventure (USA-335) (NROL-199)
Thu Aug 04, 2022 05:00 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Wise One Looks Ahead (USA-334) (NROL-162)
Wed Jul 13, 2022 06:30 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Explorer | CAPSTONE
Tue Jun 28, 2022 09:55 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | There and Back Again
Splashdown
Mon May 02, 2022 22:49 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Without Mission a Beat
Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:41 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | The Owl’s Night Continues
Mon Feb 28, 2022 20:37 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | A Data With Destiny
Thu Dec 09, 2021 00:02 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Love At First Insight
Splashdown
Thu Nov 18, 2021 01:38 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | It’s a Little Chile Up Here
Thu Jul 29, 2021 06:00 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Running Out Of Toes
Splashdown
Sat May 15, 2021 11:11 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Photon | They Go Up So Fast
Mon Mar 22, 2021 22:30 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Another One Leaves The Crust
Wed Jan 20, 2021 07:26 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | The Owl’s Night Begins
Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:09 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Return To Sender
Splashdown
Fri Nov 20, 2020 02:20 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | In Focus
Wed Oct 28, 2020 21:21 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Photon | I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical
Mon Aug 31, 2020 03:05 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Pics Or It Didn’t Happen
Sat Jul 04, 2020 21:19 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | Don't Stop Me Now
Sat Jun 13, 2020 05:12 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Birds of a Feather (USA-294) (NROL-151)
Fri Jan 31, 2020 02:56 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Running Out Of Fingers
Fri Dec 06, 2019 08:18 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | As The Crow Flies
Thu Oct 17, 2019 01:22 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Look Ma, No Hands
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:12 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Make It Rain
Sat Jun 29, 2019 04:30 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | That's a Funny Looking Cactus
Sun May 05, 2019 06:00 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Two Thumbs Up
Thu Mar 28, 2019 23:27 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Electron/Curie | This One's for Pickering
Sun Dec 16, 2018 06:33 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | It's Business Time
Sun Nov 11, 2018 03:50 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron/Curie | Still Testing
Sun Jan 21, 2018 01:43 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab
Electron | It's a Test
Thu May 25, 2017 04:20 UTC
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand