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Electron is a two-stage, partially reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an American aerospace company with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. [14] [15] Servicing the commercial small satellite launch market, [16] it is the third most launched small-lift launch vehicle in history.
Launch of Electron in start of the "Birds of a Feather" mission. Electron is a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle built and operated by Rocket Lab. The rocket has been launched to orbit 56 times with 52 successes and four failures. A suborbital version of the rocket, HASTE, has been successfully launched three times.
Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket. The Rutherford engine uses pumps driven by battery-powered electric motors rather than a gas generator, expander, or preburner. [107] The engine is fabricated largely by 3D printing, using electron beam melting, [108] whereby layers of metal powder are melted in a high vacuum by an electron beam. [109]
Rocket Lab announced earlier this year that it would be aiming to convert its Electron launch system into a partially reusable one, after initially designing and operating it as a one-time-use ...
Rocket Lab on Friday said it had launched its Electron rocket into space from a facility in New Zealand, the SpaceX rival's first flight since a mission failure in September. The previous mission ...
Rocket Lab is getting ready to fly its tenth mission, delayed from its first launch window last week and now making its second attempt. Aside from being a milestone 10th mission (dubbed 'Running ...
An Electron first-stage booster is a reusable rocket stage used on the Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle. [1] It is made of a carbon composite developed and manufactured by Rocket Lab . In 2019, Rocket Lab announced plans to recover and reuse the first stage of Electron despite previously dismissing the idea.
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