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In June 2020, with a new Electron launch vehicle built every 18 days, Rocket Lab was planning to deliver monthly launches for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, including the company's first launch from Wallops LC-2 in 2023 and a mission to the Moon for NASA aboard Electron and Rocket Lab's spacecraft bus platform Photon in 2022.
Electron is a two-stage launch vehicle that uses Rocket Lab's Rutherford liquid engines on both stages. [103] [104] The vehicle is capable of delivering payloads of 150 kg to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. [105] The projected cost is less than US$5 million per launch. [106] Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket
The commercial mission is set to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on October 19, 2024, for a confidential customer. This marks the company’s fastest turnaround, achieving the launch in ...
First launch of Starlink Group 8 Satellites from Cape Canaveral. 5 June 03:15 [207] [189] Electron "PREFIRE & Ice" Mahia LC-1B: Rocket Lab ⚀ PREFIRE 2: NASA: Low Earth: Meteorology: In orbit: Operational Second of two launches for NASA's PREFIRE mission. 5 June 14:52:15 [208] [209] Atlas V N22 AV-085 [210] Cape Canaveral SLC-41: ULA: Boe-CFT ...
Rocket Lab has launched its 18th mission, and the first of 2021, as of 8:26 PM NZT (2:30 AM EST). The "Another One Leaves The Crust" mission took off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on the ...
On 5 April 2022, Rocket Lab announced that flight 26 would feature the first full recovery attempt with a helicopter catch. The flight launched on 2 May 2022 UTC from launch pad 1A in Mahīa. While the Sikorsky S-92 was able to intersect the booster mid-air, the booster was released at the pilot's discretion after an unexpectedly large increase ...
Image source: Rocket Lab USA. Since 2021, Rocket Lab has been developing its medium-lift Neutron rocket. This launch vehicle will have a significantly larger payload capacity of 13,000 kilograms.
A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was successfully launched aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex-1 The Electron has flown 58 times since May 2017, with a total of 54 successes and 4 failures, Including 3 suborbital flight from the HASTE program.