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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
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.
Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab: Low Earth: Flight test Maiden flight of Neutron, lifting off from Launch Complex 3 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. [207] 2025 (TBD) [209] Nova: Cape Canaveral LC-14: Stoke Space: Stoke Space: Low Earth: Flight test Maiden flight of Nova. 2025 (TBD) [210] Prime: SaxaVord: Orbex: SSTL experimental payload [211 ...
As Rocket Lab argues, other companies' proposals will probably cost between $5.8 billion and $7.7 billion, and won't be ready to go until at least 2035, maybe as long as 2039.
Competing against the SpaceX 'workhorse' Until recently, launch vehicles have concentrated on small satellite launches, with more than 200 companies currently competing for business.. Rocket Lab ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...