Electron | Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)
This was the 20th launch of Electron rocket. It carried two Earth imaging microsatellites for BlackSky's constellation which were lost due to a launcher failure after second stage ignition.
Electron
Height 18.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 162 kN
Diameter 1.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 300 kg
Liftoff Mass 13 Tonnes
Launch Success 50
Consecutive Success 13
Maiden Flight 2017-05-25
Launch Failures 4
Core
Serial 20
Status retired
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type PCL
Location PAC
Updates
SwGustav
2021-05-15T11:41:14+0000
Launch failure confirmed
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-15T04:31:00+0000
New launch time.
Nosu
2021-05-03T21:29:15+0000
Added launch time and setting GO.
scottm3
2021-04-18T03:06:31+0000
NET mid May
spacevogel
2021-04-08T18:53:20+0000
Added launch.
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