Electron | Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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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.
Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.
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 35
Status retired
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Unknown
Type PCL
Location ATL
Core
Serial 34
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt No
Landing Success Unknown
Type EXP
Location ATL
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-17T03:23:06+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-16T23:31:57+0000
Tweak in actual T-0
SwGustav
2023-03-16T22:41:00+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-03-16T22:15:29+0000
Livestream has started
SwGustav
2023-03-16T20:31:57+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-16T16:08:22+0000
Weather 95% Go.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-15T03:26:23+0000
Set GO based on weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-15T00:51:14+0000
NET March 16 due to high winds.
SwGustav
2023-03-14T22:23:54+0000
Weather 70-80%
Nosu
2023-03-13T20:20:16+0000
NET March 15 due to weather
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-12T00:51:01+0000
Next try NET March 14 per marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2023-03-11T20:17:09+0000
Scrub due to strong upper level winds. Reverting to TBD March pending announcement of the new launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-11T01:37:54+0000
Weather 70% GO.
SwGustav
2023-03-07T12:08:25+0000
Targeting Mar 11, setting GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-01T01:52:43+0000
Added launch.
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