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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.
Second sub-orbital launch of Electron of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for Leidos and Dynetics.
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
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-22T01:05:00+0000
On hold due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-18T16:19:00+0000
NET November 22 UTC per NOTAMs A4732/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-15T17:30:00+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-14T07:42:00+0000
NET November 20 UTC.
hitura-nobad
2023-09-13T07:25:24+0000
Added launch