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Electron: High Five (Kinéis 21-25)

Last of five batches of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.

Tuesday, 18 March 202501:31 UTC
Electron: High Five (Kinéis 21-25)

Mission Data

Rocket Lab
🇺🇸Rocket LabEst. 2006
Launch VehicleElectron
Vehicle Record95 of 99 launches (96%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record95 successes / 4 failures (96%)
Success Streak58 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Location🇳🇿 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand NZL
Orbital Launches This Year#57
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad45
Launches From This Site86
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Electron

Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.

Launch updates

  1. Launch success.

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  2. All 5 satellites have deployed.

  3. Liftoff.

  4. Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started

  5. Changed launch pad.

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  6. GO for launch.

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  7. NET March.

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Launch Site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A · 39.2628°S 177.8645°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.