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Electron: Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)
Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Thursday, 21 March 202407:25 UTC
Mission Data
🇺🇸Rocket LabEst. 2006
Launch VehicleElectron
Vehicle Record95 of 99 launches (96%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record95 successes / 4 failures (96%)
Success Streak58 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Location🇺🇸 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#54
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad13
Launches From This Site87
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 Site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · 37.8333°N 75.4882°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.