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Electron: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare)

‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ is the 13th mission for Rocket Lab. It was planned to deploy seven imaging small satellites to a 500km circular low Earth orbit for a range of customers including Spaceflight Inc.’s customer Canon Electronics, as well as Planet and In-Space Missions.

Failure:Launch vehicle suffered an anomaly during the second stage that resulted in the loss of the mission and all satellite payloads.
Saturday, 4 July 2020
Electron: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare)

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 TypeDedicated Rideshare
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#47
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad45
Launches From This Site86
Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

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 1A · 39.2628°S 177.8645°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.