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Electron: There and Back Again (Rideshare)

Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swarm Technologies and UNSEENLABS.

Monday, 2 May 2022
Electron: There and Back Again (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#48
Agency Launches This Year#3
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. All payloads deployed successfully

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  2. Liftoff

  3. Updating T-0

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  4. Delayed by another day due to weather

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  5. Delayed to May 1st UTC due to weather

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  6. Launch delayed to April 29 UTC due to unfavourable recovery weather.

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  7. New launch date

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  8. New launch window

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  9. Launch date pushed to 27th April UTC due to unfavorable recovery weather.

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  10. NET April 23 UTC

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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.