Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Aug. 4, 2022, 5 a.m. - Aug. 4, 2022, 7 a.m.
Aug. 4, 2022, 5 a.m. - Aug. 4, 2022, 7 a.m.
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Spacecraft separation
Liftoff
Coverage is live
New launch date
Scrub due to weather
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.
See DetailsBooster was expended during its first flight.
Core will be expended.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.
INFO WIKI
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