Electron | Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 21, 2024, 2 p.m. - Dec. 21, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Dec. 21, 2024, 2 p.m. - Dec. 21, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Launch success.
Spacecraft separation.
Liftoff.
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
New T-0.
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 DetailsRocket 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
A Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched a radar satellite for Synspective Dec. 21, days after that Japanese company lifted off on the stock market. The post Rocket Lab launches sixth Synspective radar imaging satellite appeared first …
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 is set… The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab to launch mission for Synspective appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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