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Electron | Stronger Together
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
March 16, 2023, 10:38 p.m.
Electron | Virginia is for Launch Lovers
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAWallops Island, Virginia, USA
Jan. 24, 2023, 11 p.m.
Electron | Catch Me If You Can
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Nov. 4, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The payload is a science research satellite by space systems provider OHB Sweden for the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy (MATS) satellite is the basis for the SNSA’s science mission to investigate atmospheric waves and better understand how the upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere interacts with wind and weather patterns closer to the ground. MATS was originally due to fly on a Russian launch service before the mission was manifested on Rocket Lab’s Electron.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit 32 - Maiden Flight South PacificElectron | It Argos Up From Here
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Oct. 7, 2022, 5:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The “It Argos Up From Here” mission will launch the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems designed and manufactured satellite GAzelle, carrying Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) hosted payload, part of the international Argos program that collects data from thousands of sensors and transmitters located around the world.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitElectron | The Owl Spreads Its Wings
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Sept. 15, 2022, 8:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Second of three launches of a StriX satellite as part of Synspective’s SAR constellation. StriX-1 can gather high resolution Earth observation data regardless of conditions or daylight, offering a resilient and effective resource for the purposes of urban development, infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitElectron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Aug. 4, 2022, 5 a.m.
Electron | Wise One Looks Ahead (NROL-162)
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
July 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Electron | CAPSTONE
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 28, 2022, 9:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Planetary Science
CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a 12-U cubesat mission to test operations in near rectiliniar halo orbit around the Moon, which is to be used for the Lunar Gateway space station. Mission will verify the near rectilinear halo orbit characteristics, spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation services in that orbit, and provide valuable experience of small sat launch to the Moon.
Lunar Orbit
Electron | There and Back Again
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 2, 2022, 10:49 p.m.
Electron | Without Mission A Beat
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
April 2, 2022, 12:41 p.m.
