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Electron | Running Out Of Fingers
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 6, 2019, 8:18 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
This is the Rocket Lab's 10th flight. It carries several small satellites for international commercial customers. This is also the first flight to feature an upgraded first stage of the Electron rocket, which is now equipped with new hardware and sensors. After completing its mission, Electron's first stage will perform a guided atmospheric re-entry, gathering data necessary for the development of Rocket Lab's reusability program.
Electron | As The Crow Flies
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Oct. 17, 2019, 1:22 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Earth Science
Encapsulated in Electron's fairing will be a single spacecraft for Astro Digital, a California-based satellite manufacturer and operator. The Landmapper-BC remote sensing satellite features a broad coverage multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. Eventually, Astro Digital plans to extend the Landmapper-BC constellation to capture daily, multispectral imagery of the world’s arable land. The mission is named 'As The Crow Flies' in a nod to Astro Digital's Corvus Platform, which provides flexible and cost-effective solutions across a wide range of applications and mission profiles on bus variants ranging from 6U and 16U CubeSats to ESPA Class. Corvus is also a widely-distributed genus of birds which includes crows.
Low Earth OrbitElectron | Look Ma, No Hands
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Aug. 19, 2019, 12:12 p.m.
Electron | Make It Rain
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 29, 2019, 4:30 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
Rideshare mission for Spaceflight. Electron will launch seven spacecraft, including a commercial Earth-observing microsatellite for BlackSky, two CubeSats for U.S. Special Operations Command, a pair of tiny prototype data relay nodes for Swarm Technologies, a student-built payload from Australia called ACRUX-1, and a satellite whose identity and owner remain a secret. The mission is named "Make it Rain" in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, where Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand where Launch Complex 1 is located.
Low Earth OrbitElectron | STP-27RD
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 5, 2019, 6 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
The mission has been procured by the DoD Space Test Program in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as part of its Rapid Agile Launch Initiative .The payload consists of three satellites, SPARC-1, Falcon ODE and Harbinger, that will deployed in a precise sequence. The Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat-1 (SPARC-1) mission, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV), is a joint Swedish-United States experiment to explore technology developments in avionics miniaturization, software defined radio systems, and space situational awareness (SSA). The Falcon Orbital Debris Experiment (Falcon ODE), sponsored by the United States Air Force Academy, will evaluate ground-based tracking of space objects. Harbinger, a commercial small satellite built by York Space Systems and sponsored by the U.S Army, will demonstrate the ability of an experimental commercial system to meet DoD space capability requirements.
Low Earth OrbitElectron | DARPA R3D2
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
March 28, 2019, 11:27 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) is a mission for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It will test a prototype reflect array antenna which is intended to improve radio communications in small spacecraft.
Low Earth Orbit #R3D2Electron | VCLS ELaNa XIX
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Dec. 16, 2018, 6:33 a.m.
Electron | It's Business Time
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Nov. 11, 2018, 3:50 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare
Electron's first commercial launch will feature two Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire Global, a single cubesat for GeoOptics, a NABEO drag sail demonstrator for High Performance Space Structure Systems, an IRVINE01 cubesat from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program, and two Proxima cubesats from Fleet Space Technologies.
Low Earth Orbit #ItsBusinessTimeElectron | Still Testing (Dove Pioneer, 2 x Lemur-2)
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Jan. 21, 2018, 1:43 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Test Flight
The second test flight of the Electron small satellite launch vehicle. It is also the first Electron flight to carry commercial payload. It includes a Dove cubesat for company Planet intended for Earth observation. And also two Lemur-2 cubesats for company Spire which carry payloads for meteorology and ship traffic tracking.
Low Earth Orbit #StillTestingElectron | It's a Test
Rocket Lab Ltd | USAOnenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 25, 2017, 4:20 a.m.
