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Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Aug. 23, 2023, 11:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space. First mission to fly with a reused engine.

Low Earth Orbit 40 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean
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Electron | Baby Come Back

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
July 18, 2023, 1:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The "Baby Come Back" mission includes NASA's Starling project, which consists of four CubeSats designed to test technologies for future swarm missions. Telesat contributes the LEO 3 demonstration satellite, ensuring continuity for customers and ecosystem vendor testing. Additionally, two 3U satellites carrying GNSS-RO payloads from SpinGlobal will replenish their constellation of over 100 multipurpose satellites.

Low Earth Orbit 39 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean
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HASTE | Scout's Arrow (DYNAMO-A)

Rocket Lab | USA
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
June 18, 2023, 1:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First sub-orbital launch of Electron of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for Leidos and Dynetics.

Suborbital 38 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Electron | Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3)

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 26, 2023, 3:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Last two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.

Low Earth Orbit 37 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2)

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 8, 2023, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third and fourth operational (TROPICS-04 & TROPICS-05) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.

Low Earth Orbit 36 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Electron | The Beat Goes On

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
March 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Payload consists of 2 second generation Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. They are part of a constellation of 60 Low Earth Orbit Earth imaging satellites adding capacity to the company’s real-time geospatial intelligence and monitoring capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit 35 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Electron | Stronger Together

Rocket Lab | USA
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
March 16, 2023, 10:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.

Low Earth Orbit 34 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Electron | Virginia is for Launch Lovers

Rocket Lab | USA
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Jan. 24, 2023, 11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Rideshare mission with 3 HawkEye 360 satellites and other payloads.

Low Earth Orbit 33 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Electron | Catch Me If You Can

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui 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 Pacific
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Electron | It Argos Up From Here

Rocket Lab | USA
Onenui 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 Orbit 31 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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