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Electron - 20

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Status - Retired

Booster used for Electron's 20th flight (Running Out Of Toes). Successfully splashed down offshore.

Previous Flights

20 flew on one previous launch(es).

Electron | Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
May 15, 2021, 11:11 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

This was the 20th launch of Electron rocket. It carried two Earth imaging microsatellites for BlackSky's constellation which were lost due to a launcher failure after second stage ignition.

Low Earth Orbit 20 - Maiden Flight South Pacific

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