Rockets / Rocket Lab
Electron
Electron · Rocket Lab · active
Total launches
98
all time
Success rate
4.1%
94 of 98
Failed
4
all time
Pending
57
11 on the board
About this vehicle
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.
Source: Launch Library 2 record #26 · Wikipedia
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Rocket Lab
- Status
- Active
- Reusable
- No
- Maiden flight
- 2017-05-25
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 1.2 m
- Liftoff mass
- 13 t
- Thrust
- 162 kN
- Stages
- 2–3
- Payload to LEO
- 300 kg
- Payload to GTO
- —
- Launch cost
- 6000000
Next flights on this rocket
Full launch board
3d 10:59:13
Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Rocket Lab
2026-11-02 08:45 UTC
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11d 02:14:13
Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)
Rocket Lab
2026-11-10 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 8
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 9
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | iQPS Launch 11
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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62d 02:14:13
Electron | LOXSAT 1
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
→
62d 02:14:13
HASTE | Leidos-3
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
→
62d 02:14:13
HASTE | Leidos-4
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
→
62d 02:14:13
HASTE | Leidos-5
Rocket Lab
2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
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Where it flies from
Launch pads carry their own coordinates and flight history.