ABOUT ELECTRON
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.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
300 kg
TO LEO
662 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
162
KILONEWTONS
36,419
POUNDS-FORCE
~217
HORSEPOWER
DIMENSIONS
Height18 m (59 ft)
Diameter1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Launch Mass13 kg (29 lbs)
Stages3
ACTIVE BOOSTERS (1)
UPCOMING ELECTRON LAUNCHES
FLIGHT HISTORY
Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10)
Electron | VICTUS HAZE Puma
HASTE | Curveball
Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)
Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)
HASTE | Bubbles
Electron | Daughter Of The Stars (LEO-PNT Pathfinder A)
Electron | Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
Electron | Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)
Electron | Symphony In The Stars (EchoStar Lyra-4)
Electron | Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360)
Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)
Electron | Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
Electron | The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)
Electron | Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1)
⚙ RELATED ENGINES