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Electron

Electron

Rocket Lab

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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.

Height

18 m

Mass

13 t

Stages

3

Payload to LEO

0.3 t

Reusable

No

First flight

2017-05-25

Success rate

95.3%

Success rate95.3%