Vehicle file · LV-26
Electron
Electron is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by Rocket Lab. It stands 18.0 m tall, lifts 300 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 25 May 2017. It has flown 97 times with 93 successes, a success rate of 95.9%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
Flight record
Reliability
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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
No Electron flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
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Common questions
- How many times has Electron flown?
- Electron has flown 97 orbital missions, with 93 successes and 4 failures. A further 58 flights are on the manifest.
- What is Electron's success rate?
- Electron has a success rate of 95.9%, from 93 successful flights out of 97 attempts. Booster recovery succeeds 77.8% of the time across 9 landing attempts.
- When is the next Electron launch?
- Electron has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.
- How much can Electron lift to orbit?
- Electron is rated for 300 kg to low Earth orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
- Is Electron reusable?
- No. Electron is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.