Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission Details
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
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Electron | NorthStar 1
Sat 30, Dec 2023 07:00:PM
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission Details
Four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Canadian company NorthStar Earth and Space.
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Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
Sat 30, Dec 2023 07:00:PM
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission Details
QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join a constellation after QPS-SAR-6 already in orbit. iQPS’s satellites are small, high-performance SAR satellites that use a lightweight, large, stowable antenna to collect high resolution images of Earth, even through clouds and adverse weather conditions.
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Electron | 6x HawkEye 360
Sat 30, Dec 2023 07:00:PM
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Mission Details
Dedicated launch of 6 HawkEye 360 satellites.
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Electron | StriX 4
Sat 30, Dec 2023 07:00:PM
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Electron
Family
Electron
Length
18
Diameter
1.2
Launch Mass
13
Low Earth Orbit Capacity
300
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.
Rocket Lab | USA
Launchers
Electron
Spacecraft
Total Launches
41
Successful Launches
4
Upcoming Launches
29
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. Electron currently launches from only Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand however a second launch complex in the US is under development.
Unknown Pad
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
