Launch vehicle · Rocket Lab
Electron
SPEC SHEET
FLIGHTS
98
SUCCESS RATE
95.9%
SUCCESS STREAK
57
LANDINGS
7/9
LENGTH
18 m
TO LEO
300 kg
MAIDEN FLIGHT
2017
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.
Vehicle wiki ↗NEXT ELECTRON LAUNCHES
- 2026-11-03 00:00ZThe Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)TBD
- 2026-11-10 00:00ZThe Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)TBD
OUR RECORD ON ELECTRONpre-flight calls right 2/2
- 2026-10-23Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)GOUnresolved
- 2026-09-26Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)GOLaunch successful✓ right
- 2026-09-19Electron | Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)GOLaunch successful✓ right
- 2026-09-11Electron | Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)no callLaunch successful
- 2026-09-02Electron | Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)no callLaunch successful