Remove Ads
Rocket Launch Video Feed
Close

Love At First Insight

Electron

Rocket Lab

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Love At First Insight

Type: Earth Science
Launch Cost: $6,000,000

Payload consists of two BlackSky Gen-2 high-resolution multi-spectral Earth observation satellites.

Trajectory

The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.

Mission patch for Love At First Insight

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

37 rockets have launched from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Core Landing

Electron’s first stage splashed down in the pacific ocean following main chute deployment.

South Pacific – PAC

Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

Parachute Landing – PL

Unpowered landing using parachute(s).

Agency

Rocket Lab – RL

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: RL
  • Administration: CEO: Peter Beck
  • Founded: 2006
  • Launchers: Electron
  • Country: USA

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.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

2 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
2 years ago

Go Rocket lab. Electron, keeping our natural Earth Environment under observation via satellites .
We and the next generation appreciate it .

Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
1 year ago

Bonza launch by our NZ space friends you folks can give us Aussies a lesson in rocket launches .
Great web coverage of the nominal launch well done to all involved .