Electron – Rocket Lab
- Length: 18 m
- Diameter: 1.2 m
- Launch Mass: 13 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 300 kg
The Electron, manufactured by Rocket Lab established in 2006, undertook its inaugural launch on 05/25/2017. Notably, Electron has 45 successful launches and 4 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 49 launches, currently with 25 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
