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Electron | Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
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Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)

Electron

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This page records Electron | Stronger Together (Capella 9-10) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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LAUNCH SITEWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission

Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SAR constellation, increasing imaging capacity to meet growing customer demand.

Launch vehicle
Electron
Mission type
Earth Science
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Provider
Rocket Lab
Recovery
Expended, Booster expended during its first flight.

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Electron
Launch vehicle

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.

Height
18 m
Diameter
1.2 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
80
First flight
2017-05-25
34
Core

34

Flight 1New
Recovery
Atlantic Ocean
Landing method
Expended

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Launch site & orbit

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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