Launch success confirmed.
Update ↗
Rocket LabLaunch Successful
Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)
Electron
Historical mission record
This page records Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
Source record updated . This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.
Check the source: www.rocketlabusa.com ↗ · Launch Library ↗
Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission
Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
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
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 55m windowPublished target
WINDOW OPENS
WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
The target marker shows its position within the published window. The schedule may change before launch.
Weather concerns
Ground Winds
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:02:00
Startup
- T−00:00:02
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:00:58
Supersonic
- T+00:01:10
Max-Q
- T+00:02:25
MECO
Show the full sequence (14 events)
- T+00:02:28
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:32
SES
- T+00:03:35
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:23
Battery Hotswap
- T+00:09:08
SECO
- T+00:09:12
Kick Stage Separation
- T+00:54:20
Kick Stage Burn
- T+01:00:00
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site & orbit
Explore the launch pad, then pull back to see the shape of the destination orbit.
Understand this orbit
Coverage & sources
Links supplied by the mission data provider.
Coverage and times may change.
Mission coverage
Rocket Lab - 'Live And Let Fly' Launch ↗Explore on iPhone
Browse mission details and discover upcoming launches in Spacian.
Open mission in Spacian ↗