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Electron | Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)
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Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)

Electron

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

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LAUNCH SITERocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Mission

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Launch vehicle
Electron
Mission type
Earth Science
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Provider
Rocket Lab

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
96
First flight
2017-05-25

Recorded timing

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RECORDED MOMENT

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Flight timeline

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  1. T−00:02:00

    Startup

  2. T−00:00:02

    Ignition

  3. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  4. T+00:00:52

    Supersonic

  5. T+00:01:07

    Max-Q

  6. T+00:02:37

    MECO

Show the full sequence (15 events)
  1. T+00:02:40

    Stage 2 Separation

  2. T+00:02:44

    SES

  3. T+00:03:21

    Fairing Separation

  4. T+00:06:37

    Battery Hotswap

  5. T+00:09:14

    SECO

  6. T+00:09:18

    Kick Stage Separation

  7. T+00:49:20

    Kick Stage Ignition

  8. T+00:52:26

    Kick Stage Cut-off

  9. T+00:53:16

    Payload Separation

Launch site & orbit

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

The mission in perspective

Launch site & orbit

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NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
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Source record updated

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