Electron | They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)

Mission Details

The Electron rocket will carry seven satellites to low Earth orbit: one Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky, two Internet-Of-Things (IoT) nanosatellites for companies Fleet Space and Myriota, a technology demonstration satellite for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a weather satellite pathfinder technology demonstration from Care Weather technologies, a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command as well as Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built Photon Pathstone spacecraft which will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year.

Type

Dedicated Rideshare

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Country

🇳🇿 NZL