ELECTRON
EXPENDABLE 2-3-STAGE LAUNCH VEHICLE
ACTIVE
Technical Overview
Length
height
18
m
Diameter
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1.2
m
Launch Mass
scale
13
t
Payload to LEO
rocket
300
kg
Payload to SSO
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225
kg
Engine Details
Rutherford
Rutherford is Rocket Lab’s electric-pump-fed kerolox engine used on Electron first stages.
Propellant
LOX / RP-1
Thrust
24 kN
Isp
311 s
Flight History
*Since 2017-05-25
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Total Launches
81
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40 consecutive successes
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Successful Launches
77
verified
95% success rate
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Failed Launches
4
schedule
43 pending