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Rocket LabLaunch FailureDedicated RideshareElectron · Rideshare
Launched 2020-07-04 21:19 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch vehicle suffered an anomaly during the second stage that resulted in the loss of the mission and all satellite payloads.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Electron lifted off with Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare), but the launch failed.
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‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ is the 13th mission for Rocket Lab. It was planned to deploy seven imaging small satellites to a 500km circular low Earth orbit for a range of customers including Spaceflight Inc.’s customer Canon Electronics, as well as Planet and In-Space Missions.
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
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Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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