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Rocket LabLaunch FailureEarth ScienceElectron · BlackSky 8-9
Launched 2021-05-15 11:11 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Unspecified issue shortly after stage two ignition
From Launch Library 2 · confirmed as a launch failure
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Electron lifted off with Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9), but the launch failed.
Booster
20 Landed
The first stage landed at South Pacific, on its 1st flight.
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No cause has been given yet. What Rocket Lab finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
This was the 20th launch of Electron rocket. It carried two Earth imaging microsatellites for BlackSky's constellation which were lost due to a launcher failure after second stage ignition.
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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