Electron

CUAVA-2 carries multiple secondary payloads and technology demonstrations, including the Charge Exchange Thruster (CXT), the wide field-of-view CROSS star tracker, the Electron Density and Debris Instrument (EDDI), the Electro Permanent Magnetorquer, the Perovskites in Orbit Test (Port) payload, and a Radiation Counter and Data over Power-bus payload.

The 'Virginia Is For Launch Lovers' mission is the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract that will see Rocket Lab deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit between late 2022 and 2024.

Two dedicated TROPICS missions will launch on Electron rockets from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

A Federal Communications Commission application sought a telemetry license in September for an Electron launch of Capella-9 and Capella-10 from LC-2 between December 2022 and June 2023.

Rocket Lab plans a second Electron launch from LC-2 in January for an undisclosed commercial constellation customer.

NASA awarded a task order to Rocket Lab through the Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract on 2022-11-23 for the launch of the remaining TROPICS satellites on two Electron vehicles during a 60-day period no earlier than 2023-05-01.

Rocket Lab plans four to six of its projected 2023 Electron launches to take place from LC-2.

Rocket Lab lists the current average price for an Electron launch as $7,000,000 to $7,500,000.

Integration of HawkEye 360’s three satellites to Electron is scheduled to take place at Rocket Lab’s Integration and Control Facility in the coming days.

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 was developed to support U.S. Electron missions for government and commercial customers.

CAPSTONE launched on 2022-06-28 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand.

Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch its first Electron mission from Virginia during a launch window opening 2022-12-07 EST.

Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport was developed to support Electron missions from U.S. soil for government and commercial customers.

Launch Complex 2 supplements Rocket Lab’s existing Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from which 32 Electron missions have been launched.

This launch is the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract that will see Rocket Lab deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit between late 2022 and 2024.

CAPSTONE launched on Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon spacecraft bus aboard an Electron launch vehicle on 2022-06-28.

Cluster 6 was expected to launch on Rocket Lab's inaugural Electron mission from Wallops Island, Virginia, as early as December 2022.

MyRadar launched three prototype satellites in May on a Rocket Lab Electron for its Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer (HORIS) constellation.