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Rocket Lab planned its third Electron launch no earlier than 2018-06-22.
Spaceflight Inc. signed on 2018-06-11 as the anchor customer for three Electron launches from Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab plans a December Electron mission for NASA to fulfill a Venture Class Launch Services contract the company won in 2015.
Rocket Lab reached an agreement on 2018-08-07 with a new Dubai-based smallsat company for 10 dedicated launches of its Electron small rocket.
The 10 dedicated Electron launches are planned to take place either from Rocket Lab’s existing New Zealand launch site or from a United States launch site that Rocket Lab plans to develop.
The Kleos Scouting Mission will launch on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket in mid-2019 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab has raised nearly $150,000,000 for its Electron small launch vehicle, and Electron reached orbit on its second launch in January.
Rocket Lab plans to step up the pace of Electron launches following the 2018-11-10 success.
Rocket Lab’s Electron is designed to launch 150 kg to a 500-kilometer orbit and can lift up to 225 kg maximum.
Rocket Lab will launch an experimental DARPA satellite on its Electron rocket from New Zealand in February 2019.
Rocket Lab postponed its first launch of the year from late February to the second half of March due to the delayed arrival of its payload.
Rocket Lab plans to build and launch rockets every month in 2019 to increase its launch cadence.
Rocket Lab produces the Rutherford engine that powers the Electron rocket at its Huntington Beach factory.
Rocket Lab planned to move toward monthly Electron launches after the 2019-06-29 mission to provide a higher launch cadence.
Rocket Lab launched three experimental Air Force satellites to orbit on 2019-05-05 as the first of five missions planned for 2019 under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative.
The 2019-06-29 mission was the first of as many as five Electron missions in 2019 contracted by Spaceflight.
Rocket Lab pursued plans announced on 2019-08-06 to attempt to recover and reuse the Electron first stage.
Rocket Lab launched four small satellites on 2019-08-19 on an Electron mission dubbed "Look Ma, No Hands."
BlackSky’s Global-3 launched on an Electron mission on 2019-06-29.
UnseenLabs launched its first satellite on 2019-08-19 on a Rocket Lab Electron in a rideshare with three other satellites.