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Rocket Lab launched the NROL-199 mission on an Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 05:00 UTC on 2022-08-04.
Rocket Lab conducted the first Electron lift-off in 2017 and has launched 29 Electron missions deploying 149 spacecraft to orbit for civil, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.
Rocket Lab signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2022-09-07 to explore using the company’s space launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.
Rocket Lab delivered its 30th Electron mission and its 150th satellite to orbit on 2022-09-15 at 20:38 UTC.
Synspective launched its first commercial satellite on Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle on 2022-09-15.
StriX-1 is the third synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite launched for Synspective, all of which have launched on Electron rockets.
Electron is scheduled to launch the "It Argos Up From Here" mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens 2022-10-05 UTC.
IMM solar cells are powering General Atomics’ GAzelle spacecraft that Rocket Lab launched on its 31st Electron mission earlier 2022-10.
The three contracted Electron launches for HawkEye 360 will expand HawkEye 360’s constellation of RF monitoring satellites to improve the company’s ability to deliver precise mapping of RF emissions globally.
The Wallops mission will be the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract that will deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit between late 2022 and 2024.
Rocket Lab launched General Atomics’ GAzelle spacecraft on its 31st Electron mission earlier 2022-10.
Rocket Lab scheduled the launch window for its first Electron mission from U.S. soil to open on 2023-01-23 with back-up dates extending through early 2023-02-01.
The mission is the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract in which Rocket Lab will deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit by the end of 2024.
Rocket Lab previously conducted 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand that delivered 152 satellites to orbit.
Rocket Lab plans to begin launching its Electron small rocket from Wallops Flight Facility and plans to launch Neutron from the same site.
Rocket Lab launched its 33rd Electron rocket on the "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on 2023-01-24 at 18:00 EST.
The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission is the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract that will deliver 15 satellites to LEO in 2023 and 2024.
Rocket Lab planned approximately 14 Electron launches in 2023 after conducting nine Electron launches in 2022.
Electron has delivered 152 satellites to orbit across 32 missions launched from Rocket Lab’s private Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab performed the first Electron launch from Virginia on 2023-01-24, placing three HawkEye 360 satellites into orbit.