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The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission was the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 in a contract that will see Rocket Lab deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit in 2023 and 2024.
The 2023-01-24 Electron mission was Rocket Lab’s first mission launched from Virginia.
Federal ranges accounted for 50 of 69 FAA-licensed launches in fiscal year 2022, representing 83% of U.S. FAA-licensed launches when excluding Rocket Lab’s Electron launches from New Zealand.
BlackSky satellites have been launched on five previous Electron missions since 2021 and two Electron missions prior to 2021, bringing the total number of BlackSky satellites deployed by Electron to nine.
Rocket Lab secured a multi-launch deal for four Electron missions for Capella Space scheduled to begin in the second half of 2023, each mission deploying a single Acadia SAR satellite to low Earth orbit.
The planned launches in early 2023 position Rocket Lab to conduct as many as 15 Electron launches in 2023.
Rocket Lab estimates water recovery increases recoverable Electron launches to about 60–70%.
Rocket Lab previously launched for Capella Space on the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical mission in August 2020 when Electron deployed Capella’s first SAR satellite to orbit.
Rocket Lab has scheduled its next Electron launch from Virginia with a launch window that opens 2023-03-11.
The 2023-02-28 contract calls for Rocket Lab to launch four Electrons in rapid succession, each carrying one satellite of Capella Space’s new Acadia series of SAR spacecraft, with launches to start in the second half of 2023.
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket on 2023-03-16.
Rocket Lab’s mission named "The Beat Goes On" will launch two satellites for BlackSky on a dedicated Electron mission during a launch window opening 2023-03-22 UTC.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket on 2023-03-16 at 22:38 UTC.
Rocket Lab has launched 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand since 2017.
Rocket Lab previously launched Capella’s first SAR satellite to orbit on the "I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical" mission in August 2020 using Electron.
Rocket Lab launched its second Electron rocket from Virginia on 2023-03-16, placing two Capella Space radar imaging satellites into orbit.
Rocket Lab has launched 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand since 2017.
NASA selected Rocket Lab in November 2022 to launch the remaining four TROPICS satellites on two dedicated Electron launches from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. completed the first of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy TROPICS on 2023-05-08.
Rocket Lab is planning 20 Electron launches in 2024 with a launch rate increasing to six launches per quarter in the final quarter of 2024.