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List of Electron launches#2024

{{Short description|Launches of Rocket Lab launch vehicle}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2020}}

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Electron is a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle built and operated by Rocket Lab. The rocket has been launched to orbit 63 times with 59 successes and four failures. A suborbital version of the rocket, HASTE, has been successfully launched three times.

The first flight, known as "It's a Test", launched on 25 May 2017. The mission failed due to a glitch in communication equipment on the ground. Successful follow-on missions, including "Still Testing", "It's Business Time" and "This One's For Pickering", delivered multiple small payloads to low Earth orbit. Flight 26 was the first Electron flight to attempt a full catch recovery using a mid-air helicopter catch. "Scout's Arrow" was the first suborbital launch of the rocket.

In July 2019, Rocket Lab expected to have launches every two weeks in 2020.{{Cite press release |title=Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron mission, deploys seven satellites to orbit |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-seventh-electron-mission-deploys-seven-satellites-to-orbit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111801/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-seventh-electron-mission-deploys-seven-satellites-to-orbit/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=6 July 2019 |publisher=Rocket Lab }} In June 2020, with a new Electron launch vehicle built every 18 days, Rocket Lab was planning to deliver monthly launches for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, including the company's first launch from Wallops LC-2 in 2023 and a mission to the Moon for NASA aboard Electron and Rocket Lab's spacecraft bus platform Photon in 2022.

Launch statistics

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= Launch sites =

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= Booster tests and recoveries =

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= Rocket configurations =

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| group names = Block 1 : Block upgrade (Recovery Hardware) : HASTE (Sub-Orbital)

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Orbital launches

= 2017–2018 =

Electron launched for the first time in May 2017, but the rocket was destroyed by the range safety officer after a telemetry loss, which was later attributed to a ground software failure. Electron experienced its first successful launch in January 2018, and launched their first mission for NASA in December 2018.

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! Flight No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan=2 | 1

| "It's a Test"

| 25 May 2017, 04:20{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=25 May 2017 |title=Maiden flight of Rocket Lab's small satellite launcher reaches space |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/25/maiden-flight-of-rocket-labs-small-satellite-launcher-reaches-space/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204105046/https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/25/maiden-flight-of-rocket-labs-small-satellite-launcher-reaches-space/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=25 May 2017 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| None

| None

| 500 km, 85° LEO

| Rocket Lab (flight test)

| {{Failure}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | The rocket successfully launched and performed first stage separation and fairing separation. After reaching an altitude of about {{convert|224|km}} (planned {{convert|500|km}} at 85° inclination),{{Cite tweet |number=1126301826658136064 |user=RocketLab |title=Last week's STP-27RD mission was our 6th Electron launch! We've now deployed 28 satellites to orbit for innovative organizations including NASA, Planet Labs, DARPA, Spire Global, the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program, and many more. We can't wait to share what's next on our 2019 manifest! |author=Rocket Lab |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704221413/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1126301826658136064 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |url-status=live }} the telemetry feed to the range safety officer was lost and the rocket was destroyed by range safety officer.{{Cite press release |date=7 August 2017 |title=Rocket Lab Completes Post-Flight Analysis |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-post-flight-analysis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209100648/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-post-flight-analysis/ |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=7 August 2017 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=7 August 2017 |title=Telemetry glitch kept first Electron rocket from reaching orbit |url=http://spacenews.com/telemetry-glitch-kept-first-electron-rocket-from-reaching-orbit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320063905/https://spacenews.com/telemetry-glitch-kept-first-electron-rocket-from-reaching-orbit/ |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=9 August 2017 |work=SpaceNews }} Post-flight analysis determined the issue to be a simple ground software failure rather than a problem with the rocket. The ground software issue was found to be a contractor's failure to enable forward error correction on their hardware leading to data corruption. Rocket Lab made no changes to the Electron vehicle and instead implemented adjustment to procedures to prevent similar problems.
rowspan=2 | 2

| "Still Testing"

| 21 January 2018, 01:43{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=21 January 2018 |title=Rocket Lab delivers nanosatellites to orbit on first successful test launch |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-delivers-nanosatellites-to-orbit-on-first-successful-test-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928013057/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-delivers-nanosatellites-to-orbit-on-first-successful-test-launch/ |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=21 January 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

  • Dove Pioneer
  • Lemur-2 × 2
  • Humanity Star{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Eric |date=24 January 2018 |title=Rocket Lab launched a secret payload into space last weekend |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/rocket-lab-launched-a-secret-payload-into-space-last-weekend/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102125407/https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/rocket-lab-launched-a-secret-payload-into-space-last-weekend/ |archive-date=2 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2018 |work=Ars Technica }}

}}

| {{cvt|13|kg}}{{cite web|title=Rocket Lab Electron Data Sheet|url=http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/electron.html|website=Space Launch Report|access-date=17 October 2019}}

| 400 km, 82.9° LEO

| {{flatlist|

}}

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Carrying CubeSats for Planet Labs and Spire Global.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=1 December 2017 |title=Rocket Lab to launch second orbital-class rocket as soon as next week |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/01/rocket-lab-to-launch-second-orbital-class-rocket-as-soon-as-next-week/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928112330/https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/01/rocket-lab-to-launch-second-orbital-class-rocket-as-soon-as-next-week/ |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=11 December 2017 |work=Spaceflight Now }} The two Lemur-2 satellites were put into a circularized orbit by the new "Electron kick stage" which was not announced until after the launch.{{Cite press release |date=23 January 2018 |title=Rocket Lab successfully circularizes orbit with new Electron kick stage |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-circularizes-orbit-with-new-electron-kick-stage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025043531/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-circularizes-orbit-with-new-electron-kick-stage/ |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=9 May 2019 |website=rocketlabusa.com |publisher=Rocket Lab }} Between December 2017 and January 2018 the launch was delayed six times due to weather, orbital traffic, rocket, and range safety issues.{{Cite news |last=Reidy |first=Madison |date=11 December 2017 |title=Rocket Lab launch canceled six minutes into window |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/99733044/countdown-begins-for-rocket-lab-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620222427/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/99733044/countdown-begins-for-rocket-lab-launch |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=11 December 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz }}{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=12 December 2017 |title=Electron countdown aborted at engine start, next launch attempt Wednesday |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/12/electron-rocket-countdown-aborted-after-engine-start-next-launch-attempt-set-for-wednesday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923135806/https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/12/electron-rocket-countdown-aborted-after-engine-start-next-launch-attempt-set-for-wednesday/ |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=Spaceflight Now }}{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/|title=Launch Schedule|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=19 January 2018}}{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Holly |date=21 January 2018 |title=Blast off! Rocket Lab successfully reaches orbit |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/blast-off-rocket-lab-successfully-reaches-orbit-on-second-attempt/3ZXADMURKUZ4CW4FMXLPFISHXY/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720045550/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/blast-off-rocket-lab-successfully-reaches-orbit-on-second-attempt/3ZXADMURKUZ4CW4FMXLPFISHXY/ |archive-date=20 July 2023 |access-date=21 January 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald }} Put Lemur-2 payloads into {{cvt|500|km}} high orbit at 85.0° inclination while the Dove Pioneer satellite was put into a {{cvt|289|km}} x {{cvt|533|km}}.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=29 January 2018 |title=Rocket Lab's test launch carried two previously-unannounced passengers |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/29/rocket-labs-test-launch-carried-two-previously-unannounced-passengers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926224847/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/29/rocket-labs-test-launch-carried-two-previously-unannounced-passengers/ |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=29 June 2019 |website=Spaceflight Now }}
rowspan=2 | 3

| "It's Business Time"

| 11 November 2018, 03:50

| nowrap | Mahia, LC-1A{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=6 April 2018 |title=Rocket Lab preps for first commercial satellite launch |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/06/rocket-lab-preps-for-first-commercial-satellite-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003032909/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/06/rocket-lab-preps-for-first-commercial-satellite-launch/ |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=7 April 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now }}{{Cite news |last=Grush |first=Loren |date=4 April 2018 |title=Rocket Lab sets date for first commercial launch of its Electron rocket |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/4/17195686/rocket-lab-electron-commercial-launch-its-business-time-new-zealand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205070354/https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/4/17195686/rocket-lab-electron-commercial-launch-its-business-time-new-zealand |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=4 April 2018 |work=The Verge }}

| {{flatlist|

  • Lemur-2 × 2
  • CICERO{{Cite web |date=10 July 2017 |title=CICERO (Community Initiative for Continuing Earth Radio Occultation) pathfinder mission |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/cicero |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110044740/https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/cicero |archive-date=10 January 2024 |access-date=8 April 2018 |website=eoPortal |publisher=European Space Agency }}
  • IRVINE01{{Cite news |last=Gebhardt |first=Chris |date=25 May 2018 |title=Rocket Lab announces new launch date, payloads for "It's Business Time" Electron flight |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/05/rocket-lab-new-launch-date-payloads-business-time-electron-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119225532/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/05/rocket-lab-new-launch-date-payloads-business-time-electron-flight/ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=28 May 2018 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}
  • NABEO
  • Proxima × 2{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=31 October 2018 |title=Rocket Lab sets new target date for first operational launch |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/10/31/rocket-lab-sets-new-target-date-for-first-operational-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928112229/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/10/31/rocket-lab-sets-new-target-date-for-first-operational-launch/ |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=10 November 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

}}

| Approx {{convert|45|kg}}

| 500 km, 85° LEO

| {{flatlist|

  • Spire Global
  • GeoOptics
  • Irvine CubeSat STEM Program
  • High Performance Space Structure Systems
  • Fleet Space Technologies

}}

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | The 11 November 2018 launch was successful; all cubesats planned to be deployed were deployed in orbit. The launch, originally planned for April 2018, had been delayed several times: to June/July after unusual behavior was identified in a motor controller during a wet dress rehearsal, by a few days after a ground tracking antenna issue in the Chatham Island tracking station{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=23 June 2018 |title=Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab's first commercial launch |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/23/ground-antenna-problem-scrubs-rocket-labs-first-commercial-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921224010/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/23/ground-antenna-problem-scrubs-rocket-labs-first-commercial-launch/ |archive-date=21 September 2023 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now }} and indefinitely after another motor controller issue.{{Cite news |last=Gebhardt |first=Chris |date=26 June 2018 |title=Rocket Lab scrubs latest attempt at first operational Electron launch with five payload elements |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/rocketlab-operational-electron-launch-five-payload/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925102308/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/rocketlab-operational-electron-launch-five-payload/ |archive-date=25 September 2023 |access-date=26 June 2018 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}{{Cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stephen |date=28 June 2018 |title=Rocket Lab's first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issue |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/28/rocket-labs-first-commercial-launch-grounded-to-resolve-nagging-technical-issue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194206/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/28/rocket-labs-first-commercial-launch-grounded-to-resolve-nagging-technical-issue/ |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=12 July 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now }} In October 2018, a nine-day launch window was announced starting 11 November 2018.{{Cite tweet |number=1057361750276730880 |user=RocketLab |title=It's Business Time! The nine day launch window for #ItsBusinessTime opens 11 November, NZDT. Daily launch opportunities between 16:00 - 20:00 NZDT (03:00 - 07:00 UTC). Electron is ready. The team is primed. Let's go to orbit. |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613164906/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1057361750276730880 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |url-status=live }}
rowspan=2 | 4

| "This One's For Pickering"{{Cite press release |date=4 December 2018 |title=Rocket Lab prepares to launch historic CubeSat mission for NASA |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-historic-small-satellite-mission-for-nasa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311140922/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-historic-small-satellite-mission-for-nasa/ |archive-date=11 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Huntington Beach, California }}

| 16 December 2018, 06:33{{Cite web |title=NASA ELaNa-19 |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/elana-19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205214220/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/elana-19/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

| {{cvt|78|kg}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/rocket-lab-nasa-mission-electron-elana-xix/|title=Rocket Lab Electron launches ELaNa-XIX mission – NASASpaceFlight.com|last=Burghardt

|first=Thomas|date=15 December 2018|website=nasaspaceflight.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}

| 500 km, 85° LEO

| NASA

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Multiple CubeSats for the NASA-sponsored ELaNa-19 mission.{{Cite press release |date=9 February 2018 |title=Rocket Lab completes fit check for NASA VCLS ELaNa XIX mission |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-completes-fit-check-for-nasa-vcls-elana-xix-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621173520/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-fit-check-for-nasa-vcls-elana-xix-mission/ |archive-date=21 June 2023 |access-date=12 March 2018 |publisher=Rocket Lab }} They were deployed from RailPOD dispensers. Was the first NASA mission for Rocket Lab.{{Cite magazine |last=O'Callaghan |first=Jonathan |date=24 January 2019 |title=Rocket Lab's First Launch Of 2019 Will Be A Mission For DARPA |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/01/24/rocket-labs-first-launch-of-2019-will-be-a-mission-for-darpa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620161139/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/01/24/rocket-labs-first-launch-of-2019-will-be-a-mission-for-darpa/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=17 February 2019 |magazine=Forbes }}

= 2019 =

Electron launched 6 times, all successfully, in 2019. First launch for the U.S. Air Force in May.

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! Flight No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan=2 | 5

| "Two Thumbs Up"{{Cite web |title=DARPA R3D2 |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/darpa-r3d2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205221018/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/darpa-r3d2/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=11 June 2019 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| 28 March 2019, 23:27

| Mahia, LC-1A

| R3D2{{Cite press release |date=22 January 2019 |title=Rocket Lab to launch dedicated Electron mission for DARPA |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-electron-mission-for-darpa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620161145/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-electron-mission-for-darpa/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Huntington Beach, California }}

| {{cvt|150|kg}}{{Cite news |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |date=28 March 2019 |title=Rocket Lab launches dedicated DARPA mission on Electron |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/rocket-lab-dedicated-darpa-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111747/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/rocket-lab-dedicated-darpa-mission/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=9 May 2019 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| 425 km, 39.5° LEO

| DARPA

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) will qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=R3D2 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/r3d2.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111745/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/r3d2.htm |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=space.skyrocket.de }} Northrop Grumman serves as the prime contractor for R3D2. Blue Canyon Technologies provided the satellite bus, MMA Design provided the antenna.{{cite news |url=https://www.space.com/43090-rocket-lab-will-aunch-darpa-satellite.html|title=Rocket Lab to Launch DARPA Satellite in February|last1=Foust|first1=Jeff |date=23 January 2019 |work=Space.com |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005003343/https://www.space.com/43090-rocket-lab-will-aunch-darpa-satellite.html |archive-date=5 October 2023 |url-status=live }}
rowspan=2 | 6

| "That's a Funny Looking Cactus"{{Cite tweet |number=1113919102572085249 |user=RocketLab |title=We've made a tradition of giving every Electron rocket its own unique name. Our next mission is for the Space Test Program, which is based in New Mexico. That location might just have been the inspiration for this vehicle name and mission patch....#ThatsAFunnyLookingCactus |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423032329/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1113919102572085249 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |url-status=live }}

| 5 May 2019, 06:00{{Cite news |last=Atkinson |first=Ian |date=5 May 2019 |title=Rocket Lab launches STP-27RD test satellite trio for the DoD – NASASpaceFlight.com |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/rocket-lab-launch-stp-27rd-test-satellite-trio-dod/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409160759/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/rocket-lab-launch-stp-27rd-test-satellite-trio-dod/ |archive-date=9 April 2023 |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

}}

| {{convert|180|kg}}

| 500 km, 40° LEO

| U.S. Air Force

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Launch is part of the "Rapid Agile Launch Initiative" (RALI) for the U.S. Air Force.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=3 April 2019 |title=Rocket Lab to launch Air Force satellites |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-to-launch-air-force-satellites/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320203951/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-to-launch-air-force-satellites/ |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=3 April 2019 }} Was first night launch of an Electron and its heaviest payload up to the time.{{Cite press release |date=5 May 2019 |title=Rocket Lab successfully launches three R&D satellites to orbit for the U.S. Air Force |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-r-and-d-satellites-to-orbit-for-the-u-s-air-force/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202120607/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-r-and-d-satellites-to-orbit-for-the-u-s-air-force/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |access-date=6 May 2019 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Auckland, New Zealand }}
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|"Make it Rain"

| 29 June 2019, 04:30{{Cite news |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |date=28 June 2019 |title=Rocket Lab conducts Spaceflight Inc. Rideshare Mission with Electron launch – NASASpaceFlight.com |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/rocket-lab-electron-spaceflight-inc-rideshare-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620113250/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/rocket-lab-electron-spaceflight-inc-rideshare-mission/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=29 June 2019 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|

}}{{Cite web |last=Pietrobon |first=Steven |title=New Zealand Launch Record (2009 to present) |url=https://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/nz-rec.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315013938/http://sworld.com.au/steven/space/nz-rec.txt |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=12 March 2018 |website=Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive }}{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BlackSky Global 1, ..., 60 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/blacksky-global.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002215735/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/blacksky-global.htm |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=30 December 2018 |website=space.skyrocket.de }}{{Cite press release |date=11 June 2018 |title=Spaceflight To Launch Smallsats for Canon Electronics, BlackSky, and Others on Three Upcoming Rocket Lab Missions |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180611005375/en/Spaceflight-Launch-Smallsats-Canon-Electronics-BlackSky-Upcoming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001062442/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180611005375/en/Spaceflight-Launch-Smallsats-Canon-Electronics-BlackSky-Upcoming |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=30 December 2018 |publisher=Spaceflight, Inc. |place=Seattle, WA |via=Business Wire }}

| {{convert|80|kg}}{{Cite web |date=June 2019 |title=MAKE IT RAIN Press Kit JUNE 2019 |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Rocket-Lab-MAKE-IT-RAIN-press-kit.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919094216/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Rocket-Lab-MAKE-IT-RAIN-press-kit.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2023 |access-date=18 June 2019 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| 450 km, 45° LEO

| {{flatlist|

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | BlackSky Global 3 is part of a constellation of Earth-observing satellites. SpaceBEE cubesats are manufactured by Swarm Technologies to test two-way satellite communication and data relay. SpaceBEE 8 weighs 0.4 kg (0.88 lb) while SpaceBEE 9 weighs 0.7 kg (1.54 lb).{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spacebee-5.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925205830/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spacebee-5.htm |archive-date=25 September 2023 |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=space.skyrocket.de }}{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=17 June 2019 |title=Rocket Lab's next launch will loft cluster of satellites on Spaceflight rideshare |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/17/rocket-labs-next-launch-will-loft-cluster-of-satellites-on-spaceflight-rideshare/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203040830/https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/17/rocket-labs-next-launch-will-loft-cluster-of-satellites-on-spaceflight-rideshare/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |access-date=19 June 2019 |work=Spaceflight Now }}
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| "Look Ma, No Hands"

| 19 August 2019, 12:12{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Elizabeth |date=19 August 2019 |title=Rocket Lab Electron Booster Launches 4 Satellites into Orbit – Space.com |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-launches-four-satellites-eighth-flight.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925091938/https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-launches-four-satellites-eighth-flight.html |archive-date=25 September 2023 |access-date=22 August 2019 |work=Space.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|

  • Breizh Recon Orbiter (BRO-1)
  • BlackSky Global 4
  • Experimental Satellites x 2

}}{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |title=Rocket Lab launch fulfills initial block of BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/08/19/rocket-lab-launch-fulfills-initial-block-of-blacksky-earth-imaging-satellites/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003070514/https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/08/19/rocket-lab-launch-fulfills-initial-block-of-blacksky-earth-imaging-satellites/ |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=22 August 2019 |publisher=Spaceflight Now }}

| Approx. {{convert|80|kg}}

| 510 km, 94.8° LEO

| {{flatlist|

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Breizh Recon Orbiter (BRO-1) is part of a constellation used for tracking maritime vessels. BlackSky Global 4 is part of a constellation of Earth-observing satellites. The two experimental satellites for Air Force Space Command are part of the "Pearl White" technology demonstration program.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BRO 1 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bro-1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223929/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bro-1.htm |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=22 August 2019 |website=Gunter's Space Page }}
rowspan=2 | 9

| "As the Crow Flies"

| 17 October 2019, 01:22{{Cite press release |date=30 September 2019 |title=Rocket Lab to launch dedicated mission for Astro Digital |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-mission-for-astro-digitalnew-blog-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024620/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-mission-for-astro-digitalnew-blog-post/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|

Palisade}}

| Approx. {{convert|20|kg}}

| 1200 km, 87.9° LEO

| {{flatlist|Astro Digital{{cite web|title=Astro Digital: Space-Based Solutions|url=https://www.astrodigital.com/home|publisher=Astro Digital|access-date=3 October 2019}}}}

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Palisade is a 16U CubeSat technology demonstrator satellite.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=Palisade |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/palisade.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609141912/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/palisade.htm |archive-date=9 June 2023 |website=Gunter's Space Page }} An upgraded, bi-propellant kick stage lifted the satellite to a 1200 km circular orbit, and then deorbited itself.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=17 October 2019 |title=Rocket Lab delivers on dedicated launch for Astro Digital |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/10/17/rocket-lab-delivers-on-dedicated-launch-for-astro-digital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210012509/https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/10/17/rocket-lab-delivers-on-dedicated-launch-for-astro-digital/ |archive-date=10 December 2023 |work=Spaceflight Now }}
rowspan="2" | 10

| "Running Out Of Fingers"

| 6 December 2019, 08:18[https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ Mission: "Running out of Fingers"]. Rocket Lab.{{Cite press release |date=5 November 2019 |title=Next Generation Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab's 10th Mission |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/next-generation-electron-booster-on-the-pad-for-rocket-labs-10th-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024619/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/next-generation-electron-booster-on-the-pad-for-rocket-labs-10th-mission/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |website=Rocket Lab USA |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Huntington Beach, California }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

|| Approx. {{convert|77|kg}}

| 385 x 400 km, 97°LEO

| {{flatlist|

| {{success}}

| {{unofficial2|Controlled (atmosphere test)}}

colspan="9" | ATL-1 tests thermal insulation in space. FossaSat-1 is a communications satellite that uses low-power radio frequencies to provide internet connectivity. NOOR-1A and NOOR-1B demonstrated intersatellite link technology. SMOG-P uses a spectrum analyzer to measure electromagnetic pollution. TRSI Sat provides flight tracking services. ALE-2 creates artificial shooting star displays. The six satellites other than ALE-2 are PocketQubes, forming Alba Cluster 2 of Alba Orbital.

This mission also was the first guided, full telemetry re-entry of the Electron launch vehicle's first stage as part of Rocket Lab's plans to re-use and re-fly rocket boosters in future missions. Recovery instrumentation on-board this flight included guidance and navigation hardware, including S-band telemetry and on-board flight computer systems, to live-gather data during the first stage's atmospheric re-entry, as well as a reaction control system to orient the booster.{{cite web|title=NEXT MISSION: RUNNING OUT OF FINGERS |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/|website=Rocket Lab|access-date=8 November 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Corbett |first=Tobias |date=6 December 2019 |title=Rocket Lab launches 10th Electron flight – critical step towards booster recovery |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/rocket-lab-booster-recovery-10th-electron-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203201745/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/rocket-lab-booster-recovery-10th-electron-flight/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |access-date=7 December 2019 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }} After the launch Rocket Lab said that the reusability tests were successful.{{Cite news |last=Sampson |first=Ben |date=9 December 2019 |title=Rocket Lab successfully flight tests re-entry of rocket booster |url=https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/space/rocket-lab-successfully-flight-tests-re-entry-of-rocket-booster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205124642/https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/space/rocket-lab-successfully-flight-tests-re-entry-of-rocket-booster.html |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=11 December 2019 |work=Aerospace Testing International }}

First flight of Electron with a fully autonomous flight termination system on the rocket.{{Cite press release |title=Rocket Lab Debuts Fully Autonomous Flight Termination System |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-debuts-fully-autonomous-flight-termination-system/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202113833/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-debuts-fully-autonomous-flight-termination-system/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |access-date=15 September 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Huntington Beach, California }}

= 2020 =

First launch for the National Reconnaissance Office in January 2020.

First launch of Photon kickstage in August 2020.

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan="2" | {{Visible anchor|11}}

| "Birds of a Feather"

| 31 January 2020, 02:56{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=31 January 2020 |title=Rocket Lab successfully launches NRO satellite |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/31/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-nro-satellite/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003234642/https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/31/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-nro-satellite/ |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| NROL-151

| {{n/a|Classified}}

| 590 km x 610 km, 70.9° LEO

| National Reconnaissance Office

| {{Success}}

| {{unofficial2|Controlled (atmosphere test)}}

colspan="9" | First launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The NRO competitively awarded the contract under the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract vehicle. RASR allows the NRO to explore new launch opportunities that can provide a streamlined, commercial approach for getting small satellites into space. For the second time, the Electron booster survived atmospheric re-entry. Rocket Lab again said that their reusability test was successful.
rowspan="2" | 12

| "Don't Stop Me Now"

| 13 June 2020,
05:12:12{{Cite tweet |number=1271663876682035201 |user=RocketLab |title=We're readjusting the T-0 for cumulus cloud. New T-0 set for 05:12 UTC |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613045202/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1271663876682035201 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|* Classified payloads x 3 (USA-301, 302, 303) (NRO)

  • ANDESITE
  • RAAF M2PF (Pathfinder)}}

| {{n/a|Classified}}

| 570*590 km, 97.75° LEO

| NRO, Boston University / NASA and University of New South Wales Canberra Space and the Royal Australian Air Force.

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}{{Cite news |last=Malik |first=Tariq |date=11 June 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to launch satellites for US spysat agency and NASA Saturday. Here's how to watch. |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-us-spy-satellites-launch-june-2020-webcast.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093028/https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-us-spy-satellites-launch-june-2020-webcast.html |archive-date=26 September 2023 |work=Space.com }}

colspan="9" | Part of the ELaNa 32 mission, {{Abbr|ANDESITE|Ad-Hoc Network Demonstration for Extended Satellite-Based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors}} is a satellite designed to study Earth's magnetic field. The M2 Pathfinder satellite will be a technology demonstration satellite to test communications. The flight will also carry three payloads for the NRO.{{Cite web |title=Don't Stop Me Now |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/dont-stop-me-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024616/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/dont-stop-me-now/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=24 March 2020 |website=Rocket Lab |publisher=Rocket Lab }}{{Cite press release |date=9 March 2020 |title=Rocket Lab's Next Mission to Launch Satellites for NASA, NRO and the University of New South Wales |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/media-release-rocket-labs-next-mission-to-launch-satellites-for-nasa-nro-and-the-university-of-new-south-wales/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310105518/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/media-release-rocket-labs-next-mission-to-launch-satellites-for-nasa-nro-and-the-university-of-new-south-wales/ |archive-date=10 March 2023 |access-date=24 March 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} Rocket Lab does not plan to do any recovery testing. Flight delayed due to COVID-19. A launch attempt on 11 June 2020 was canceled due to bad weather.{{Cite news |date=11 June 2020 |title=Rocket Lab's second mission for 2020 delayed as high winds cancel launch |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2020/06/11/rocket-labs-second-mission-for-2020-delayed-as-high-winds-cancel-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321183022/https://www.1news.co.nz/2020/06/11/rocket-labs-second-mission-for-2020-delayed-as-high-winds-cancel-launch/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=11 June 2020 |work=1News |publisher=TVNZ }} ANDESITE consists of ANDESITE Mule, a 6U parent spacecraft, and ANDESITE Node 1 to Node 8, small magnetometer subsatellites to be ejected from it to study magnetospheric variation. Each Node is 0.20 x 0.10 x 0.025 m in size with a mass of 0.38 kg.{{cite web|url=https://www.planet4589.org/latest.html|title=Jonathan's Space Report No. 779|website=planet4589.org|date=14 June 2020|access-date=16 June 2020}}
rowspan="2" | 13

| "Pics Or It Didn't Happen"

| 4 July 2020
21:19:36

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

  • CE-SAT-IB
  • SuperDove x 5
  • Faraday 1

}}

| Approx. {{cvt|75|kg}}

| 500 km, 97.5° SSO

| {{flatlist|

| {{Failure}}

| {{No attempt}}{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=3 July 2020 |title=Rocket Lab plans next launch Saturday, closes in on first mission from Virginia |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/07/03/rocket-lab-aims-for-saturday-launch-in-new-zealand-closes-in-on-first-mission-from-virginia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203005941/https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/07/03/rocket-lab-aims-for-saturday-launch-in-new-zealand-closes-in-on-first-mission-from-virginia/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

colspan="9" | Flight No. 13's name was "Pics Or It Didn't Happen".{{Cite press release |date=15 June 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to Demonstrate Fastest Launch Turnaround to Date |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-demonstrate-fastest-launch-turnaround-to-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620134743/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-demonstrate-fastest-launch-turnaround-to-date/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=15 June 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} The 5 SuperDoves were part of Planet's Flock 4e.{{Cite web |last=Safyan |first=Mike |title=Pics or It Didn't Happen: The Rocket Lab Launch of Five New SuperDoves |url=https://www.planet.com/pulse/pics-or-it-didnt-happen-rocket-lab/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203143553/https://www.planet.com/pulse/pics-or-it-didnt-happen-rocket-lab/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |access-date=15 June 2020 |website=Planet }} Flight failed during 2nd stage burn.{{Cite news |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |date=4 July 2020 |title=Rocket Lab Electron launch fails |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-electron-launch-fails/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200704223500/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-electron-launch-fails/ |archive-date=4 July 2020 |access-date=4 July 2020 |work=SpaceNews }}{{Cite press release |date=4 July 2020 |title=Rocket Lab Mission Fails to Reach Orbit |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-mission-fails-to-reach-orbit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620161139/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-mission-fails-to-reach-orbit/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} The issue was found to be a single faulty electrical connection that was not caught during preflight testing. The wiring was intermittently secure leading to increasing resistance causing heating and thermal expansion. This caused softening of potting compounds around the connection leading to a disconnect. The disconnect lead to power being cut from the electric turbopumps needed for the Rutherford engine leading the engine to be shut down.{{Cite press release |date=31 July 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to Resume Electron Launches in August |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-resume-electron-launches-in-august/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620192753/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-resume-electron-launches-in-august/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=31 July 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} No changes were made to the vehicle but changes were made to "work instructions and quality signoffs".{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=31 July 2020 |title=Rocket Lab blames Electron launch failure on electrical problem |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-blames-electron-launch-failure-on-electrical-problem/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321184153/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-blames-electron-launch-failure-on-electrical-problem/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=SpaceNews }}
rowspan="2" | 14

| "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical"

| 31 August 2020
03:05:47{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=30 August 2020 |title=Mission Status Center |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/08/30/electron-sequoia-mission-status-center/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204071347/https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/08/30/electron-sequoia-mission-status-center/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=31 August 2020 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|

| 100 kg

| 500 km, 45° LEO

| Capella Space

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Return to flight of Electron after the 4 July 2020 launch failure.{{cite web|title=Capella Space and Rocket Lab to Launch Mid-Inclination Satellite to Enable Improved Monitoring of Key Global Regions|url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/capella-space-and-rocket-lab-to-launch-mid-inclination-satellite-to-enable-improved-monitoring-of-key-global-regions/

|publisher=Rocket Lab|access-date=2020-03-06}}{{Cite news |date=5 March 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to send Capella radar satellite to mid-inclination orbit |url=https://spacenews.com/capella-rocket-lab-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321184553/https://spacenews.com/capella-rocket-lab-launch/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=SpaceNews }} Launch of a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite, for global imagery.{{Cite tweet |number=1235613631091314688 |user=RocketLab |title=The launch paves the way for reliable and persistent imagery of anywhere on the globe, day or night, in any weather. Capella can detect sub-0.5 m changes on Earth's surface, providing insights that can be used for security, agricultural and infrastructure monitoring + disaster response |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305181928/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1235613631091314688 |archive-date=5 March 2020 |url-status=live }} Also launched the Photon satellite bus.{{Cite press release |date=3 September 2020 |title=Rocket Lab Launches First In-house Designed & Built Photon Satellite |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/media-release-rocket-lab-launches-first-in-house-designed-and-built-photon-satellite/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224040906/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/media-release-rocket-lab-launches-first-in-house-designed-and-built-photon-satellite/ |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=3 September 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

rowspan="2" | 15

| "In Focus"{{Cite press release |date=21 September 2020 |title=Rocket Lab To Launch Commercial Earth-Imaging Rideshare Mission For Planet, Canon Electronics |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620134748/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-2/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=21 September 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

| 28 October 2020
21:21:27{{Cite tweet |number=1321522992141103105 |user=RocketLab |title=LOX fill is well underway at LC-1, with just under three hours to launch |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028184358/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1321522992141103105 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

  • SuperDove x 9
  • CE-SAT-IIB}}

| 72 kg

| 500 km, 97.5° SSO

| {{flatlist|

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | After satellite deployed kick stage changed orbital inclination.{{Cite press release |date=30 October 2020 |title=Rocket Lab demonstrates flexible in-space transportation with new Kick Stage maneuver |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-demonstrates-flexible-in-space-transportation-with-new-kick-stage-maneuver/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024618/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-demonstrates-flexible-in-space-transportation-with-new-kick-stage-maneuver/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=3 November 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}
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| "Return To Sender"{{Cite web |title=Return to Sender |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/flight-16/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205214707/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/flight-16/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| 20 November 2020
02:20:01

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

  • Dragracer A
  • Dragracer B
  • BRO-2
  • BRO-3
  • APSS-1 (Te Waka Āmiorangi o Aotearoa) (Auckland Program for Space Systems)
  • SpaceBEE x 24
  • Gnome Chompski (garden gnome mass simulator)}}

| 200 kg

| 500 km, 97.3° SSO

| {{flatlist|

| {{Success}}

| {{Success}} (Ocean landing)

colspan="9" | First Electron to attempt a soft ocean landing by parachute with the booster and recovery by vessel.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=5 November 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on next mission |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/05/rocket-lab-to-attempt-booster-recovery-on-next-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924113130/https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/05/rocket-lab-to-attempt-booster-recovery-on-next-mission/ |archive-date=24 September 2023 |work=Spaceflight Now }}
rowspan="2" | 17

| "The Owl's Night Begins"{{Cite web |title=The Owl's Night Begins |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/the-owls-night-begins-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205223326/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/the-owls-night-begins-2/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| 15 December 2020
10:09:27{{Cite tweet |number=1338730074036555776 |user=RocketLab |title=Just under four hours to lift-off for today's #TheOwlsNightBegins. Here are the details for today's dedicated launch to orbit for Synspective. |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215061835/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1338730074036555776 |archive-date=15 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| StriX-α

| 150 kg

| 500 km, 97.3° SSO

| Synspective

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Test satellite weighing {{cvt|150|kg}} using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) from a Japanese company. Part of a future constellation of 25 satellites to provide global coverage. Satellite was encompassed in an expanded fairing.{{Cite press release |date=24 November 2020 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch Dedicated Mission for Japanese Earth Imaging Company Synspective |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-mission-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024619/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-dedicated-mission-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=25 November 2020 |publisher=Rocket Lab }} First of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.{{cite press release |url=https://investors.rocketlabusa.com/news/news-details/2024/Rocket-Lab-Signs-Record-Deal-for-10-Electron-Launches-with-Synspective/default.aspx |title=Rocket Lab Signs Record Deal for 10 Electron Launches with Synspective |work=Rocket Lab |date=17 June 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024}}

= 2021 =

First launch for US Space Force in July 2021.

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan="2" | 18

| "Another One Leaves The Crust"

| 20 January 2021
07:26:00{{Cite web |title=Another One Leaves The Crust |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/another-one-leaves-the-crust/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205220433/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/another-one-leaves-the-crust/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| GMS-T{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gms-t.htm|title=GMS-T|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=20 January 2021|access-date=20 January 2021}}

| ~50 kg

| 1200 km, 90° LEO

| OHB

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Dedicated mission for OHB, the launch occurred six months after the contract signing with Rocket Lab and OHB.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=20 January 2021 |title=Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-secretive-communications-satellite-for-ohb/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321192000/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-secretive-communications-satellite-for-ohb/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 January 2020 |work=SpaceNews }}
rowspan="2" | 19

| "They Go Up So Fast"

| 22 March 2021
22:30{{Cite web |title=They Go Up So Fast |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/they-go-up-so-fast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024615/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/they-go-up-so-fast/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |website=Rocket Lab }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{Flatlist|

  • BlackSky Global 9
  • Centauri 3
  • Myriota 7
  • Veery Hatchling
  • RAAF-M2 A, B
  • Gunsmoke-J
  • Photon (Pathstone){{Cite tweet |number=1363943694273978368 |user=RocketLab |title=Meet Photon Pathstone, the stepping stone to our lunar mission for @NASA. Launching on #TheyGoUpSoFast in a few weeks, this next gen Photon is a risk reduction demo ahead of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon. |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222200825/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1363943694273978368 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 March 2021 }}

}}

| Unknown

| 450 km and 550km, 45° LEO

| {{Flatlist|

}}

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | During this mission, Rocket Lab deployed their 100th satellite to orbit. As well as their second Photon satellite bus named Pathstone. Photon Pathstone will operate on orbit as a risk reduction demonstration to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab's mission to the Moon for NASA later this year, as well as Rocket Lab's private mission to Venus in 2025.
rowspan="2" | 20

| "Running Out Of Toes"

| 15 May 2021
11:11{{Cite tweet |number=1393520718587957252 |user=RocketLab |title=We're back in the countdown. New T-0 set to 11:11 UTC. |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515110227/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1393520718587957252 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| BlackSky-10, BlackSky-11

| 120 kg

| 430 km, 50° LEO

| BlackSky via Spaceflight Industries, Inc.

| {{Failure}}{{Cite tweet |number=1393531340188913665 |user=RocketLab |title=An issue was experienced during today's launch, resulting in the loss of the mission. We are deeply sorry to our launch customers BlackSky and Spaceflight. The issue occurred shortly after stage two ignition. More information will be provided as it becomes available. |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105003431/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1393531340188913665 |archive-date=5 January 2022 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |date=15 May 2021 |title=Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch ends in failure with the loss of its payload |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/15/rocket-labs-20th-electron-launch-ends-in-failure-with-the-loss-of-its-payload/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515115226/https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/15/rocket-labs-20th-electron-launch-ends-in-failure-with-the-loss-of-its-payload/ |archive-date=15 May 2021 |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=TechCrunch }}

| {{Success}} (Ocean landing){{Cite press release |date=16 May 2021 |title=Rocket Lab Experiences Anomaly During Launch |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-experiences-anomaly-during-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024614/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-experiences-anomaly-during-launch/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=15 May 2021 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Auckland, New Zealand |quote=Electron's first stage safely completed a successful splashdown under parachute and Rocket Lab's recovery team is working to retrieve the stage from the ocean as planned. }}

colspan="9" | Second launch to attempt booster recovery (via ocean landing), using an advanced heat shield based on lessons learned from the first recovered Electron booster.{{Cite press release |date=8 April 2021 |title=Bringing a Rocket Back from Space: Rocket Lab to Recover Electron Booster on Next Mission |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-recover-electron-booster-on-next-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211014951/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-recover-electron-booster-on-next-mission/ |archive-date=11 February 2024 |access-date=8 April 2021 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} First of four 2021 launches to carry two BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites.{{Cite news |date=25 March 2021 |title=BlackSky strikes deal with Rocket Lab to launch eight more satellites in 2021 |url=https://spacenews.com/blacksky-strikes-deal-with-rocket-lab-to-launch-eight-more-satellites-in-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321194306/https://spacenews.com/blacksky-strikes-deal-with-rocket-lab-to-launch-eight-more-satellites-in-2021/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=SpaceNews }} Second stage engine shut down early causing the mission to be lost, but Electron's first stage safely completed a successful splashdown under parachute. The investigation revealed that the second stage igniter fault induced an interference with the engine controller that caused the data signal corruption for the thrust vector control (TVC) system, straying the vehicle off course.{{Cite press release |date=19 July 2021 |title=Rocket Lab Completes Anomaly Review, Next Mission on the Pad in July |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-anomaly-review-next-mission-on-the-pad-in-july/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202111208/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-anomaly-review-next-mission-on-the-pad-in-july/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}
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| "It's A Little Chile Up Here"

| 29 July 2021
06:00{{Cite press release |date=29 July 2021 |title=Rocket Lab Successfully Launches U.S. Space Force Mission |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-u-s-space-force-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024619/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-u-s-space-force-mission/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=29 July 2021 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Mahia, New Zealand }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| Monolith

| Unknown

| 600 km, 37° LEO

| U.S. Space Force

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | The launch was originally scheduled to fly from LC-2 in Wallops in 2020, but NASA didn't certify the autonomous flight termination system (AFTS) in time.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=14 November 2020 |title=First Rocket Lab U.S. launch delayed to 2021 |url=https://spacenews.com/first-rocket-lab-u-s-launch-delayed-to-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321194913/https://spacenews.com/first-rocket-lab-u-s-launch-delayed-to-2021/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |work=SpaceNews }} Because of these delays, the launch was moved to LC-1 as the return to flight after the anomaly Electron experienced during the "Running Out Of Toes" mission in May 2021.
rowspan="2" | 22

| "Love At First Insight"

| 18 November 2021
01:38:13{{Cite tweet |number=1447503560497762310 |user=RocketLab |title=🚀Love At First Insight: launch window opens Nov. 11 🚀A Data With Destiny: launch window opens Nov. 27 |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321195620/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1447503560497762310 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |url-status=live }}{{Cite press release |date=10 August 2021 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch Three Back-To-Back Missions for BlackSky from late August |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024616/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-5/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=10 August 2021 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| BlackSky-14, BlackSky-15

| 120 kg

| 430 km, 42°LEO

| BlackSky via Spaceflight Inc.

| {{Success}}

| {{Success}} (Ocean landing){{Cite tweet |first=Peter |last=Beck |number=1461158303283642373 |user=Peter_J_Beck |title=Splash down of the stage confirmed. Helicopter has eyes on it. |author-link=Peter Beck |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118022428/https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1461158303283642373 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |url-status=live }}

colspan="9" | Second of four launches to carry two BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites in 2021. Mission was named "Love At First Insight". The first stage booster performed a soft ocean splashdown under parachute. For the first time, a helicopter tracked and observed Electron's descent in preparation for future missions which aim to use helicopters to intercept and capture returning launch vehicle boosters mid-air as they return to Earth under parachute. The launch vehicle also flew with an advanced parachute deployed from the first stage at a higher altitude then previous recovery attempts and an improved heat shield.{{Cite press release |date=19 October 2021 |title=Rocket Lab to Recover Electron Rocket, Introduce Helicopter Operations During Next Launch |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-recover-electron-rocket-introduce-helicopter-operations-during-next-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208190049/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-recover-electron-rocket-introduce-helicopter-operations-during-next-launch/ |archive-date=8 December 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}
rowspan="2" |23

|"A Data With Destiny"

|9 December 2021 00:02{{Cite news |last=Neal |first=Mihir |date=8 December 2021 |title=Rocket Lab launches another pair of BlackSky satellites |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/rocket-lab-preparing-to-launch-another-pair-of-blacksky-satellites/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620113251/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/rocket-lab-preparing-to-launch-another-pair-of-blacksky-satellites/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=9 December 2021 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|BlackSky-12 Gen-2, BlackSky-13 Gen-2

|120 kg

|430 km, 42°LEO

|BlackSky via Spaceflight Inc.

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Third of four launches to carry two BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites in 2021. This mission set a new turnaround record between Electron launches at just {{time interval|2021-11-18|2021-12-08|sortable=on | show=d }}.

= 2022 =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan="2" | 24

| "The Owl's Night Continues"

|28 February 2022
20:37{{cite web |date=9 February 2022 |title=Next Mission: The Owl's Night Continues |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Rocket Lab}}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| StriX-β

| ~150 kg

| 561 km, 97° SSO

| Synspective

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Inaugural launch from Launch Complex 1 Pad B. Second of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" | 25

| "Without Mission A Beat"

|2 April 2022
12:41{{Cite news |last=Navin |first=Joseph |date=2 April 2022 |title=Rocket Lab's Electron launches two BlackSky satellites on 25th mission |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/04/electron-blacksky-25th-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111746/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/04/electron-blacksky-25th-mission/ |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| BlackSky-14 Gen-2, BlackSky-15 Gen-2

| ~120 kg

| 430 km, 53° LEO

| BlackSky via Spaceflight Inc.

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Last of four launches to carry two BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites in 2021 and 2022.
rowspan="2" | 26

| "There And Back Again"

| 2 May 2022
22:49{{Cite press release |date=2 May 2022 |title=Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys 34 Satellites and Catches Rocket Booster Returning from Space with Helicopter |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220502005965/en/Rocket-Lab-Successfully-Deploys-34-Satellites-and-Catches-Rocket-Booster-Returning-from-Space-with-Helicopter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620222425/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220502005965/en/Rocket-Lab-Successfully-Deploys-34-Satellites-and-Catches-Rocket-Booster-Returning-from-Space-with-Helicopter |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=2 May 2022 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California |via=Business Wire }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| {{flatlist|

  • TRSI-2 & TRSI-3
  • MyRadar-1
  • Unicorn-2
  • Copia
  • AuroraSat-1
  • E-Space Demo (3 satellites)
  • SpaceBEE (24 satellites)
  • BRO-6

}}

| Unknown

| 520 km, 94° SSO

| {{flatlist|

}}

| {{Success}}

| {{Partial failure}} (aerial capture)

colspan="9" | Deployed 34 satellites for six customers. First mid-air helicopter capture attempt of an Electron first stage following launch. Electron was initially captured by the helicopter, but the pilot detected different load characteristics than previously experienced in testing and offloaded the stage for a splashdown, where it was recovered by Rocket Lab's contracted offshore vessel, Seaworker as in previous ocean landings.
rowspan="2" |27

| "CAPSTONE"

| 28 June 2022
09:55{{Cite news |last=Neal |first=Mihir |date=27 June 2022 |title=Rocket Lab & NASA launch CAPSTONE to the Moon |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/capstone-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213053854/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/capstone-launch/ |archive-date=13 February 2024 |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| {{Flatlist |

| 80 kg

| TLI to NRHO

| {{Flatlist |

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) is a CubeSat mission that will serve as a precursor for the planned Gateway. It used Photon to place CAPSTONE on a trajectory to the Moon. CAPSTONE will move into a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) after separation from Photon.{{Cite press release |date=6 August 2021 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-funded-commercial-moon-mission-from-new-zealand/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318031231/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-funded-commercial-moon-mission-from-new-zealand/ |archive-date=18 March 2024 |access-date=6 August 2021 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }} Due to the heavy nature of the payload, the first stage was stripped down to its bare frame with no recovery hardware and no cameras. The recovery hardware itself takes about 10-15% of the payload mass capabilities of a given launch.{{Cite web |last=DeSisto |first=Austin |date=30 May 2022 |title=CAPSTONE - Electron |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/capstone-electron/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302233440/https://everydayastronaut.com/capstone-electron/ |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=2 July 2022 |website=Everyday Astronaut }}
rowspan="2" |28

| "Wise One Looks Ahead".

| 13 July 2022
06:30{{Cite news |last=Kanayama |first=Lee |date=13 July 2022 |title=Rocket Lab launches first of two back-to-back missions for NRO |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/07/rocket-lab-wise-one-looks-ahead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928000602/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/07/rocket-lab-wise-one-looks-ahead/ |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1A

| NROL-162 (RASR-3){{Cite press release |date=5 July 2022 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch Responsive Space Missions for National Reconnaissance Office |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220705005813/en/Rocket-Lab-to-Launch-Responsive-Space-Missions-for-National-Reconnaissance-Office |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130174117/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220705005813/en/Rocket-Lab-to-Launch-Responsive-Space-Missions-for-National-Reconnaissance-Office |archive-date=30 November 2023 |access-date=5 July 2022 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California |via=Business Wire |work=Rocket Lab }}

|Classified

| 620 km, 40° LEO

| NRO

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First of two "Responsive Space Missions" NRO launches. Back to back launches between Pad A and B.
rowspan="2" | 29

| "Antipodean Adventure"

| 4 August 2022
05:00{{Cite news |last=Navin |first=Joseph |date=4 August 2022 |title=Rocket Lab's Electron launches NROL-199 |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/08/rocket-labs-nrol-199/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926224418/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/08/rocket-labs-nrol-199/ |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| NROL-199 (RASR-4)

| Classified

| 620 km, 70°LEO

| NRO

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Second of two "Responsive Space Missions" NRO launches. Back to back launches between Pad A and B.
rowspan="2" | 30

| "The Owl Spreads Its Wings"

| 15 September 2022
20:38{{Cite tweet |number=1565062001050562560 |user=RocketLab |title='The Owl Spreads Its Wings' launch window opens: UTC {{!}} 20:30, Sept 14 [...] |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=31 August 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901051558/https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1565062001050562560 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| StriX-1

| ~100 kg

| 563 km, 97°SSO

| Synspective

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | Third of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. StriX-1 is the 150th satellite deployed by Rocket Lab.{{cite web |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ |title=The Owl Spreads Its Wings {{!}} Rocket Lab |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=15 August 2022 |work=Rocket Lab}}
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| "It Argos Up From Here"

| 7 October 2022
17:09{{Cite news |last=Sesnic |first=Trevor |date=7 October 2022 |title=Rocket Lab launches "It Argos Up From Here" mission |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/it-argos-up-from-here/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926223203/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/it-argos-up-from-here/ |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=7 October 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| GAzelle (Argos-4){{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |date=27 February 2021 |title=OTB 3 (Argos-4) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/otb-3.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111747/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/otb-3.htm |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=16 August 2021 |website=Gunter's Space Page }}

| 118 kg

| 750 km 98° SSO

| NOAA / CNES

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First launch for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems. The GAzelle satellite carries the Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System hosted payload.{{Cite web |date=7 October 2022 |title=It Argos Up From Here |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/it-argos-up-from-here/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205213859/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/it-argos-up-from-here/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=Rocket Lab }}
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| "Catch Me If You Can"

| 4 November 2022
17:27{{Cite tweet |number=1588575534187151361 |user=RocketLab |title=17:27:14 UTC @StephenClark1 |author-link=Rocket Lab |date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/hRUlm |archive-date=22 March 2024 |url-status=live }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| MATS

| 50 kg

| 585 km, 97.66° SSO

| SNSA & OHB Sweden

| {{Success}}

| {{Partial failure}} (aerial capture)

colspan="9" |Launch of MATS atmospheric research satellite for the Swedish National Space Agency. Second attempt at mid-air helicopter recovery of first stage, however due to telemetry loss from the first stage during its descent, it was not safe for the helicopter to loiter in the capture zone, so it backed off. Stage made a soft ocean landing and was recovered by Rocket Lab's contracted offshore vessel, Seaworker as in previous ocean landings.{{Cite tweet |first=Peter |last=Beck |number=1588607021649395712 |user=Peter_J_Beck |title=Rocket telemetry dropped out (it happens a bit during reentry) but we did not regain a solid link in time. Without that link it's just not safe to put the helicopter into the recovery zone, so we stood it off. The great thing about recovery is you get it back to see what happened |author-link=Peter Beck |date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106115514/https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1588607021649395712 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |url-status=live }}

= 2023 =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan="2" | 33

| "Virginia Is For Launch Lovers"

|24 January 2023
23:00{{Cite news |last=Davenport |first=Justin |date=24 January 2023 |title=Rocket Lab conducts first Electron launch from American soil |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/virginia-is-for-launch-lovers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008175126/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/virginia-is-for-launch-lovers/ |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com }}

| MARS, LC-2

| HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 (3 satellites){{Cite web |title=Virginia Is For Launch Lovers Press Kit |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Virginia-Is-For-Launch-Lovers-Press-Kit.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325012557/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Virginia-Is-For-Launch-Lovers-Press-Kit.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

| 90 kg

| 550 km, 40.5° LEO

|HawkEye 360

| {{Success}}

| {{No attempt}}

colspan="9" | First launch from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops. Launch of the first 3 of the 15 satellites contracted with HawkEye 360.{{Cite news |last=Harwood |first=William |date=24 January 2023 |title=Rocket Lab launches 3 satellites in first mission from U.S. soil |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rocket-lab-launches-three-satellites-in-first-mission-from-u-s-soil/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119225540/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rocket-lab-launches-three-satellites-in-first-mission-from-u-s-soil/ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=25 January 2023 |work=CBS News }}
rowspan="2" |34

|"Stronger Together"

|16 March 2023 22:39{{Cite web |last=Barra |first=Amy |date=16 March 2023 |title=NASA Wallops Supports Second Rocket Lab Electron Launch |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2023/nasa-wallops-supports-second-rocket-lab-electron-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322172324/https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/wallops/nasa-wallops-supports-second-rocket-lab-electron-launch/ |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=NASA Wallops |publisher=NASA }}

|MARS, LC-2

|Capella 9, Capella 10

|224 kg

|600 km, 44° LEO

|Capella Space

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Dedicated launch for Capella Space.
rowspan="2" |35

|"The Beat Goes On"

|24 March 2023 09:14{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=24 March 2023 |title=Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-blacksky-satellites-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/timUn |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|BlackSky-18 Gen-2, BlackSky-19 Gen-2

|~120 kg

|450 km, 42° LEO

|BlackSky via Spaceflight Inc.

|{{Success}}

|{{Success|Success (Ocean landing)}}

colspan="9" |Dedicated launch for BlackSky.
rowspan="2" |36

|"Rocket Like A Hurricane"

|8 May 2023 01:00{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=7 May 2023 |title=Rocket Lab launches NASA TROPICS cubesats |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-nasa-tropics-cubesats/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vcMBN |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=8 May 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|TROPICS × 2

|10 kg

|550 km, 32° LEO

|NASA

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First of two TROPICS missions awarded to Rocket Lab after a prior mission awarded to competing launch provider Astra failed to orbit.{{Cite press release |editor-last=Finch |editor-first=Joshua |editor2-last=Raines |editor2-first=Kiana |editor3-last=Bielling |editor3-first=Patti |date=23 November 2022 |title=NASA Awards Launch Services Task Order for TROPICS CubeSats Mission |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-task-order-for-tropics-cubesats-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217051157/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-task-order-for-tropics-cubesats-mission/ |archive-date=17 February 2024 |access-date=23 November 2022 |publisher=NASA |id=22-123 }} The TROPICS mission consists of four (formerly six) CubeSats intended for two (formerly three) low-Earth orbital planes at an inclination of 30 degrees. Due to the light weight of the payload and the target orbit, the second stage completed the orbital insertion while the kick stage was used to perform a plane change burn to the target inclination.
rowspan="2" |37

|"Coming to a Storm Near You"

|26 May 2023 03:46{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=26 May 2023 |title=Electron launches second pair of NASA TROPICS cubesats |url=https://spacenews.com/electron-launches-second-pair-of-nasa-tropics-cubesats/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MH9a1 |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=26 May 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|TROPICS × 2

|10 kg

|550 km, 32° LEO

|NASA

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of two TROPICS missions awarded to Rocket Lab after a prior mission awarded to competing launch provider Astra failed to orbit.
rowspan="2" |39

|"Baby Come Back"

|18 July 2023 01:27{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=18 July 2023 |title=Electron launches seven smallsats in latest step towards reusability |url=https://spacenews.com/electron-launches-seven-smallsats-in-latest-step-towards-reusability/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Vy7cY |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=18 July 2023 |work=SpaceNews |quote=The Electron lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 9:27 p.m. Eastern. }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

| {{flatlist|

}}

|~86 kg{{Cite web |last=Kiseleva |first=Mariia |date=9 July 2023 |title=Baby Come Back - Electron |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/baby-come-back-electron/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718040402/https://everydayastronaut.com/baby-come-back-electron/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023 |website=Everyday Astronaut |quote=Payload mass: Approximately 86 kg }}

|1000 km, 99.45° SSO

| {{flatlist|

}}

|{{Success}}

|{{Success|Success (Ocean landing)}}

colspan="9" |The LEO 3 demonstration satellite will provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat's Phase 1 LEO satellite. This mission tested out new reusability technologies, including improved water sealing, a lighter parachute, and new hardware on the recovery vessel.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=13 July 2023 |title=Rocket Lab takes another step towards reusability on next Electron launch |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-takes-another-step-towards-reusability-on-next-electron-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ObUs5 |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}
rowspan="2" |40

|"We Love The Nightlife"

|23 August 2023 23:45{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=23 August 2023 |title=Rocket Lab reuses engine on Electron launch |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-reuses-engine-on-electron-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8kkhB |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Acadia 1

|~165 kg

|640 km, 53° LEO

|Capella Space

|{{Success}}

|{{Success|Success (Ocean landing){{cite web | url=https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/electron-we-love-the-nightlife-capella-acadia-1/ | title=Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1) }}}}

colspan="9" |First of four dedicated launches for Capella Space with Acadia satellites. For the first time on this mission, Rocket Lab is reusing a Rutherford engine from another mission launched in May 2022 "There And Back Again".{{Cite press release |date=28 February 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal to Deploy Satellite Constellation for Capella Space |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-signs-multi-launch-deal-to-deploy-satellite-constellation-for-capella-space/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115072454/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-signs-multi-launch-deal-to-deploy-satellite-constellation-for-capella-space/ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |access-date=28 February 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach and San Francisco, California }}
rowspan="2" |41

|"We Will Never Desert You"

|19 September 2023 06:55{{Cite news |date=19 September 2023 |title=Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/09/19/radar-imaging-satellite-lost-as-rocket-lab-electron-rocket-suffers-launch-failure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922091333/https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/09/19/radar-imaging-satellite-lost-as-rocket-lab-electron-rocket-suffers-launch-failure/ |archive-date=22 September 2023 |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=Spaceflight Now }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Acadia 2{{Cite tweet |number=1702358569436221555 |user=capellaspace |title=The Acadia-2 mission patch is here! The nocturnal Fennec fox has large ears to sense prey in its native desert environment. Capella's growing #SAR constellation senses targets day or night, regardless of weather conditions, for consistent & reliable insights #WeWillNeverDesertYou |author-link=Capella Space |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320062817/https://twitter.com/capellaspace/status/1702358569436221555 |archive-date=20 March 2024 |url-status=live }}

|~165 kg

|640 km, 53° LEO

|Capella Space

|{{Failure}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of four dedicated launches for Capella Space with Acadia satellites. An anomaly occurred after stage separation, which resulted in a failure to orbit. Due to a sharp change of voltage from 420V to 508V due to an arc leading to a short in the power system that is used for motor controls caused in the near vacuum of space as a result of phenomenon of Paschen's law in T+151 to T+152.66 seconds.{{Cite web |date=8 November 2023 |title=Q3 2023 Investor Update |url=https://s28.q4cdn.com/737637457/files/doc_financials/2023/q3/FINAL_Rocket-Lab-Q3-2023-presentation_pdf_1.pdf#page=7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312070511/https://s28.q4cdn.com/737637457/files/doc_financials/2023/q3/FINAL_Rocket-Lab-Q3-2023-presentation_pdf_1.pdf#page=7 |archive-date=12 March 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}
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|"The Moon God Awakens"

|15 December 2023 04:05{{Cite press release |date=15 December 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Reaches New Annual Launch Record with 10th Electron Mission This Year |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-14/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205180015/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/new-blog-post-14/ |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=15 December 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Mahia, New Zealand }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|QPS-SAR-5 (TSUKUYOMI-I)

|~100 kg

|575 km, 42° LEO

|iQPS

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |The satellite was previously manifested as a LauncherOne payload. After Virgin Orbit's bankruptcy and shutdown, the payload was transferred to Electron.{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2023-10-13 |title=The Accidental Monopoly |url=https://spacenews.com/the-accidental-monopoly/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}} This mission was Electron's return to launch after a failure due to a second stage issue occurring in the previous mission ("We Will Never Desert You") on September 19.{{Cite web |author1=Josh Dinner |date=2023-11-29 |title=Rocket Lab aims for Dec. 13 Electron launch, 1st since failure in September |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-payload-integration-electron-update |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

= 2024 =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

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| "Four Of A Kind"

|31 January 2024
06:34{{Cite press release |date=31 January 2024 |title=Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission of Busy 2024 Launch Schedule |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-first-electron-mission-of-busy-2024-launch-schedule/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309090230/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-first-electron-mission-of-busy-2024-launch-schedule/ |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Mahia, New Zealand }}

| Mahia, LC-1B

| Skylark × 4

| ~112 kg{{Cite web |date=6 October 2022 |title=Spire Earth Observations |url=https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3fs-public/2022-10/2022%2010%2006%20Spire%20Earth%20Observations%20for%20NASA's%20CSDA%20Program%20-%20Lunch%20%26%20Learn_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131185806/https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3fs-public/2022-10/2022%2010%2006%20Spire%20Earth%20Observations%20for%20NASA's%20CSDA%20Program%20-%20Lunch%20&%20Learn_0.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024 |publisher=Spire Global }}

| 530 km, 97° LEO

| Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space

| {{Success}}

| {{Success|Success (Ocean landing)}}

colspan="9" |Dedicated launch for Spire Global.
rowspan="2" |44

|"On Closer Inspection"

|18 February 2024
14:52{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=18 February 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches ADRAS-J space junk inspection satellite for Astroscale (video) |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-astroscale-space-junk-inspection-mission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226120232/https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-astroscale-space-junk-inspection-mission |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=Space.com }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|ADRAS-J

|150 kg

|600 km, 98° SSO

|Astroscale

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite will rendezvous with a spent Japanese H-2A upper stage launch vehicle body in low Earth orbit and demonstrate proximity operations in preparation for a future de-orbiting mission. Due to the special mission requirements, Electron had a near instantaneous launch window.{{Cite web |title=Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window for Astroscale Orbital Debris Inspection Demonstration Mission |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-sets-launch-window-for-astroscale-orbital-debris-inspection-demonstration-mission/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Rocket Lab |language=en}}
rowspan="2" |45

|"Owl Night Long"

|12 March 2024
15:03{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=12 March 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches a commercial radar-imaging satellite in dramatic night launch (video) |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-owl-night-long-launch-march-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315081350/https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-owl-night-long-launch-march-2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=Space.com }}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|StriX-3

|100 kg

|561 km, 97° SSO

|Synspective

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Fourth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |46

|"Live and Let Fly"

|21 March 2024
07:25{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=21 March 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches mysterious spy satellites in 4th-ever US liftoff (video) |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-nrol-123-live-and-let-fly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321230747/https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-nrol-123-live-and-let-fly |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=Space.com }}

|MARS, LC-2

|NROL-123 (4 Payloads){{Cite tweet |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan McDowell |user=planet4589 |number=1771269558021562732 |date=22 March 2024 |title=Space-Track has now cataloged the NROL-123 Electron launch. There are actually FOUR payloads: "USA 352", MOLA, Aerocube 16A and Aerocube 16B. (Likely the earlier statement of 3 implies that AC-16A/B were deployed attached to each other and then separated?). |access-date=22 March 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240323183647/https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1771269558021562732 |archive-date=23 March 2024 }}

|Classified

|LEO

|National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |The NROL-123 mission, was Rocket Lab’s first launch for the NRO from the United States after previously launching four NRO missions from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula.
rowspan="2" |47

|"Beginning Of The Swarm"

|23 April 2024
22:32{{Cite web |date=23 April 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches new NASA solar sail tech to orbit (video, photos) |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-nasa-solar-sail-tech-launch-april-2024 |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|{{flatlist|

  • NeonSat-1
  • ACS3}}

|~115 kg

|520 km Neonsat-1, 1.000km ACS3, 97° SSO

|{{flatlist|

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Rideshare mission including NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3).
rowspan="2" |48

|"Ready, Aim, PREFIRE"

|25 May 2024
07:41{{Cite web |date=25 May 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches NASA cubesat to study heat lost from Earth's poles |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-nasa-prefire-climate-change-mission-launch |access-date=25 May 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|PREFIRE 1

|~15 kg

|525 km 97.5° SSO

|NASA

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First of two launches for NASA's PREFIRE mission.
rowspan="2" |49

|"PREFIRE And Ice"

|5 June 2024
03:15{{Cite web |date=5 June 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches 2nd shoebox-sized climate satellite for NASA (video) |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-prefire-and-ice-climate-change-mission-launch |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|PREFIRE 2

|~15 kg

|525 km 97.5° SSO

|NASA

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of two launches for NASA's PREFIRE mission.
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|"No Time Toulouse"

|20 June 2024
18:13{{Cite web |date=20 June 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches 5 IoT satellites on landmark 50th mission |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-50th-mission-launch-kineis-iot-satellites |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Kinéis × 5

|150 kg

|635 km 98° SSO

|Kinéis

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. Electron 50th mission.
rowspan="2" |51

|"Owl For One, One For Owl"

|2 August 2024
16:39{{cite web |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-completes-latest-launch-for-synspective/ |title=Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Latest Launch for Synspective |work=Rocket Lab |date=3 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|StriX-4

|100 kg

|543 km, 43° LEO

|Synspective

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Fifth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |52

|"A Sky Full Of SARs"

|11 August 2024
13:18{{Cite web |date=11 August 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed private radar satellite to orbit |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-capella-space-radar-satellite-launch-august-2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Acadia 3

|165 kg

|615 km, 53° LEO

|Capella Space

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Third of four dedicated launches for Capella Space with Acadia satellites.
rowspan="2" |53

|"Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star"

|20 September 2024
23:01{{Cite web |date=20 September 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches 5 'Internet of Things' satellites to orbit |url=https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-kineis-2nd-satellite-launch-webcast |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|Kinéis × 5

|150 kg

|643 km 98° LEO

|Kinéis

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=8 September 2021 |title=Rocket Lab wins multi-launch deal for IoT constellation |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-wins-multi-launch-deal-for-iot-constellation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240422200337/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-wins-multi-launch-deal-for-iot-constellation/ |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=SpaceNews }} First launch from LC-1A since July 2022.
rowspan="2" |54

|"Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes"

|5 November 2024
10:54{{Cite web |date=5 November 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches mystery mission on company's 12th launch of 2024 (video) |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-mystery-mission-early-on-nov-4 |access-date=5 November 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Protosat-1

|Classified

|SSO

|E-Space

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is suspected to be Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space.{{Cite web |author=Jeff Foust |date=5 November 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches undisclosed commercial payload |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-undisclosed-commercial-payload/ |access-date=5 November 2024 |website=SpaceNews |language=en}} Launch contract was signed less than 2 months before launch.
rowspan="2" |56

|"Ice AIS Baby"

|25 November 2024
03:55{{Cite web |date=25 November 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches 200th satellite to orbit (photos, video) |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-5-french-internet-of-things-satellites-tonight |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|Kinéis × 5

|150 kg

|643 km 97° LEO

|Kinéis

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Third of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. Rocket Lab completes 200th satellites launched on this mission.
rowspan="2" |58

|"Owl The Way Up"

|21 December 2024
14:17{{Cite web |date=21 December 2024 |title=Rocket Lab launches private Earth-imaging satellite to orbit on its final flight of 2024 |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-a-private-earth-imaging-satellite-this-morning |access-date=21 December 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|StriX-2

|100 kg

|574 km, 97° SSO

|Synspective

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Sixth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation. Rocket Lab completes this year with 14 orbital launches and 2 of the suborbital HASTE program from Wallops in Virginia. A new record for the company with 16 launches in the year.

= 2025 =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Destination

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan="2" |59

|"IoT 4 You and Me"

|8 February 2025
20:43{{Cite web |date=8 February 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches 'Internet of Things' satellites from New Zealand |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-5-internet-of-things-satellites-iot-4-you-and-me |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|Kinéis × 5

|150 kg

|646 km 97° SSO

|Kinéis

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Fourth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation.
rowspan="2" |60

|"Fasten Your Space Belts"

|18 February 2025 23:17{{Cite web |title=Fasten Your Space Belts |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/fasten-your-space-belts/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Rocket Lab |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|BlackSky Gen-3 x 1

|138 kg

|470 km 59° LEO

|BlackSky|BlackSky

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Rocket Lab’s first of multiple new missions for BlackSky.
rowspan="2" |61

|"The Lightning God Reigns"

|15 March 2025
00:00{{Cite web |date=15 March 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches private radar imaging satellite to orbit |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-lightning-god-reigns-mission-launch |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|QPS-SAR-9

|100 kg

|575 km 42° LEO

|iQPS

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |First of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |62

|"High Five"

|18 March 2025
01:31{{Cite web |date=18 March 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches final 5 satellites for French 'Internet of Things' constellation |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-kineis-internet-of-things-high-five-launch |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|Kinéis × 5

|150 kg

|650 km 97° SSO

|Kinéis

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Fifth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation.
rowspan="2" |63

|"Finding Hot Wildfires Near You"

|26 March 2025
15:30{{Cite web |date=26 March 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches 8 wildfire-hunting satellites into orbit from New Zealand |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-electron-finding-hot-wildfires-near-you |access-date=26 March 2025|website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|OroraTech OTC-P1 x 8

|64 ~ 96kg Approximately

|550 km 97° SSO

|OroraTech

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |OroraTech is developing a constellation of satellites with thermal infrared cameras that can provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires globally, supporting better and faster wildfire response to protect forests, people, and infrastructure worldwide.
rowspan="2" |64

|"The Sea God Sees"

|17 May 2025
08:17{{Cite web |date=17 May 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-private-japanese-earth-observing-satellite-early-may-17 |access-date=17 May 2025 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|QPS-SAR-10

|100 kg

|575 km 42° LEO

|iQPS

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |65

|"Full Stream Ahead"

|2 June 2025
23:57{{Cite web |date=2 June 2025 |title=Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing satellite toward orbit |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/watch-rocket-lab-launch-private-earth-observing-satellite-to-orbit-tonight |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

|Mahia, LC-1B

|BlackSky Gen-3 x 1

|138 kg

|470 km 59° LEO

|BlackSky

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan="9" |Second of five dedicated launches for BlackSky's 3rd generation satellites.

Upcoming orbital launches

= 2025 =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Planned
destination

! Customer

rowspan="2" |10 June 2025
15:45{{cite press release |title=Rocket Lab Signs Second Multi-Launch Deal, Secures Eight Electron Missions with iQPS |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250227515074/en/Rocket-Lab-Signs-Second-Multi-Launch-Deal-Secures-Eight-Electron-Missions-with-iQPS |website=Business Wire |publisher=Rocket Lab |access-date=3 March 2025 |location=Long Beach, California}}

|Mahia, LC-1A

|QPS-SAR-11

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Third of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. "The Mountain God Guards" Mission.
rowspan="2" |June 2025{{Cite news |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=28 February 2023 |title=Rocket Lab quarterly revenue stays steady as space company doubles order backlog |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/rocket-lab-rklb-q4-2022-earnings.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329030959/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/rocket-lab-rklb-q4-2022-earnings.html |archive-date=29 March 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |work=CNBC |quote=Alongside its results, Rocket Lab announced a contract for four Electron launches from satellite company Capella Space. Those missions are scheduled to begin in the second half of the year. }}

|Mahia, LC-1

|Acadia 10 (Capella-20)

|LEO

|Capella Space

colspan="4" |Fourth of four dedicated launches for Capella Space with Acadia satellites. Includes an option to move any of the missions to MARS LC-2.
rowspan="2" | 2025{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=14 September 2023 |title=HawkEye 360 reaches inflection point on path to profitability |url=https://spacenews.com/hawkeye-360-reaches-inflection-point-on-path-to-profitability/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240422195945/https://spacenews.com/hawkeye-360-reaches-inflection-point-on-path-to-profitability/ |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=SpaceNews }}

| Mahia, LC-1

| Hawk × 6

| LEO

| HawkEye 360

colspan="4" | First of two dedicated launches for HawkEye 360.
rowspan="2" |2025{{Cite press release |date=19 April 2022 |title=Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Contract with HawkEye 360, Confirms First Launch Planned from Virginia |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220419006088/en/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119225541/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220419006088/en/ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=20 April 2022 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California |via=Business Wire }}

|Unknown

|Hawk × 6

|LEO

|HawkEye 360

colspan="4" |Second of two dedicated launches for HawkEye 360.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025{{Cite press release |date=8 August 2023 |title=BlackSky Signs New Block Buy for Five Rocket Lab Launches |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/blacksky-signs-new-block-buy-for-five-rocket-lab-launches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207032527/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/blacksky-signs-new-block-buy-for-five-rocket-lab-launches/ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=10 August 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

|Mahia, LC-1

|BlackSky Gen-3 × ?

|LEO

|BlackSky

colspan="4" |Third of five dedicated launches for BlackSky's 3rd generation satellites.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025

|Mahia, LC-1

|BlackSky Gen-3 × ?

|LEO

|BlackSky

colspan="4" |Fourth of five dedicated launches for BlackSky's 3rd generation satellites.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025

|Mahia, LC-1

|BlackSky Gen-3 × ?

|LEO

|BlackSky

colspan="4" |Fifth of five dedicated launches for BlackSky's 3rd generation satellites.
rowspan="2" |2025

|Mahia, LC-1

|QPS-SAR-?

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Fourth of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |2025

|Mahia, LC-1

|QPS-SAR-?

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Fifth of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |2025

|Mahia, LC-1

|QPS-SAR-?

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Sixth of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" | Q4 2025{{cite press release |url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/753922237/loxsat-payload-rolls-out-to-ksc-for-testing |title=LOXSAT Payload Rolls Out to KSC for Testing |work=Eta Space |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=23 October 2024 |via=EIN PressWire}}

| Mahia, LC-1

| LOXSAT1

| SSO

| Eta Space

colspan="4" | Cryogenic fluid management technology demonstration for a future propellant depot.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025{{Cite conference |last1=Campbell |first1=Lyle |last2=Philipp |first2=Dahm |last3=Mandy |first3=Christophe |last4=Peterson |first4=Keith |last5=Monk |first5=Josh |last6=Alpert |first6=Hannah |date=17 May 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Venus - Enabling Low-Cost Interplanetary Missions |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230007715 |conference=International Planetary Probe Workshop |location=Marseille |id=20230007715 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329200435/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230007715 |archive-date=29 March 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024 |conference-url=https://ippw2023.org/ |url-status=live }}

|Mahia, LC-1

|Venus Life Finder{{Cite press release |date=10 December 2021 |title="Newer, nimbler, faster:" Venus probe will search for signs of life in clouds of sulfuric acid |url=https://news.mit.edu/2021/newer-nimbler-faster-mission-venus-search-signs-life-clouds-sulfuric-acid-1210 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324170721/https://news.mit.edu/2021/newer-nimbler-faster-mission-venus-search-signs-life-clouds-sulfuric-acid-1210 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |access-date=14 December 2021 |publisher=MIT }}

|Heliocentric

|Rocket Lab

colspan="4" |Private Venus exploration mission, using an atmospheric-entry probe developed jointly with MIT. A Photon relay satellite will perform a flyby of Venus in order to relay the data from the atmospheric-entry probe.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025{{Cite press release |date=8 April 2024 |title=U.S. Space Force Awards Rocket Lab Launch Contract for Space Test Program (STP)-S30 |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/u-s-space-force-awards-rocket-lab-launch-contract-for-space-test-program-stp-s30/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416133428/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/u-s-space-force-awards-rocket-lab-launch-contract-for-space-test-program-stp-s30/ |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab }}

|MARS, LC-2

|DISKSat

|VLEO

|U.S. Space Force

colspan="4" |The mission, called Space Test Program-30 (STP-S30), is a launch scheduled to take place within 24 months from contract award to demonstrate Rocket Lab's responsive space program.
rowspan="2" |NLT fall 2025{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=12 April 2024 |title=The Space Force is planning what could be the first military exercise in orbit |url=https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/the-space-force-is-planning-what-could-be-the-first-military-exercise-in-orbit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422021809/https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/the-space-force-is-planning-what-could-be-the-first-military-exercise-in-orbit/ |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=Ars Technica }}

|LC-1 or LC-2

|Pioneer derived satellite

|LEO

|U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command

colspan="4" |Mission for SSC. Rocket Lab will build and launch a satellite for TacRS (Tactically Responsive Space). Once on orbit, the spacecraft will conduct a variety of dynamic space operations to demonstrate SDA characterization capabilities with True Anomaly’s spacecraft, the Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle.{{Cite press release |editor-last=Bailey |editor-first=Morgan |date=11 April 2024 |title=Rocket Lab Selected by Space Systems Command to Build and Launch Spacecraft for Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411809011/en/Rocket-Lab-Selected-by-Space-Systems-Command-to-Build-and-Launch-Spacecraft-for-Tactically-Responsive-Space-TacRS-Mission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422194345/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411809011/en/Rocket-Lab-Selected-by-Space-Systems-Command-to-Build-and-Launch-Spacecraft-for-Tactically-Responsive-Space-TacRS-Mission |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Colorado Springs, Colorado |via=Business Wire }}
rowspan="2" |Q1 2026 {{Cite press release |date=14 May 2025 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Astrophysics Science Mission on Electron to Study Galaxy Evolution |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-astrophysics-science-mission-on-electron-to-study-galaxy-evolution/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 May 2025 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

|Mahia, LC-1

|Aspera

|LEO

|NASA

colspan="4" |Rocket Lab will launch the Aspera spacecraft, a SmallSat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works. Rocket Lab was selected as part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.{{cite news |title=NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-service-task-order-for-asperas-galaxy-mission/ |access-date=15 May 2025 |agency=NASA |date=14 May 2025}}
rowspan="2" |2026

|Mahia, LC-1

|QPS-SAR-?

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Seventh of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |2026

|Mahia, LC-1

|QPS-SAR-?

|LEO

|iQPS

colspan="4" |Eighth of eight dedicated launches to support the build out of iQPS’ planned constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |Seventh of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation, and the first of a renewed contract of 10 additional dedicated launches signed in June 2024.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |Eighth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |Ninth of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |10th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |11th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |12th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |13th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |14th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |15th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.
rowspan="2" |2025–2027

|Mahia, LC-1

|StriX

|LEO

|Synspective

colspan="4" |16th of 16 dedicated launches for Synspective's StriX constellation.

Suborbital launches (HASTE)

= Completed launches =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"

! Flight

No.

! Name

! Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Payload Mass

! Apogee

! Customer(s)

! Launch outcome

! Booster recovery

rowspan=2|38{{Cite web |title=Electron |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/electron.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}

|"Scout's Arrow"

|18 June 2023 01:24{{Cite press release |date=19 June 2023 |title=Leidos' MACH-TB program successfully completes 1st test launch |url=https://www.leidos.com/insights/leidos-mach-tb-program-successfully-completes-1st-test-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201162129/https://www.leidos.com/insights/leidos-mach-tb-program-successfully-completes-1st-test-launch |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=20 June 2023 |publisher=Leidos |place=Wallops Island, Virginia }}

|MARS, LC-2

|DYNAMO-A

|Classified

|Unknown

|Dynetics

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan=9|Part of Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program.
rowspan=2|55{{Cite web |title=Electron |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/electron.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}

|"HASTE A La Vista"

|24 November 2024 06:00

|MARS, LC-2

|MACH-TB

|Classified

|Unknown

|Leidos

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan=9|First of four sub-Orbital launches for Leidos under the MACH-TB project.{{Cite press release |date=12 September 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Signs Deal with Leidos to Launch Four HASTE Missions |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-signs-deal-with-leidos-to-launch-four-haste-missions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104071712/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-signs-deal-with-leidos-to-launch-four-haste-missions/ |archive-date=4 January 2024 |access-date=10 November 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}
rowspan=2|57{{Cite web |title=Electron |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/electron.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}

|"Stonehenge"

|14 December 2024 01:00

|MARS, LC-2

|Unknown

|Classified

|Unknown

|Confidential

|{{Success}}

|{{No attempt}}

colspan=9|The launch deal was signed with a confidential customer just days after the first HASTE launch took place.{{Cite press release |date=8 August 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Inks New Deal to Launch HASTE Mission from Virginia |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-inks-new-deal-to-launch-haste-mission-from-virginia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207134724/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-inks-new-deal-to-launch-haste-mission-from-virginia/ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=10 November 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}

= Planned launches =

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
Date/time
(UTC)

! Launch site

! Payload

! Apogee

! Customer

rowspan="2" |NET 2025

|MARS, LC-2

|Unknown

|Unknown

|Leidos

colspan="4" |Second of four sub-Orbital launches for Leidos under the MACH-TB project.
rowspan="2" |NET April 2025{{Cite web |title=Hypersonix Launch Systems |url=https://www.hypersonix.com/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.hypersonix.com |language=en}}

|MARS, LC-2

|DART AE

|Unknown

|DIU

colspan="4" |This mission will deploy a payload from Hypersonix called DART AE, DART AE is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle capable of speeds up to Mach 7. This mission will also demonstrate HASTE's direct inject capabilities. Direct inject means that the payload will be deployed while the rocket is still ascending.{{Cite press release |date=8 November 2023 |title=Rocket Lab Adds New HASTE Launch from Virginia for the Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-adds-new-haste-launch-from-virginia-for-the-department-of-defenses-defense-innovation-unit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112113006/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-adds-new-haste-launch-from-virginia-for-the-department-of-defenses-defense-innovation-unit/ |archive-date=12 January 2024 |access-date=10 November 2023 |publisher=Rocket Lab |place=Long Beach, California }}
rowspan="2" |NET 2025

|MARS, LC-2

|Unknown

|Unknown

|Leidos

colspan="4" |Third of four sub-Orbital launches for Leidos under the MACH-TB project.
rowspan="2" |NET 2025

|MARS, LC-2

|Unknown

|Unknown

|Leidos

colspan="4" |Fourth of four sub-Orbital launches for Leidos under the MACH-TB project.

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.rocketlabusa.com/electron/ Electron Website]
  • [https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/completed-missions/ Rocket Lab Completed Launches]
  • [https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ Rocket Lab Next Mission]

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