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Rocket Lab Electron: Launch Schedule, History & Specs

88 launches95% success55 upcoming
Last Updated: 3 days ago

Rocket Lab's Electron has launched 88 times since its first flight on 25 May 2017: 84 successes and 4 failures, a success rate of 95%. Its most recent launch was Owlright, Owlright, Owlright on 26 September 2026. The next mission on its manifest is We're Not Hawking Around, NET 21 October 2026. 55 Electron missions are on the upcoming manifest.

Upcoming Electron launches

Dates are UTC. NET means "no earlier than"; a month-only NET is the target month.

  1. We're Not Hawking Around HawkEye 360 TBD
  2. The Sea God Surveys iQPS TBD
  3. The Mountain God Rises iQPS TBD
  4. LOXSAT 1 NASA TBD
  5. BlackSky Gen-3 7 TBD
  6. BlackSky Gen-3 9 TBD
  7. BlackSky Gen-3 8 TBD
  8. BlackSky Gen-3 6 TBD
  9. iQPS Launch 11 iQPS TBD
  10. Aspera NASA TBD
  11. TSIS-2 TBD
  12. PolSIR-2 TBD
  13. PolSIR-1 TBD
  14. StriX Launch 16 Synspective TBD
  15. StriX Launch 14 Synspective TBD
  16. StriX Launch 15 Synspective TBD
  17. StriX Launch 17 Synspective TBD
  18. iQPS Launch 12 iQPS TBD
  19. iQPS Launch 13 iQPS TBD
  20. iQPS Launch 16 iQPS TBD
  21. iQPS Launch 15 iQPS TBD
  22. iQPS Launch 14 iQPS TBD
  23. iQPS Launch 17 iQPS TBD
  24. StriX Launch 30 Synspective TBD
  25. StriX Launch 31 Synspective TBD
  26. StriX Launch 32 Synspective TBD
  27. StriX Launch 33 Synspective TBD
  28. StriX Launch 23 Synspective TBD
  29. StriX Launch 25 Synspective TBD
  30. StriX Launch 27 Synspective TBD
  31. StriX Launch 47 Synspective TBD
  32. StriX Launch 46 Synspective TBD
  33. StriX Launch 38 Synspective TBD
  34. StriX Launch 37 Synspective TBD
  35. StriX Launch 36 Synspective TBD
  36. StriX Launch 35 Synspective TBD
  37. StriX Launch 34 Synspective TBD
  38. StriX Launch 28 Synspective TBD
  39. StriX Launch 29 Synspective TBD
  40. StriX Launch 18 Synspective TBD
  41. StriX Launch 45 Synspective TBD
  42. StriX Launch 44 Synspective TBD
  43. NorthStar 3 TBD
  44. StriX Launch 21 Synspective TBD
  45. StriX Launch 26 Synspective TBD
  46. StriX Launch 24 Synspective TBD
  47. StriX Launch 22 Synspective TBD
  48. StriX Launch 20 Synspective TBD
  49. StriX Launch 19 Synspective TBD
  50. NorthStar 2 TBD
  51. StriX Launch 43 Synspective TBD
  52. StriX Launch 42 Synspective TBD
  53. StriX Launch 41 Synspective TBD
  54. StriX Launch 40 Synspective TBD
  55. StriX Launch 39 Synspective TBD

Electron launch history

  1. Owlright, Owlright, Owlright Synspective Success
  2. Owl By The Dozen Synspective Success
  3. Happily Ever Faster BlackSky Success
  4. Owl Around The World Synspective Success
  5. The Lightning God Defends iQPS Success
  6. The Grain Goddess Provides iQPS Success
  7. Ten Owl Of Ten Synspective Success
  8. VICTUS HAZE Puma U.S. Space Force Success
  9. Viva La StriX Synspective Success
  10. Kakushin Rising JAXA Success
  11. Daughter Of The Stars ESA Success
  12. Eight Days A Week Synspective Success
  13. Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed BlackSky Success
  14. Bridging The Swarm KAIST Success
  15. The Cosmos Will See You Now Open Cosmos Success
  16. The Wisdom God Guides iQPS Success
  17. Don't Be Such A Square U.S. Space Force Success
  18. Raise and Shine JAXA Success
  19. Follow My Speed BlackSky Success
  20. The Nation God Navigates iQPS Success
  21. Owl New World Synspective Success
  22. Live, Laugh, Launch Success
  23. The Harvest Goddess Thrives iQPS Success
  24. Symphony In The Stars EchoStar Success
  25. Get The Hawk Outta Here HawkEye 360 Success
  26. The Mountain God Guards iQPS Success
  27. Full Stream Ahead BlackSky Success
  28. The Sea God Sees iQPS Success
  29. Finding Hot Wildfires Near You Orora Technologies Success
  30. High Five Kinéis Success
  31. The Lightning God Reigns iQPS Success
  32. Fasten Your Space Belts BlackSky Success
  33. IoT 4 You and Me Kinéis Success
  34. Owl The Way Up Synspective Success
  35. Ice AIS Baby Kinéis Success
  36. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes E-Space Success
  37. Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star Kinéis Success
  38. A Sky Full of SARs Capella Success
  39. Owl for One, One for Owl Synspective Success
  40. No Time Toulouse Kinéis Success
  41. PREFIRE And Ice NASA Success
  42. Ready, Aim, PREFIRE NASA Success
  43. Beginning Of The Swarm KAIST Success
  44. Live and Let Fly U.S. Space Force Success
  45. Owl Night Long Synspective Success
  46. On Closer Inspection Astroscale Success
  47. Four Of A Kind NorthStar Success
  48. The Moon God Awakens iQPS Success
  49. We Will Never Desert You Capella Failure
  50. We Love the Nightlife Capella Success
  51. Baby Come Back Success
  52. Coming To A Storm Near You NASA Success
  53. Rocket Like A Hurricane NASA Success
  54. The Beat Goes On BlackSky Success
  55. Stronger Together Capella Success
  56. Virginia is for Launch Lovers HawkEye 360 Success
  57. Catch Me If You Can SNSA Success
  58. It Argos Up From Here General Atomics Success
  59. The Owl Spreads Its Wings Synspective Success
  60. Antipodean Adventure U.S. Space Force Success
  61. Wise One Looks Ahead U.S. Space Force Success
  62. CAPSTONE NASA Success
  63. There and Back Again Unseenlabs Success
  64. Without Mission A Beat BlackSky Success
  65. The Owl’s Night Continues Synspective Success
  66. A Data With Destiny BlackSky Success
  67. Love At First Insight BlackSky Success
  68. It’s a Little Chile Up Here U.S. Space Force Success
  69. Running Out of Toes BlackSky Failure
  70. They Go Up So Fast Success
  71. Another One Leaves The Crust OHB Success
  72. The Owl's Night Begins Synspective Success
  73. Return to Sender Unseenlabs Success
  74. In Focus Success
  75. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical Capella Success
  76. Pics Or It Didn’t Happen Failure
  77. Don't Stop Me Now Success
  78. Birds of a Feather U.S. Space Force Success
  79. Running Out Of Fingers Alba Orbital Success
  80. As The Crow Flies Astro Digital Success
  81. Look Ma, No Hands Unseenlabs Success
  82. Make It Rain Spaceflight Success
  83. That's a Funny Looking Cactus Success
  84. Two Thumbs Up U.S. Space Force Success
  85. This One's For Pickering NASA Success
  86. It's Business Time Fleet Space Success
  87. Still Testing Success
  88. It's a Test Failure

Latest Electron news

Fleet Profile 4 pads
Electron Logo
2 stages 300 kg to LEO

Electron

Electron is a two-stage, partially recoverable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab.

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Height
18 m (59 ft)
Diameter
1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Mass
13,000 kg (28,660 lb)
Stages
2
Payload
300 kg to LEO
Kiwi bird icon ≈ 120 kiwis
Engines
9x Rutherford (Stage 1), 1x Rutherford Vacuum (Stage 2)
Launches From
LC-1LC-1ALC-1BLC-2

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