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Electron | It's a Test
Rocket LabRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- It's a Test
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
This is the first test flight of the Electron rocket. Built and operated by Rocket Lab, Electron is meant to offer low-price launches for the small-sat market.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Third-party contractor supporting the launch misconfigured ground equipment that translated radio signals from the rocket into data used by range safety officials. That caused “extensive corruption of received position data,†resulting in the data loss that led safety officials to trigger the rocket’s flight termination system.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Electron
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
webcasts
- Maiden flight of the Electron Rocket #ItsATest
- Rocket Lab Electron - Lift-off WITH SOUND
- Rocket Lab Test Flight 1: View from the rocket #ItsaTest
- Rocket Lab Test Flight 1: Launch Pad (Medium-angle)
- Rocket Lab Test Flight 1: View from base of launch pad
- Rocket Lab Test Flight 1: Wide-angle view of launch pad, tracking antennae
- It's a Test - Lift Off!
launch site
- Pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Location
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Country
- NZL
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -39.2628, 177.8645