Electron | Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
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June 2, 2025, 11:57 p.m. - June 2, 2025, 11:57 p.m.
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June 2, 2025, 11:57 p.m. - June 2, 2025, 11:57 p.m.
2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
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Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
See DetailsRocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
INFO WIKI
SpaceX continues to dominate the launch manifest with five missions this week, including a crewed… The post Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch crewed mission, Rocket Lab to launch 65th Electron appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
The mission will be Rocket Lab’s seventh Electron rocket launch of the year and its second in 2025 in support of BlackSky. Teams are targeting liftoff from Mahia, New Zealand at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2).
A Rocket Lab Electron successfully placed a BlackSky high-resolution imaging satellite into orbit on a June 2 launch. The post Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.
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