Rocket Lab Curie
Rocket Lab's in-house liquid propulsion engine for the Electron Kick Stage, used for in-space orbit raising, circularization, and disposal burns.
Identity
- Aliases
- Curie engineElectron Kick Stage Curie
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Rocket Lab Curie
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Rocket Lab's in-house liquid propulsion engine for the Electron Kick Stage, used for in-space orbit raising, circularization, and disposal burns.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Rocket Specs
- Restartable
- Yes
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 07:05:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 07:05:59 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-31
- Note
- Rocket Lab identifies the Kick Stage as powered by its Curie engine, developed and manufactured in-house, and describes its orbit-circularization role.
- Publisher
- Rocket Lab
- Title
- The Kick Stage: Responsible Orbital Deployment
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-31
- Note
- Rocket Lab's guide identifies the Kick Stage as Electron's third stage and names the in-house designed and built Curie engine.
- Publisher
- Rocket Lab
- Title
- Electron Payload User's Guide