Rutherford Vacuum
The vacuum-optimized Rutherford variant used on Electron's second stage.
Identity
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Rutherford Vacuum
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- The vacuum-optimized Rutherford variant used on Electron's second stage.
- Developers
- Family
- Lineage
- Note
- Rocket Lab describes the second-stage engine as a vacuum-optimized Rutherford with an expanded nozzle.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- shares-core-with
- Sources
- Nested value
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- keroseneliquid oxygen
- Rocket Specs
- Cycle
- electric-pump-fed
- Vacuum Specific Impulse S
- 343
- Vacuum Thrust Kn
- 25.8
Links
- Official Url
- https://rocketlabcorp.com/launch/electron/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:54:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:55:41 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Electron official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- HASTE official vehicle reference