Electron
Electron is Rocket Lab's carbon-composite small orbital launch vehicle, using nine sea-level Rutherford engines, one vacuum Rutherford engine, and a Curie-powered Kick Stage for precise deployment. Rocket Lab's official archive records 91 Electron-derived launches through 27 June 2026: 82 orbital Electron missions and nine HASTE suborbital missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- Rocket Lab ElectronElectron launch vehicle
- Family Name
- Electron
- Full Name
- Electron
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Electron is Rocket Lab's carbon-composite small orbital launch vehicle, using nine sea-level Rutherford engines, one vacuum Rutherford engine, and a Curie-powered Kick Stage for precise deployment. Rocket Lab's official archive records 91 Electron-derived launches through 27 June 2026: 82 orbital Electron missions and nine HASTE suborbital missions.
- Diameter M
- 1.2
- Engines
- Count
- 9
- Name
- Rutherford
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Rutherford Vacuum
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,017
- Height M
- 18
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 13,000
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 300
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Official Url
- https://rocketlabcorp.com/launch/electron/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Electron
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
- Image
- Download
- Updated Time
- July 14, 2026 at 18:32:02 UTC