Electron with Curie Kick Stage
This Electron configuration adds the optional Curie-powered Kick Stage as a third stage. After separation from the second stage, it can coast and perform multiple burns to circularize or change orbit, deploy payloads to distinct destinations, and conduct a disposal maneuver.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Electron Curie configurationElectron Kick Stage configuration
- Family Name
- Electron with Kick Stage
- Full Name
- Electron with Curie Kick Stage
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Kick Stage
Details
- Description
- This Electron configuration adds the optional Curie-powered Kick Stage as a third stage. After separation from the second stage, it can coast and perform multiple burns to circularize or change orbit, deploy payloads to distinct destinations, and conduct a disposal maneuver.
- Dimensions
- Diameter
- …
- Height
- …
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 9
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Variant Notes
- Nine sea-level Rutherford engines on Electron's first stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- second-stage
- Variant Notes
- One vacuum-optimized Rutherford engine on Electron's second stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- kick-stage
- Variant Notes
- One Rocket Lab Curie engine powers the third-stage Kick Stage for orbit raising, circularization, and disposal maneuvers.
- Name
- Electron with Curie Kick Stage installation
- Notes
- Applies only to the Electron configuration with its optional Curie-powered Kick Stage. The inherited two propulsion stages retain nine sea-level Rutherford engines on the first stage and one vacuum Rutherford on the second stage; the third-stage Kick Stage adds one Curie engine. Other Electron mission configurations without a Kick Stage remain represented by their own family records.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass
- …
- Payload Capacity
- LEO
- …
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Electron
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 09:02:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 07:06:49 UTC
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