Electron | It's a Test

Launch information

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Mission description

This is the first test flight of the Electron rocket. Built and operated by Rocket Lab, Electron is meant to offer low-price launches for the small-sat market.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | It's a Test’.

Launch image Electron | It's a Test

Failure

Status: Launch Failure

Class: normal

Fail Reason: Third-party contractor supporting the launch misconfigured ground equipment that translated radio signals from the rocket into data used by range safety officials. That caused “extensive corruption of received position data,” resulting in the data loss that led safety officials to trigger the rocket’s flight termination system.

Launch T0: May 25, 2017, 4:20 a.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

It's a Test (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

It seems no satellite can be associated to launch ‘Electron | It's a Test’, for now. Check back soon, we keep tracking more and more satellites every single day.

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | It's a Test’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

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Orbital Launch

#28

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