Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘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
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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.
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