Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)
Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Sat, Nov 14 · time not yet set
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Rocket Lab
Electron
Active
Electron
Falcon 9
98
Total launches
95.9%
Success rate
20
Launches in 2026
7/9
Booster landings
About Electron
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
Upcoming Electron launches
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6
Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Planned for Dec 31 — date not yet set
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7
Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Planned for Dec 31 — date not yet set
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
Electron | iQPS Launch 11
Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Planned for Dec 31 — date not yet set
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
How does it compare?
Put Electron head-to-head with any other rocket — height, payload, thrust and cost on one screen.
Open the comparison tool →