Electron
USA Official site 
Built & Operated By
Rocket Lab
Commercial · founded 2006
Maiden Flight
25 MAY 2017
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
18 m
Diameter
1.2 m
Launch Mass
13 T
Thrust
162 kN
Stages
2–3
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
94
Successful
90
Failed
4
Consecutive
53
Upcoming
41
Performance
To LEO
300 kg
Launch Cost
$6.0M