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Electron | Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)

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Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab's 20th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,079th orbital launch attempt

May 15, 2021Add to calendar
Failure

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Window: May 15, 10:00 – May 15, 12:05 UTC

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Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)

This was the 20th launch of Electron rocket. It carried two Earth imaging microsatellites for BlackSky's constellation which were lost due to a launcher failure after second stage ignition.

Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

  • 20 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing @ South Pacific · landed ✓ · zone record 4/6

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Updates

  • Launch failure confirmed

    SwGustav · 5/15/2021 · source

  • New launch time.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2021 · source

  • Added launch time and setting GO.

    Nosu · 5/3/2021 · source

  • NET mid May

    scottm3 · 4/18/2021 · source

  • Added launch.

    spacevogel · 4/8/2021 · source

Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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