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Electron | Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare)

July 4, 2020 at 9:19 PM UTC

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Electron | Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare) launch image
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July 4, 2020 at 9:19 PM UTC

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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · -39.2628, 177.8645

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Electron
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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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July 4, 2020 at 9:19 PM UTC
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July 4, 2020 at 10:03 PM UTC
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August 2, 2024 at 12:18 PM UTC

Mission description

‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ is the 13th mission for Rocket Lab. It was planned to deploy seven imaging small satellites to a 500km circular low Earth orbit for a range of customers including Spaceflight Inc.’s customer Canon Electronics, as well as Planet and In-Space Missions.

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Vehicle

Electron

Height

18 m

Diameter

1.2 m

LEO capacity

300 kg

Successful launches

88

Launch complex

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron rocket for small satellites. With the launch of Electron on 25 May 2017, it became the first private spaceport to host an orbital launch attempt, and the first site in New Zealand to host an orbital launch attempt. With the Electron launch of 21 January 2018, it became the first private spaceport to host a successful orbital launch.

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