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Electron

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, May 2023.

Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / Rocket Lab / Public domain (US government work)

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  1. How the Vandenberg Range Decides Launch Weather, Zones and Destruct

    Everyday Astronaut
  2. Rocket Lab Electron Bridging the Swarm: NEONSAT-1A Launch Scrubbed

    Everyday Astronaut
  3. Electron Launches Earth Observation Satellite From Mahia LC-1

    Rocket Lab
  4. Electron Launches the Eighth StriX Satellite for Synspective

    Rocket Lab
  5. Electron Launches ESA’s Celeste IOD Satellites to 510 km Orbit

    Rocket Lab
  6. Kakushin Rising: Electron Deploys Eight JAXA Satellites to Orbit

    Rocket Lab
  7. Electron Delivers a StriX Radar Satellite to Orbit for Synspective

    Rocket Lab
  8. Victus Haze: Electron Launches Pioneer on Under 17 Hours Notice

    Rocket Lab
  9. Electron Launch 91: Rocket Lab Deploys Its 10th StriX Satellite

    Rocket Lab
  10. Electron Launches iQPS MIKURA-I Radar Satellite from New Zealand

    Rocket Lab
  11. Electron’s 93rd Launch Puts iQPS Radar Satellite in 575 km Orbit

    Rocket Lab
  12. Zhuque-3 Landing, Roman Telescope Launch and SpaceX’s Louisiana Plan

    Scott Manley
  13. Owl By The Dozen: Electron Deploys a 12th StriX Radar Satellite

    Rocket Lab
  14. Electron Launches the 13th StriX Radar Satellite for Synspective

    Rocket Lab
  15. Starship Flight 14 Reaches Orbit and Three Falcons Fly in One Day

    Scott Manley
  16. Rocket Lab’s 98th Electron Launch Deploys Three HawkEye 360 Satellites

    Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab’s 98th Electron Launch Deploys Three HawkEye 360 Satellites

Rocket Lab

Duration 1:10:48

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All the videos

  1. Electron Launch 91: Rocket Lab Deploys Its 10th StriX Satellite

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:20:12

    Mission: 10 Owl Of 10 (2026)

  2. Victus Haze: Electron Launches Pioneer on Under 17 Hours Notice

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 34:50

    Mission: Victus Haze (2026)

  3. Electron Delivers a StriX Radar Satellite to Orbit for Synspective

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:20:20

    Mission: Viva La StriX (2026)

  4. Kakushin Rising: Electron Deploys Eight JAXA Satellites to Orbit

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:14:40

    Mission: Kakushin Rising (2026)

  5. Electron Launches ESA’s Celeste IOD Satellites to 510 km Orbit

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:18:05

    Mission: Daughter Of The Stars (2026)

  6. Electron Launches the Eighth StriX Satellite for Synspective

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:16:24

    Mission: Eight Days A Week (2026)

  7. Electron Launches Earth Observation Satellite From Mahia LC-1

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 31:21

    Mission: Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (2026)

  8. Rocket Lab Electron Bridging the Swarm: NEONSAT-1A Launch Scrubbed

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 1:08:51

    Mission: Bridging the Swarm

  9. Rocket Lab’s 98th Electron Launch Deploys Three HawkEye 360 Satellites

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:10:48

    Mission: We're Not Hawking Around

  10. Electron Launches the 13th StriX Radar Satellite for Synspective

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:25:30

    Mission: Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (2026)

  11. Owl By The Dozen: Electron Deploys a 12th StriX Radar Satellite

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:12:32

    Mission: Owl By The Dozen (2026)

  12. Electron’s 93rd Launch Puts iQPS Radar Satellite in 575 km Orbit

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:11:15

    Mission: The Lightning God Defends (2026)

  13. Electron Launches iQPS MIKURA-I Radar Satellite from New Zealand

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:11:05

    Mission: The Grain Goddess Provides (2026)