Mission record
Electron | Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8-9)
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Rocket Lab
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
New Zealand
Date
Sat, 15 May 2021 11:11:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6079 ever
Failure
Unspecified issue shortly after stage two ignition
Mission
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.