2017 · Rocket Lab
It's a Test
failureElectron | It's a Test
This is the first test flight of the Electron rocket. Built and operated by Rocket Lab, Electron is meant to offer low-price launches for the small-sat market.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 25, 2017 at 04:20 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Mission
- It's a Test
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit
FailureThird-party contractor supporting the launch misconfigured ground equipment that translated radio signals from the rocket into data used by range safety officials. That caused “extensive corruption of received position data,†resulting in the data loss that led safety officials to trigger the rocket’s flight termination system.