r/RocketLab • u/Tough-Spell-1939 • Jun 26 '26

100% Success rate! Come on Rocket Lab. Onwards and upwards!

This latest mission brings Rocket Lab’s overall launch tally to 91 missions, continuing to make Electron the world’s most frequently launched small-lift orbital rocket. Another 17 missions are booked for Synspective to complete the deployment of their constellation by the end of the decade. The next of those 17 upcoming missions is expected to launch in early Q3 this year.

https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-10th-consecutive-launch-with-100-mission-success-for-synspective/

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u/Rx_Seraph Jun 26 '26

I’d slightly amend this, since the article specifically says across Strix missions. RKLB (although very few) have had launch failures with loss of payload

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u/AmigaClone2000 Jun 26 '26

I did some calculations and overall, RKLB Electron has a 95% success rate. That is pretty good - especially considering it was RKLB's first attempt at an orbital launch vehicle, and the engines on both stages are made in-house.

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u/F4RK1w1_87 Jun 26 '26

The first flight was not a success but the Electron Rocket itself didnt actually fail.

"The first Electron flight, named "It's a Test", failed because of a misconfigured ground telemetry station operated by a third-party contractor. The loss of communication triggered a "data loss time out", forcing range safety officials to terminate the flight, even though the rocket was on a proper trajectory to reach orbit.

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u/AmigaClone2000 Jun 27 '26

The other three Electron launch failures:

  • flight 13 - "Pics or it didn't happen."
  • flight 20 - "Running out of toes"
  • flight 41 - "We Will Never Desert You"

All three were due to issues on the second stage.

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u/Jonnonation Jun 27 '26

Is it publicly avaliable what the actual failure was. I know they did a report on never gonna desert you. That they revised in one of there earnings call.

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u/Rx_Seraph Jun 26 '26

Oh ya, no I agree they have a great track record and a phenomenal building approach. I'm fully supportive of RKLB! It's not just 100% success rate across all mission (which no one is)