{"id":22782,"date":"2021-05-16T00:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-faces-another-electron-second-stage-failure-and-payload-loss-on-20th-mission\/"},"modified":"2021-05-16T00:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:34:55","slug":"rocket-lab-faces-another-electron-second-stage-failure-and-payload-loss-on-20th-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-faces-another-electron-second-stage-failure-and-payload-loss-on-20th-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab faces another Electron second stage failure and payload loss on 20th mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s a tough day for the folks at Rocket Lab. After a successful liftoff from New Zealand, the California rocket company experienced another failure of its Electron second stage. This sadly means that the payload, two BlackSky satellites, were lost during the mission.<\/p>\n

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Rocket Lab previously experienced a similar loss of vehicle and payload during its 13th Electron rocket mission in July 2020. The next Electron rocket flew the following month, and each mission has been successful since Rocket Lab\u2019s return to flight. Rocket Lab has even made progress toward recovering the first stage booster from the Electron rocket \u2014 something the company planned to attempt again today.<\/p>\n

Sadly, something appears to have gone wrong again with the Electron second stage before deploying the satellites into orbit. Here\u2019s how the mission played out today and what Rocket Lab has shared so far about the loss of vehicle:<\/p>\n

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