Electron is a two-stage, expendable small-lift orbital launch vehicle developed and operated by Rocket Lab. It debuted with a test flight in May 2017 from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand and reached its first fully successful orbital launch in January 2018, powered by nine electric-pump-fed Rutherford engines on its first stage, the first orbital-class rocket to use that engine technology. Electron has since launched from sites in New Zealand and the United States and has demonstrated first-stage ocean recovery.
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a two-stage, expendable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab
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The inaugural flight occurred on May 25, 2017 from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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