AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

Rocket Lab Electron / HASTE

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Lift type	Launch vehicle
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Remotely piloted
Engine type	Rocket
Application	Experimental
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Family of two-stage orbital launch vehicles with modified third Kick Stage for precise payload delivery, features nine Rutherford engines on first stage, single vacuum Rutherford for second stage.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Rocket Lab Electron	2014 / 2017		Reusable two-stage orbital launch vehicle with LEO 300 kg payload capacity. Originally launched as expendable but modified to have reusable first stage.
Rocket Lab HASTE	2023 / 2023		Rocket Lab's Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) suborbital testbed launch vehicle providing high-cadence flight test opportunites. Derived from Electron rocket but with LEO payload capacity of up to 700 kg.

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