We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2)

The 'We Will Never Desert You' mission failed when Electron suffered an anomaly during second-stage ignition, losing Capella Space's Acadia synthetic-aperture radar satellite. Later traced to an electrical arc, the failure ended a run of 19 consecutive successful Electron flights.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

40th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

19 September 2023, 06:55 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload

Earth Science

Launches in 2023

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