Still Testing lift off
Still Testing
- Mission Name
- Still Testing
- Rocket
- Electron
- Electron Name
- Still Testing
- Launch Date
- 21 January 2018
- Launch Time
- 02:43 UTC (14:43 NZT)
- Launch Site
- Launch Complex 1
Click the video above to watch the launch webcast.
Mission Overview
The Still Testing mission was Rocket Lab's first orbital launch of the Electron vehicle. Electron lifted-off at 14:43 NZDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand on 21 January 2018. The launch marked the beginning of a new era in commercial access to space.
Still Testing carried a Dove Pioneer Earth-imaging satellite for Planet, as well as two Lemur-2 satellites for weather and ship tracking company Spire.
Mission Gallery
Still Testing lift off
Kick Stage separation
