Rocket Lab Electron Rocket Fails Carrying Five SuperDoves
On July 4, 2020 (July 5 local time in New Zealand), Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket carrying Planet’s Flock 4e (five SuperDoves) suffered an anomaly preventing the successful launch and deployment of the satellite payloads. While it’s never the outcome that we hope for, the risk of launch failure is one Planet is always prepared for. We have 26 SuperDoves, Flock 4v, slated for launch on a Vega rocket later this summer, and several other launches over the next 12 months are on the manifest.
We have full faith that Rocket Lab will be able to bounce back from today’s failure in no time, and we look forward to flying on the Electron again.
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