Electron launches Acadia-2 (second stage anomaly)

Sep 19, 2023

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle launched the “We Will Never Desert You” mission, Capella Space’s Acadia-2 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, on 19 September 2023, at 06:55 UTC (18:55 NZST). Electron’s second stage experienced an anomaly and the mission was lost.