flown byRocket LabUSA

"I Can't Believe It's Not Optical"

Success
AUG 31202003:05:47 UTC

Capella-2 (Sequoia) was Capella Space's first production SAR satellite and the first in their commercial constellation available for public tasking, offering sub-0.5 metre resolution in any weather and at any time of day. After delivering Sequoia, the Photon upper stage operated autonomously as a free-flying satellite - the first time Photon served in this role, which Rocket Lab designated 'First Light.'

Return-to-flight for Electron after the second-stage failure on 4 July 2020.

launched fromLC-1AMahia

aboardElectronintoLEO

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Capella-2 (Sequoia)

    Earth observation

  • 02

    Photon (First Light)

    Flight test