Function | Smallsat launcher |
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Manufacturer | Vector Launch |
Country of origin | United States |
Cost per launch | 3.5-4.5 Million USD |
Size | |
Height | 19.5 m (64 ft) |
Diameter | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Mass | 11,910 kg (26,260 lb) |
Stages | 2/3 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO | |
Mass | 290 kg (640 lb) |
Payload to SSO | |
Mass | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Vector (rocket family) |
Comparable | Electron, Falcon 1, Firefly Alpha, Prime, Miura 5 |
Launch history | |
Status | Canceled |
Launch sites | Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (planned) Spaceport Camden (planned) Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 46 (planned) |
First stage | |
Diameter | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Powered by | 6 x LP-1 |
Maximum thrust | 39,336 lbf (174,980 N) |
Propellant | Propylene / LOX |
Second stage | |
Diameter | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Powered by | 1 X LP-3 |
Maximum thrust | 1,135 lbf (5,050 N) |
Propellant | Propylene / LOX |
Third stage | |
Diameter | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Propellant | Solid fuel |
Vector-H (Vector Heavy)[1] was a planned two-stage or three-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle in development by the American aerospace company Vector Launch to cover the commercial small satellite launch segment (CubeSats). It was planned to be an expanded version of the Vector-R rocket, more than doubling the payload capacity. After Vector Launch ceased operations in December 2019, the future development of the rocket is unofficially canceled.
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