Space · Rocket Lab · 18-meter standard orbital configuration
How tall is Electron?
Electron is 18 meters tall in Rocket Lab’s standard vehicle reference. Its thin carbon-composite outline stays much smaller than the large launch vehicles beside it.
18 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Full vehicle height including standard payload fairing
- Subject or version
- Rocket Lab · 18-meter standard orbital configuration
- In feet, rounded
- 59.1 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
Rocket Lab lists an 18-meter height and 1.2-meter diameter. The height comes directly from the metric specification; the approximately 59-foot companion value is not converted back into a different metric number.
The full black vehicle and standard fairing remain in the illustration, with no flame or launch support. The displayed markings are interpretive, not a record of an individual mission’s payload artwork. A different fairing or experimental vehicle configuration needs its own record.
Quick facts
Rocket Lab’s Electron uses an 18-meter height from the manufacturer’s vehicle specifications. This is the complete standard orbital rocket, with its fairing and engines included.
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