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- Rocket Lab announces SPAC merger and new 8-ton reusable launch vehicle Space Scout · 1 Mar 2021 MAR. 1, 2021--Rocket Lab announces a SPAC merger valued at $4.1 billion, and a new, reusable launch vehicle capable of lifting 8 tons.
- Rocket Lab Reaches Deal to Merge With Vector SPAC The Wall Street Journal · 1 Mar 2021 Space-transportation startup Rocket Lab USA Inc. reached a deal to go public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, as a wave of such deals rolls on.
- Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC merger and develop medium-lift rocket SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2021 Rocket Lab, a developer of launch vehicles and smallsats, will merge with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to support development of larger launch vehicle, part of the latest wave of deals to take space compa...
- Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2021 Astra has won a NASA contract to launch a small constellation of Earth science cubesats, while General Atomics selected Rocket Lab for the launch of a small satellite with a NOAA hosted payload.
- U.S. Army satellite to bring imagery directly to troops on the ground SpaceNews · 15 Feb 2021 The experimental spacecraft named Gunsmoke-J is one of seven satellites that will lift off from New Zealand in mid-March in Rocket Lab’s 19th Electron launch.
- Electron launch demonstrated enhanced kick stage SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2021 Rocket Lab stretched the performance of the kick stage of its Electron rocket on its most recent launch, the first in a series of milestones the company has set out for this year.
- Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit lead a new class of small rockets with big ambitions for 2021 Teslarati · 21 Jan 2021 SpaceX’s reign as the only privately funded American spaceflight company to reach and successfully deploy small satellite payloads into orbit ended on...
- Rocket Lab launches secretive communications satellite for OHB SpaceNews · 20 Jan 2021 ocket Lab successfully launched a communications satellite for German company OHB Group Jan. 20 in the first Electron mission of the year.
- Rocket Lab launches communications satellite for OHB Spaceflight Now · 20 Jan 2021 A mysterious small satellite built by the German company OHB, purported to be a pathfinder for a Chinese-owned communications constellation, took off from New Zealand Wednesday and soared into orbit on top of a Rocket La...
- Another One Leaves The Crust begins busy year for Rocket Lab NASASpaceflight · 20 Jan 2021 Rocket Lab started its busiest year with the dedicated launch of a micro-satellite aboard their Electron rocket for OHB Group on Wednesday.
- Rocket Lab set to launch super-secret satellite for German company Spaceflight Now · 15 Jan 2021 A small communications satellite built by the German company OHB — a payload so secret that no one has officially disclosed its name or end user — is set to ride a Rocket Lab Electron launcher into orbit Saturday from Ne...
- Smallsat launch providers readying for first missions of 2021 Spaceflight Now · 10 Jan 2021 Virgin Orbit and Rocket Lab teams are gearing up for missions as soon as next week, with Virgin’s air-launched rocket set for its second demonstration flight and Rocket Lab’s Electron booster poised to launch a small Ger...
- Last year reusable rockets entered the mainstream, and there’s no going back Ars Technica · 6 Jan 2021 "If Rocket Lab ever builds a new vehicle, it will fundamentally be reusable."
- Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab schedule first launches of 2021 SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2021 Virgin Orbit has rescheduled its second orbital launch attempt for Jan. 10 as another small launch vehicle company, Rocket Lab, announces plans for its first launch of 2021.
- Rocket Lab closes out year with launch of Synspective’s first radar satellite Spaceflight Now · 15 Dec 2020 Rocket Lab’s seventh and final launch of the year delivered a small radar observation satellite into orbit for Synspective, a Japanese startup planning a fleet of 30 or more Earth-imaging spacecraft providing day-and-nig...
- Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar imaging satellite SpaceNews · 15 Dec 2020 Rocket Lab successfully launched the first satellite for a Japanese radar imaging startup, concluding a roller-coaster year for the small launch vehicle company.
- The Owl’s Night Begins: Japan’s StriX-α satellite launches with Rocket Lab NASASpaceflight · 15 Dec 2020 Rocket Lab has launched the 17th flight of their small satellite launcher vehicle, Electron, on a mission named “The Owl’s Night Begins” after the only payload onboard: StriX-α.
- Rocket Lab says recovered booster in “good condition,” some parts will re-fly Ars Technica · 1 Dec 2020 "Our team has already started working on upgrades for future recovery missions."
- Rocket Lab declares success in Electron rocket recovery SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2020 Rocket Lab says its attempt to recover the first stage from its latest Electron launch was a “complete success,” but that the company still has work to do before it’s ready to attempt to reuse the stage.
- Rocket Lab recovers booster after launch with 30 small satellites Spaceflight Now · 20 Nov 2020 Rocket Lab says the first stage of its Electron launcher splashed down under parachute in the Pacific Ocean off New Zealand after firing into space with 30 small satellites Thursday, becoming only the second private comp...
- Boeing subsidiary ready to launch satellite deorbiting experiment Spaceflight Now · 19 Nov 2020 Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, built two small satellites awaiting launch Thursday night on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket on a mission to test the effectiveness of a drag-inducing device that could help re...
- Rocket Lab, raising money for children’s hospital, will attempt first stage recovery NASASpaceflight · 19 Nov 2020 Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its sixth mission of 2020 — a launch which the company calls its “most diverse mission yet,” with 30 satellites onboard and a launch broadcast that will raise money for the Paediatric In...
- Rocket Lab launches Electron in test of booster recovery SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2020 Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket Nov. 19, placing nearly 30 smallsats in orbit while making its first attempt to recover the rocket’s first stage.
- First Rocket Lab U.S. launch delayed to 2021 SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2020 The first launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from a site in the United States won’t take place until 2021 because of problems with the flight termination system NASA requires the rocket to use.
- Rocket Lab’s first step towards SpaceX-style rocket reuse set for next Electron launch Teslarati · 6 Nov 2020
- Rocket Lab to attempt Electron stage recovery on next launch SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2020 Rocket Lab will try to recover the first stage of its Electron rocket on its next launch as the company continues its efforts to reuse that stage.
- Rocket Lab is about to attempt a first-stage recovery Ars Technica · 5 Nov 2020 “Parachutes are not trivial things to get right.”
- Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on next mission Spaceflight Now · 4 Nov 2020 On its next mission set for liftoff later this month, Rocket Lab will try to recover the first stage of its Electron small satellite launcher after parachuting into the Pacific Ocean downrange from the company’s privatel...
- Rocket Lab launches 10 imaging smallsats SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab successfully launches satellites for Planet and Canon Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab launches “In Focus” mission for Planet, Canon imaging satellites NASASpaceflight · 28 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab calls off launch attempt in New Zealand Spaceflight Now · 21 Oct 2020
- Ten satellites set to ride into orbit with Rocket Lab Spaceflight Now · 21 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab launches first Photon satellite SpaceNews · 4 Sep 2020
- Rocket Lab Debuts Photon Satellite NASASpaceflight · 3 Sep 2020
- Rocket Lab returns to flight with Capella Space launch SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2020
- Rocket Lab returns to service with successful launch for Capella Spaceflight Now · 31 Aug 2020
- Rocket Lab preparing for Return To Flight with Electron’s 14th mission NASASpaceflight · 31 Aug 2020
- Amid shuffling schedules, Capella to fly its first commercial satellite with Rocket Lab Spaceflight Now · 30 Aug 2020
- SpaceX, Rocket Lab, ULA all have rocket launches planned this weekend Teslarati · 29 Aug 2020