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- Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Fifth Radar Imaging Satellite for Synspective The Launch Pad · 3 Aug 2024 Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Fifth Radar Imaging Satellite for Synspective
- Rocket Lab launches fifth Synspective satellite SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2024 Rocket Lab launched the fifth radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective Aug. 2, continuing work with its largest commercial customer.
- Rocket Lab launches 5th mission for Japanese Earth observation company, Synspective Spaceflight Now · 2 Aug 2024 The Electron rocket carried a StriX satellite to low Earth orbit as part of Synspective’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation. Liftoff happened on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 4:39 a.m. NZT (Friday, Aug. 2, at...
- Launch Roundup: Atlas V, Electron, CZ-3B/E, and Falcon 9 missions flying this week NASASpaceflight · 30 Jul 2024 As July turns into August, launch activity will pick up after Falcon 9’s return to flight. Besides the Falcon 9, ULA’s Atlas V and Rocket Lab’s Electron were also being prepared to fly missions to orbit. The USSF-51 flig...
- Rocket Lab launches first Kinéis satellites on 50th Electron SpaceNews · 21 Jun 2024 Rocket Lab successfully launched the first set of satellites for a French startup June 20 on the 50th flight of its Electron rocket.
- Rocket Lab successfully launches its 50th Electron rocket Spaceflight Now · 20 Jun 2024 Rocket Lab's Electron rocket made history by reaching its 50th launch faster than any other commercially developed orbital launch vehicle. Liftoff from New Zealand took place at 6:13 a.m. NZST on Friday, June 21 (2:13 p....
- Synspective Signs Contract with Rocket Lab for 10 Electron Launches The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 Synspective Signs Contract with Rocket Lab for 10 Electron Launches
- Synspective orders 10 Rocket Lab Electron launches SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Japanese radar imaging company Synspective has signed a contract for 10 Electron launches from Rocket Lab, the largest contract in the history of the launch provider.
- Rocket Lab wins government support to expand solar cell production SpaceNews · 11 Jun 2024 Rocket Lab has lined up nearly $50 million in federal and state funding that will help the company expand a New Mexico factory where its produces space-grade solar cells.
- Webb finds surprising ingredients around young star ESA · 6 Jun 2024 An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/Webb James Webb Space Telescope to study the disc around a young and very low-mass star. The results reveal the richest hydrocarbon chemistry seen to date in a...
- Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the second of a pair of NASA cubesats designed to monitor infrared emissions at the Earth’s poles.
- Rocket Lab launches first of back-to-back missions for NASA Teslarati · 28 May 2024 Rocket Lab launched the Ready, Aim, PREFIRE mission for NASA over the weekend from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in...
- Electron launches first NASA PREFIRE Earth science cubesat SpaceNews · 25 May 2024 Rocket Lab launched the first of two NASA Earth science cubesats on an Electron rocket May 25, exactly seven years after the company’s first launch.
- Rocket Lab pushes back Neutron debut to 2025 SpaceNews · 7 May 2024 As Rocket Lab prepares to begin tests of the first Archimedes engine for its Neutron launch vehicle, the company says that the rocket won’t be ready for its first flight before the middle of 2025.
- Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project SpaceNews · 7 May 2024 The company revealed payload and ground systems subcontractors for its Space Development Agency satellite contract
- Rocket Lab prepares for back-to-back launches for NASA Teslarati · 1 May 2024 Rocket Lab is preparing for back-to-back missions for NASA, which will see them launch twice within three weeks from Launch Complex 1...
- Rocket Lab successfully launches the ‘Beginning of the Swarm’ mission Teslarati · 24 Apr 2024 Rocket Lab successfully launched the “Beginning of the Swarm” mission, its 47th overall yesterday. Electron took the skies at 10:32 am NZT...
- Electron launches South Korean imaging satellite and NASA solar sail SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 Rocket Lab launched a South Korean smallsat and a NASA solar sail experiment on the company’s fifth flight of the year April 23.
- New solar sail technology launches on Rocket Lab flight NASASpaceflight · 23 Apr 2024 A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
- Rocket Lab, True Anomaly selected for Space Force ‘tactically responsive’ mission SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2024 Victus Haze is a space mission intended to test and refine the military's capabilities for rapidly deploying satellites
- Rocket Lab prepares for next launch, moves closer to Electron reusability Teslarati · 10 Apr 2024 Rocket Lab is readying for its next launch no earlier than April 24th from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in...
- Rocket Lab wins $14.4 million contract to launch Space Test Program experiment SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2024 The payload is a NASA-funded plate-shaped satellite designed by Aerospace Corp. as a possible alternative to the cubesat
- Rocket Lab successfully launches the Live and Let Fly mission Teslarati · 26 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab successfully launched the Live and Let Fly mission last Thursday. Launching at 3:25 am ET, Electron successfully launched the Live...
- Electron launches NRO mission from Wallops SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab launched a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Virginia March 21, the company’s second launch in as many weeks.
- Rocket Lab to launch classified payload for the NRO Teslarati · 18 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab is gearing up for its next mission, Live & Let Fly, no earlier than Thursday, March 21st. The mission will...
- Electron and National Reconnaissance Office Ready for Flight Space Scout · 17 Mar 2024 US-New Zealand based company Rocket Lab is preparing for their next mission to fly out of Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia: a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office at 2:40 AM on March 21, 2024. The...
- Rocket Lab launches Synspective radar imaging satellite The National · 12 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective March 12, the latest in a series of launches for that company.
- Rocket Lab prepares for the ‘Owl Night Long’ mission Teslarati · 12 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than Wednesday, March 13th to launch Synspectives’ Strix-3 satellite to a Sun-synchronous orbit from Pad...
- Rocket Lab pushing for first Neutron launch in 2024 SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Rocket Lab says it could launch its first Neutron rocket before the end of the year as it outlines a long-term vision for the company that involves its own satellite constellation.
- Rocket Lab says contract backlog tops $1 billion, outlines Neutron progress toward first launch CNBC · 27 Feb 2024 Rocket Lab is making steady progress on the development of its Neutron vehicle, as the company reported fourth-quarter results that saw its contract backlog soar above $1 billion.
- Electron launches Astroscale inspection satellite SpaceNews · 18 Feb 2024 A Rocket Lab Electron launched an Astroscale spacecraft that will rendezvous with and inspect a spent upper stage in low Earth orbit as a precursor to removing it.
- Electron launches NorthStar satellites in latest recovery test SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2024 Rocket Lab launched the first four satellites for space situational awareness (SSA) company NorthStar Earth and Space Jan. 31 in another test for the company’s efforts to recover and eventually reuse Electron boosters.
- Rocket Lab set to kickoff 2024 with “Four of a Kind” satellite mission NASASpaceflight · 31 Jan 2024 Rocket Lab is preparing for its first launch of 2024, with its Electron launch vehicle poised to launch four Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. Name...
- Space Development Agency confirms Rocket Lab will produce 18 satellites for U.S. military network SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2024 The Space Development Agency confirmed on Jan. 8 that it awarded Rocket Lab a $515 million contract to build and operate 18 spacecraft that will be part of a low Earth orbit network of military satellites.
- Rocket Lab wins $515 million contract to build 18 satellites for U.S. government agency SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2023 Space launch provider and satellite manufacturer Rocket Lab has secured a deal worth over half a billion dollars to build 18 satellites for a U.S. government agency.
- Electron returns to flight with successful launch of Japanese radar imaging satellite SpaceNews · 15 Dec 2023 Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite on the first flight of its Electron rocket since a failure nearly three months ago.
- Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab returns to flight; SpaceX launches more Starlink NASASpaceflight · 13 Dec 2023 SpaceX had a lighter week of launches, with Rocket Lab, Russia, and China also launching rockets. Following several delays, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 6-34 mission.
- NorthStar raises $15 million for debris-tracking satellites waiting on Rocket Lab SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2023 WASHINGTON — NorthStar Earth and Space has raised another $15 million to support its first four satellites for tracking objects in orbit, the Canadian company said Dec. 6 as it waits on Rocket Lab to get back to flight s...
- Rocket Lab prepares for return to flight with The Moon God Awakens mission Teslarati · 27 Nov 2023 Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than December 13th for the launch of the mission, The Moon God Awakens from the...
- Rocket Lab Eyes their Return to Flight Space Scout · 17 Nov 2023 Rocket Lab's Electron rocket is once again looking towards the skies, poised to return to flight no earlier than November 28th following a mission failure and loss of payload on September 19th.