News Archive / Tagged: Launch Complex 1

• 6th Electron rocket launched from New Zealand

  Derek RichardsonMay 5th, 2019

  “That’s a Funny Looking Cactus.” In fact, it’s no cactus at all, rather an Electron rocket sending payloads into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.

• Rocket Lab adds spacecraft building program

  Jim SharkeyApril 13th, 2019

  Rocket Lab unveiled its in-house developed and built Photon satellite platform at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

• Rocket Lab Electron orbits DARPA’s R3D2 prototype antenna

  Rae Botsford EndMarch 28th, 2019

  Although a few weeks after initially scheduled, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle successfully orbited a prototype satellite for DARPA.

• Finally ‘business time’ for Rocket Lab with 7 payloads launched

  Rae Botsford EndNovember 11th, 2018

  Rocket Lab sent its third Electron rocket into orbit on the company's first fully-commercial mission, called "It's Business Time."

• Not quite business time: Rocket Lab delays next Electron launch

  Joe LatrellApril 18th, 2018

  Unusual behavior in a motor controller has prompted the delay of the next flight of Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher. During the wet dress rehearsal for the mission dubbed "It’s Business Time," the pad operations team found the anomaly.

• ‘It’s Business Time’: Rocket Lab sets April 20 for next Electron launch

  Heather SmithApril 7th, 2018

  Rocket Lab announced a launch date for the first fully-commercial flight of its Electron rocket. The mission named "It's Business Time" is expected to host payloads for Spire Global and GeoOptics that are built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, according to a news release from the launch service provider.

• Rocket Lab delays 2nd Electron test flight until 2018

  Rae Botsford EndDecember 20th, 2017

  After four scrubs, the second test flight of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket has been postponed until early 2018. In the initial release about the launch window, Rocket Lab CEO and CTO Peter Beck said the company was expecting to scrub multiple times as it waits for the perfect conditions and ensures everything on the vehicle performs as designed. That patience was and continues to be needed.

• Independent contractor to blame for Electron rocket failure

  Bart LeahyAugust 9th, 2017

  An internal review of Rocket Lab's May 25, 2017, test flight of an Electron rocket from its Mahia, New Zealand, launch site determined the vehicle was terminated due to an issue with an independent contractor’s ground equipment. A statement issued by the company's investigation board announced the incident's root causes and corrective actions.