News Archive / Tagged: Rocket Lab

• NASA’s CAPSTONE lunar mission to fly later this year

  Theresa CrossMay 13th, 2021

  Later this year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat to test a special orbit around the Moon to verify its characteristics in advance of sending the Lunar Gateway there as early as 2024.

• Rocket Lab to build a medium-class rocket called Neutron

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 1st, 2021

  Rocket Lab announced in a company-produced video that it will be building a new rocket called Neutron, which is expected to be capable of carrying eight metric tons of payload.

• Rocket Lab’s Electron launches seven small satellites from New Zealand

  Laurel KornfeldJune 29th, 2019

  Rocket Lab, a private American company that manufactures and launches small satellites, put seven satellites via its Electron vehicle during a launch from New Zealand.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019

  This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.

• 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.

• Rocket Lab aiming to launch mission for DARPA

  Jason RhianJanuary 30th, 2019

  One of the first flights on Rocket Lab's 2019 launch manifest is a satellite for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

• Rocket Lab fields an array of NASA CubeSats on its latest success

  Joe LatrellDecember 16th, 2018

  Rocket Lab successfully launched another Electron rocket from its private launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand. The rocket vaulted from the pad at 06:33 UTC (19:33 NZDT) carrying 10 CubeSats for NASA as part of the agency's ELaNa 19 mission.

• 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."

• Rocket Lab announces new launch site at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

  Jason RhianOctober 18th, 2018

  California-based Rocket Lab has announced a new site from which it plans to fly its Electron rocket from - one based in the United States.

• Rocket Lab’s manifest grows as it preps for its 1st fully-commercial flight

  Rae Botsford EndOctober 12th, 2018

  In spite of a few setbacks with its Electron launcher earlier this year, Rocket Lab has a lavish lineup planned for the rocket.

• Rocket Lab’s Electron getting US-based launch site

  Heather SmithJuly 24th, 2018

  Rocket Lab recently announced plans to build a launch complex in the United States for its small Electron rocket. The site, to be announced in August 2018, is expected to complement its current facility in New Zealand.

• Business Time Postponed: Rocket Lab planning for new launch window

  Rae Botsford EndJune 28th, 2018

  Due to a motor controller issue discovered during pre-launch checks on June 27 (NZST), Rocket Lab is standing down from this launch window for 'It’s Business Time,' the company’s first fully commercial mission.

• 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.