News Archive / Tagged: Rocket Lab
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019
Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.
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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.
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Rocket Lab adds spacecraft building program
Jim SharkeyApril 13th, 2019Rocket Lab unveiled its in-house developed and built Photon satellite platform at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Rocket Lab Electron orbits DARPA’s R3D2 prototype antenna
Rae Botsford EndMarch 28th, 2019Although a few weeks after initially scheduled, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle successfully orbited a prototype satellite for DARPA.
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Rocket Lab aiming to launch mission for DARPA
Jason RhianJanuary 30th, 2019One of the first flights on Rocket Lab's 2019 launch manifest is a satellite for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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Rocket Lab fields an array of NASA CubeSats on its latest success
Joe LatrellDecember 16th, 2018Rocket 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.
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Finally ‘business time’ for Rocket Lab with 7 payloads launched
Rae Botsford EndNovember 11th, 2018Rocket Lab sent its third Electron rocket into orbit on the company's first fully-commercial mission, called "It's Business Time."
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Rocket Lab announces new launch site at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Jason RhianOctober 18th, 2018California-based Rocket Lab has announced a new site from which it plans to fly its Electron rocket from - one based in the United States.
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Rocket Lab’s manifest grows as it preps for its 1st fully-commercial flight
Rae Botsford EndOctober 12th, 2018In spite of a few setbacks with its Electron launcher earlier this year, Rocket Lab has a lavish lineup planned for the rocket.
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Rocket Lab’s Electron getting US-based launch site
Heather SmithJuly 24th, 2018Rocket 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.
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Business Time Postponed: Rocket Lab planning for new launch window
Rae Botsford EndJune 28th, 2018Due 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.
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NASA awards Venture Class contracts to Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit
Lloyd CampbellMay 12th, 2018NASA has awarded launch contracts to two launch providers, Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit, whose rockets carry smaller payloads than the traditional workhorse rockets used to orbit uncrewed spacecraft and satellites.
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Not quite business time: Rocket Lab delays next Electron launch
Joe LatrellApril 18th, 2018Unusual 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.
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‘It’s Business Time’: Rocket Lab sets April 20 for next Electron launch
Heather SmithApril 7th, 2018Rocket 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.
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Electron soars to orbit on Rocket Lab’s “Still Testing” flight
Rae Botsford EndJanuary 21st, 2018On Sunday, January 21, at 2:43 p.m. NZDT (01:43 GMT), Rocket Lab successfully completed the second test flight of the company's Electron rocket from their own Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand.
