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Under an agreement announced 2019-10-22, Rocket Lab will provide Electron and Photon customers access to the KSAT network of ground stations as an additional service.
Rocket Lab scheduled the next step toward Electron first-stage reuse for a launch in a two-week window that opens 2019-11-25.
The U.S. Air Force will be the first customer to launch an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 with the STP-27RM microsatellite mission in the second quarter of 2020.
Rocket Lab launched an Electron mission on 2019-12-06 to test technologies aimed at making the rocket’s first stage reusable.
Rocket Lab used the 2019-12-06 mission to gather data as the first stage passed through the thermal "wall" of heating during reentry rather than attempt stage recovery.
Rocket Lab achieved six successful Electron launches in 2019 and seeks to double its 2020 launch rate.
Rocket Lab is constructing a new headquarters and factory in Long Beach, California that will be able to produce 12 or more Electron rockets per year and will add a second mission control center.
Rocket Lab plans to focus on its satellite program in 2020 and offer a high-performance spacecraft bus called Photon that complements its Electron launch vehicle.
UnseenLabs anticipated launching six more satellites in 2020 after launching its first satellite on a Rocket Lab Electron in August 2019.
The Electron mission manifest scheduled for no earlier than 2020-03-27 will carry cubesats built by Boston University and the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Rocket Lab announced a manifest for an Electron mission scheduled for no earlier than 2020-03-27 from New Zealand.
Rocket Lab was planning to launch an Electron rocket from New Zealand later in March with the launch scheduled no earlier than 2020-03-30.
Rocket Lab’s Photon bus will be used to deliver NASA’s CAPSTONE cubesat to the Moon after launch on an Electron rocket next year under a contract awarded to Rocket Lab by NASA on 2020-02-14.
Rocket Lab announced on 2020-03-24 that it was delaying the next launch of its Electron rocket from New Zealand.
Rocket Lab won the CAPSTONE contract on 2020-02-14 to launch a NASA lunar cubesat mission using an Electron rocket and Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus.
New Zealand’s Level 4 lockdown led Rocket Lab to delay its next Electron launch that had been scheduled for 2020-03-30.
Rocket Lab announced plans in August 2019 to recover and reuse the Electron first stage using a midair parachute capture method.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with Synspective to launch the StriX-α synthetic aperture radar satellite on an Electron rocket from New Zealand in late 2020.
Rocket Lab plans to soon launch the 12th mission of its Electron rocket that was originally scheduled for 2020-03-27.
The 2020-06-11 Electron launch includes the M2 Pathfinder built by the University of New South Wales Canberra.