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For the first 45 days of the mission, the UC Berkeley team will work with Rocket Lab to commission the two spacecraft.
After the commissioning phase, UC Berkeley will operate ESCAPADE with continued support from Rocket Lab until Mars orbital insertion.
The Escapade mission has a budget of 69 million euros and consists of two twin spacecraft built by Rocket Lab.
Peter Beck is the CEO and founder of Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab plans to transport Neutron to the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during the first quarter of 2026.
Rocket Lab will not declare success simply by having Neutron leave the launch pad.
Rocket Lab designed and manufactured the ESCAPADE probe to study the effects of solar wind on Mars' atmospheric loss.
Rocket Lab plans to carry customer payloads on subsequent launches after the first demonstration flight of Neutron.
Rocket Lab has postponed the launch of its Neutron rocket to 2026.
Rocket Lab's goal is to achieve orbital insertion on the initial flight of Neutron.
The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with partners including Rocket Lab and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Peter Beck indicated that all new space companies, excluding Rocket Lab and SpaceX, have failed to build reliable orbital rockets with high frequency.
Rocket Lab expects to end 2025 with more than 20 total launches.
Rocket Lab launched four times in the third quarter of 2025.
Key partners in the ESCAPADE mission include Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin.
Rocket Lab's stock price increased approximately 105% since the beginning of 2025.
Rocket Lab outperformed analyst expectations in Q3 2025 and raised its projections for the rest of the year.
Rocket Lab released its financial results for the third quarter of 2025.
Rocket Lab was aiming for a first Neutron launch in the second half of 2025.
Rocket Lab is targeting to reach orbit with the first launch of the Neutron rocket.