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Iaroslav Iakubivskyi from MIT is working on Venus mission concepts, including a small entry probe scheduled to launch next year by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab is advocating for a wider competition for Mars Sample Return instead of NASA's two proposed options.
Rocket Lab proposed a vertically integrated end-to-end system to pick up Mars samples and return them for less than $4 billion.
Rocket Lab expressed frustration over the lack of feedback from NASA regarding its proposal.
Rocket Lab plans to launch its missions on a Neutron rocket currently under development.
Rocket Lab's architecture involves using its spacecraft and launch vehicles to retrieve and return Mars samples.
Other U.S. entities performed 20 orbital launches in 2024, including 13 Electron launches from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
China ranked second in worldwide launches in 2024 behind the United States, with the U.S. conducting over 150 launches including Rocket Lab launches from New Zealand.
A Rocket Lab Electron launched a radar imaging satellite for Synspective on 2024-12-21.
Synspective signed a contract with Rocket Lab in June for 10 additional Electron launches from 2025 through 2027.
Rocket Lab’s 16 launches in the year included 14 orbital Electron launches and two suborbital HASTE launches conducted on 2024-11-24 and 2024-12-13 from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab first launched a mission for Synspective in December 2020.
The Owl The Way Up mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on 2024-12-21.
The two Pioneer spacecraft delivered and completed are part of a four-vehicle contract between Rocket Lab and Varda Space Industries.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) delivered its second Pioneer spacecraft to Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2024-12-17.
Rocket Lab’s first Pioneer spacecraft developed for Varda launched in 2023 and spent eight months on orbit.
Rocket Lab designed, built, and tested the Pioneer spacecraft for Varda at its Spacecraft Production Complex in Long Beach, California.
Rocket Lab first launched a mission for Synspective in December 2020.
Rocket Lab launched 14 missions in 2024, exceeding the company’s previous annual record of 10 missions set in 2023.
The Owl The Way Up mission is a Rocket Lab Electron launch scheduled from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand with a launch window that opens on 2024-12-18 NZDT (2024-12-17 UTC).