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With the two 2024-11-24 launches, Rocket Lab has conducted 14 Electron launches so far 2024.
Rocket Lab will launch four HASTE missions for Leidos in 2024 and 2025.
All four HASTE missions for Leidos will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Lift-off for the “Ice AIS Baby” mission took place from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab launched the first HASTE mission on 17 June 2023 for Leidos under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program.
Rocket Lab was selected by Leidos to provide hypersonic test launch capabilities with HASTE under the MACH-TB project.
Rocket Lab positions HASTE as leveraging the heritage of its low-cost Electron — described in the source as the world’s most frequently launched commercial small launch vehicle — to offer commercial testing capability at a fraction of the cost of current full-scale tests.
The 2024-11-24 launch was performed by HASTE, a vehicle derived from the two-stage orbital-class expendable Electron, from Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2) within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab was selected by Leidos to provide hypersonic test launch capabilities with HASTE under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) project.
Rocket Lab launched the first HASTE mission on 17 June 2023 for Leidos under the MACH-TB program.
Rocket Lab will launch four HASTE missions for Leidos in 2024 and 2025.
All four HASTE missions for Leidos will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab performed 12 Electron launches so far 2024.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with an undisclosed commercial satellite constellation operator for two Neutron launches, one scheduled in mid-2026 and the other in 2027.
Rocket Lab is maintaining a target range of 15 to 18 Electron launches for the year.
Rocket Lab previously projected performing as many as 22 Electron launches 2024 but revised the projection to a range of 15 to 18 launches.
Rocket Lab plans a single Neutron test launch in 2025, three launches in 2026, five launches in 2027, and then scale to seven launches and beyond.
Rocket Lab targeted a launch price of $50,000,000 to $55,000,000 for Neutron.
Rocket Lab expected GAAP gross margin between 26% and 28% for 2024-10-01.
Rocket Lab signed a multi-launch agreement (MLA) with a confidential commercial satellite constellation operator for Neutron that includes two dedicated Neutron missions starting from mid-2026.