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Rocket Lab won two contracts in 2022 worth $14,000,000 to provide separation systems for Space Development Agency satellites.
Rocket Lab launched its first Photon satellite in 2020.
Rocket Lab secured a contract valued at $515,000,000 to design, manufacture, deliver, and operate 18 space vehicles for a U.S. government agency.
Rocket Lab National Security is the Rocket Lab subsidiary named in an SEC filing dated 2023-12-21 as the party that will design, manufacture, deliver, and operate 18 space vehicles.
The Rocket Lab contract specifies operation of the satellites through 2030 with an option to operate the satellites through 2033.
The $515,000,000 Rocket Lab contract includes a base amount of $489,000,000 and incentives and options worth $26,000,000.
Rocket Lab is developing a larger rocket called Neutron that is expected to debut in 2025.
Work under Rocket Lab’s agreement will begin immediately with delivery of the space vehicles for launch slated for 2027.
SpaceX conducted more than nine times as many launches in 2023 as Rocket Lab, which completed its tenth Electron launch of 2023.
The mission, named The Moon God Awakens, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 17:05 NZDT / 04:05 UTC on 2023-12-15.
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 42nd Electron rocket and deployed a satellite for the Japan-based Earth imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS).
The 2023-12-14 launch was Rocket Lab’s first Electron flight since a 2023-09-19 failure during a launch for Capella Space.
iQPS signed a contract with Rocket Lab in August to launch QPS-SAR-5 after Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. launched its 42nd Electron rocket on 2023-12-15.
Rocket Lab did not announce the schedule for its next Electron launch following the 2023-12-14 mission.
The 2023-12-14 mission was the tenth Electron flight for Rocket Lab 2023, including one launch of a suborbital Electron variant called HASTE.
The QPS-SAR-5 launch was delayed by Rocket Lab’s earlier Electron upper-stage failure.
Rocket Lab expected to perform two Electron launches through the end of the year but postponed the Dec. launch from late November to complete preparations including a wet dress rehearsal test.
Rocket Lab successfully launched the QPS-SAR-5 (Tsukuyomi-1) radar imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS on an Electron rocket.
Rocket Lab exceeded its prior annual record of nine Electron launches by reaching ten launches 2023.