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Rocket Lab operates Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Rocket Lab rescheduled the Electron launch of the iQPS GEO payload to late 2023-12-14 from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand due to inclement weather.
Rocket Lab USA is preparing to launch its 42nd Electron mission no earlier than 2023-12-15 between 17:00 and 19:00 NZDT (04:00–06:00 UTC).
Rocket Lab will launch the TSUKUYOMI-I synthetic-aperture radar satellite for Japan-based Earth imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
The QPS-SAR-5 satellite will use Rocket Lab’s Mark II Motorized Lightband (MLB) as its separation system.
Rocket Lab targeted no earlier than 2023-12-15 UTC for the iQPS GEO launch with a two-hour daily window.
Rocket Lab's Venus Life Finder mission will use its Electron rocket to send a spacecraft into Earth orbit before proceeding to Venus, expected to arrive by May 2025.
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck described the Venus Life Finder mission as a lower priority project compared to other initiatives.
The upcoming launch of the private mission Venus Life Finder by Rocket Lab could occur as soon as the end of 2024.
The Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at KAIST intends to collaborate with Rocket Lab for the launch of NeonSat-1 as part of the NEONSAT microsatellite constellation program.
Rocket Lab USA signed a launch services agreement to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on a rideshare mission in the first half of 2024.
Rocket Lab signed a launch services agreement to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on a rideshare mission during the first half of 2024.
NeonSat-1 will use Rocket Lab’s MLB satellite separation system in addition to being launched on Electron.
Capella Space will continue working with Rocket Lab to launch satellites into orbit.
NorthStar was second in line to launch on Rocket Lab’s manifest before the September 2023 Electron failure.
The second Rocket Lab Electron launch failed to reach orbit on 2023-09-19 when the second stage engine shut down immediately after ignition, resulting in the loss of the satellite.
The first Rocket Lab Electron launch under the Acadia campaign took place 2023-08-23, successfully placing the first Acadia satellite into orbit.
Capella Space will continue working with Rocket Lab to launch satellites into orbit but has not disclosed dates for those launches.
Capella Space signed a contract in February 2023 with Rocket Lab for four launches of its new line of Acadia satellites.
NorthStar pivoted to Rocket Lab for a fall launch but faced a delay after Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket failed in September 2023 to deploy an imaging satellite for Capella Space.