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Rocket Lab planned approximately 14 Electron launches in 2023 after conducting nine Electron launches in 2022.
Rocket Lab planned in December 2019 to conduct the first LC-2 launch by mid-2020.
Electron has delivered 152 satellites to orbit across 32 missions launched from Rocket Lab’s private Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform and is developing the Neutron launch vehicle.
Rocket Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and a private commercial mission to Venus.
Rocket Lab acquired Planetary Systems Corporation, a Maryland-based space hardware company, in December 2021.
Rocket Lab plans for its larger Neutron launch vehicle to be built, tested, launched, and landed at Wallops Flight Facility.
HawkEye 360 contracted three dedicated Rocket Lab USA flights, and the Cluster 6 launch was the first of those three missions.
The Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch Complex 2 was the first of three dedicated Rocket Lab USA Inc. flights contracted by HawkEye 360.
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 6 next-generation satellites deployed to orbit aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab’s previous 32 Electron launches took place from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab broke ground on Launch Complex 2 in October 2018 and declared the site complete in December 2019.
Rocket Lab launched its 33rd Electron rocket on the "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on 2023-01-24 at 18:00 EST.
Combined with Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, Rocket Lab’s launch sites can support more than 130 launch opportunities per year.
Rocket Lab performed the first Electron launch from Virginia on 2023-01-24, placing three HawkEye 360 satellites into orbit.
HawkEye 360 deployed its Cluster 6 next-generation satellites to orbit aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab will supply HawkEye 360 with separation systems produced by Planetary Systems Corporation.
Rocket Lab projected that four to six Electron launches in 2023 would take place from Wallops, including two spring launches to deploy NASA’s four TROPICS cubesats under a NASA task order announced in November.
Rocket Lab would need to develop a heavier Neutron variant to cover all NSSL payload requirements, which the company estimates would require roughly $1,000,000,000 in investment.
Rocket Lab is developing the medium-lift reusable rocket Neutron on an aggressive schedule for a 2024 debut.