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Rocket Lab

US
commercialFounded 2006
www.rocketlabusa.com
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Rocket Lab USA Inc. launched its 32nd Electron mission to deploy the company's 152nd satellite to orbit.

Mentioned as: rocket lab usaNarrative GeneralNov 4, 2022Rocket Lab launches the Swedish MATS satellite from New Zealand aboard an Electron rocket

Rocket Lab will use a modified Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to catch and secure the Electron first stage by its parachute line.

Mentioned as: rocket labNarrative CapabilityNov 3, 2022Rocket Lab to Attempt Next Mid-Air Helicopter Rocket Catch

The "Catch Me If You Can" launch window opens on 2022-11-04, UTC from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanNov 3, 2022Rocket Lab to Attempt Next Mid-Air Helicopter Rocket Catch

MATS is scheduled to launch at 6:20 p.m. CET on 2022-11-04 from New Zealand on a Rocket Lab launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanNov 3, 2022SSC will support the Swedish smallsat MATS mission scheduled to launch on November 4th

On 2022-11-01, Rocket Lab provided the first notice of the 2022-11-04 launch including both the payload and the recovery plans.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanNov 2, 2022Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on upcoming Electron launch

Modifying the existing A-3 test stand reduces lead time to test and develop Rocket Lab’s Archimedes engine compared with creating a new test complex from scratch.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanOct 20, 2022Relativity Space expands engine test facilities at Stennis

The Mississippi Development Authority offered a capital incentive to Rocket Lab to support modification of the A-3 test stand.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2022Relativity Space expands engine test facilities at Stennis

On 2022-09-21, Rocket Lab signed a 10-year agreement to use the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space Center with an option to extend the agreement for 10 more years.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2022Relativity Space expands engine test facilities at Stennis

Modifying the A-3 test stand will allow Rocket Lab to begin using it in a matter of months rather than the years required to build a new test facility.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanOct 20, 2022Relativity Space expands engine test facilities at Stennis

Rocket Lab will test its Archimedes engines for the Neutron rocket at the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space Center.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanOct 20, 2022Relativity Space expands engine test facilities at Stennis

IMM solar cells are powering General Atomics’ GAzelle spacecraft that Rocket Lab launched on its 31st Electron mission earlier 2022-10.

Mentioned as: rocket labNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2022NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Build Solar Panels for its CADRE Mobile Robot Program

Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Technologies Inc in January 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2022Rocket Lab to Build Solar Panels for NASA’s CADRE Program

Rocket Lab launched General Atomics’ GAzelle spacecraft on its 31st Electron mission earlier 2022-10.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2022Rocket Lab to Build Solar Panels for NASA’s CADRE Program

Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Technologies in January 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2022NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Build Solar Panels for its CADRE Mobile Robot Program

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to supply solar panels for NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers (CADRE) program.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 14, 2022Solar panel construction contract for NASA’s CADRE mobile robot program assigned to Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Technologies Inc. in January 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 14, 2022Solar panel construction contract for NASA’s CADRE mobile robot program assigned to Rocket Lab

Thirty-one Electron missions have launched from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

Planetary Systems Corporation is a Maryland-based space hardware company acquired by Rocket Lab in December 2021.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

Rocket Lab will supply HawkEye 360 with separation systems produced by Planetary Systems Corporation.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

Rocket Lab advertises launch capabilities from New Zealand and Virginia’s Wallops Island and offered a “24/7 rapid call-up launch capability.”

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityOct 10, 2022Launch on demand: If satellites are shot down, will Space Force be ready to restock?
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