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Rocket Lab

US
commercialFounded 2006
www.rocketlabusa.com
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Rocket Lab operates three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site in New Zealand and a second launch site in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilitySep 15, 2022Rocket Lab successfully launches their 30th Electron rocket + 150th satellite to space

The 2022-09-15 launch was Rocket Lab’s seventh Electron launch in 2022 and maintained a 100% mission success rate for 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanSep 15, 2022Rocket Lab successfully launches their 30th Electron rocket + 150th satellite to space

Rocket Lab launched CAPSTONE in June 2022 on its Electron rocket and injected the spacecraft into a ballistic lunar transfer trajectory using a Lunar Photon kick stage.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanSep 11, 2022CAPSTONE enters safe mode during trajectory correction maneuver

Rocket Lab USA signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Transportation Command to explore using the company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo globally.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022Rocket Lab Signs Agreement with USTRANSCOM to use Rockets to Deliver Cargo

Rocket Lab USA will explore using its Photon spacecraft to establish on-orbit cargo depots and provide re-entry capability.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanSep 9, 2022Rocket Lab Signs Agreement with USTRANSCOM to use Rockets to Deliver Cargo

Apple will fund 95% of the costs of a new generation of satellites that Globalstar ordered in February from MDA Ltd. and Rocket Lab.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2022Apple to be largest user of Globalstar’s satellite network for iPhone messaging

Rocket Lab will explore using Photon spacecraft to establish on-orbit cargo depots and re-entry delivery capabilities under the CRADA with USTRANSCOM.

Mentioned as: rocket labOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

Rocket Lab conducted the first Electron lift-off in 2017 and has launched 29 Electron missions deploying 149 spacecraft to orbit for civil, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilitySep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Transportation Command to explore using the company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo globally.

Mentioned as: rocket lab usaOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

Rocket Lab operates three Electron launch pads, including two at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and a third at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilitySep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

Photon is Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and built small spacecraft platform based on the heritage Electron Kick Stage.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilitySep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

A lunar-capable version of Photon was used by Rocket Lab to complete the CAPSTONE Moon mission for NASA in 2022 by sending a CubeSat on a ballistic lunar transfer.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2022Set to explore neutron + electron rockets — Rocket Lab signs an agreement with USTRANSCOM for global cargo delivery

Rocket Lab signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2022-09-07 to explore using the company’s space launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipSep 6, 2022Rocket Lab signs on to U.S. military’s ‘rocket cargo’ program

The Rutherford engine was previously launched to space and returned to Earth during Rocket Lab’s recovery mission 'There And Back Again' launched on 2022-05-02.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilitySep 2, 2022Rocket Lab successfully completes the first test fire of a reused Rutherford engine

StriX-α was launched in December 2021 by Rocket Lab.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2022Synspective’s StriX-1 smallsat schedule for a Rocket Lab Electron launch

The single StriX-1 satellite manifested on this Electron launch will bring Rocket Lab’s tally of satellites delivered to orbit to 150.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2022The ‘Owl Spreads Its Wings’ launch from Rocket Lab for Synspective upcoming in mid-September

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.’s upcoming 30th Electron launch will deliver the company’s 150th payload to space.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanAug 22, 2022The ‘Owl Spreads Its Wings’ launch from Rocket Lab for Synspective upcoming in mid-September

StriX-β was launched in March 2022 by Rocket Lab.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanAug 22, 2022Synspective’s StriX-1 smallsat schedule for a Rocket Lab Electron launch

HawkEye 360's sixth satellite cluster is slated to launch on Rocket Lab's inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than December 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanAug 22, 2022HawkEye 360's Fourth and Fifth Satellite Clusters Become Operational

Rocket Lab’s Electron launched five times in the first seven months of 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanAug 19, 2022Big plans for mini-launchers
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