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Rocket Lab

US
commercialFounded 2006
www.rocketlabusa.com
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HawkEye 360 will use dedicated Rocket Lab Electron launches to target specific orbits needed to fill out its constellation and provide desired revisit times.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanJul 26, 2022HawkEye 360 opens satellite manufacturing facility in Virginia

The first satellites built in Herndon are expected to launch late 2022 on the first Rocket Lab Electron mission from Wallops Island, Virginia as part of a five-launch block buy HawkEye 360 arranged in April.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanJul 26, 2022HawkEye 360 opens satellite manufacturing facility in Virginia

Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon deployed NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft to the Moon on 2022-06-28 and includes MAX Flight Software among its onboard systems.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab operates three launch pads at two launch sites, including two pads at a private orbital launch site in New Zealand and a second launch site in Virginia, USA.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. operates MAX Flight Software on 53 spacecraft for a cumulative 161 years in space as of Q2.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab is expanding into a new 40,000-square-foot space system complex in Littleton, Colorado near its existing 15,000-square-foot location on Shaffer Parkway.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GrowthJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Advanced Solutions Inc (ASI) developed the MAX Flight Software and was acquired by Rocket Lab in October 2021.

Mentioned as: rocket labOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and the first private commercial mission to Venus.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle conducted its first orbital launch in January 2018 and has delivered 148 satellites to orbit.

Mentioned as: rocket labNarrative GeneralJul 14, 2022MAX Flight Software from Rocket Lab surpasses the 50th mission milestone

Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission

Rocket Lab is developing the Neutron launch vehicle with an 8-ton payload class.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission

Advanced Solutions Inc. (ASI) is a Colorado-based aerospace engineering firm acquired by Rocket Lab in October 2021.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) launched NROL-162 from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 06:30 UTC on 2022-07-13.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanJul 13, 2022UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO

Rocket Lab supported the Mandrake-2 mission through its team at Advanced Solutions Inc. (ASI).

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission

NROL-162 and NROL-199 are the third and fourth RASR missions contracted to Rocket Lab by the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: rocket labOrg RelationshipJul 13, 2022UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO

NROL-199 (Antipodean Adventure) is scheduled to launch from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on 2022-07-22.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative PlanJul 13, 2022UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO

Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 includes multiple launch pads, a dedicated range, and mission control centres to support responsive space capability.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative CapabilityJul 13, 2022UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO

NROL-162 and NROL-199 are missions awarded to Rocket Lab under the NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJul 13, 2022UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO

Since January 2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission
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