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Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab: Low Earth: Flight test Maiden flight of Neutron, lifting off from Launch Complex 3 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. [207] 2025 (TBD) [209] Nova: Cape Canaveral LC-14: Stoke Space: Stoke Space: Low Earth: Flight test Maiden flight of Nova. 2025 (TBD) [210] Prime: SaxaVord: Orbex: SSTL experimental payload [211 ...
In June 2020, with a new Electron launch vehicle built every 18 days, Rocket Lab was planning to deliver monthly launches for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, including the company's first launch from Wallops LC-2 in 2023 and a mission to the Moon for NASA aboard Electron and Rocket Lab's spacecraft bus platform Photon in 2022.
Electron is a two-stage launch vehicle that uses Rocket Lab's Rutherford liquid engines on both stages. [103] [104] The vehicle is capable of delivering payloads of 150 kg to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. [105] The projected cost is less than US$5 million per launch. [106] Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket
As Rocket Lab argues, other companies' proposals will probably cost between $5.8 billion and $7.7 billion, and won't be ready to go until at least 2035, maybe as long as 2039.
Rocket Lab has taken off in 2024, surging 409% as it continues to ramp up its launch cadence. Looking ahead to 2025, the company is positioned to grow its margins and profits.
The commercial mission is set to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on October 19, 2024, for a confidential customer. This marks the company’s fastest turnaround, achieving the launch in ...
Rocket Lab: Launch mass: Total: 180 kg (400 lb) ... Start of mission; Launch date: NET Spring 2025 (planned) Rocket: New Glenn: Launch site: Cape Canaveral, LC-36 ...
Rocket Lab on Friday said it had launched its Electron rocket into space from a facility in New Zealand, the SpaceX rival's first flight since a mission failure in September. The previous mission ...