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The mission, called Space Test Program-30 (STP-S30), is a launch scheduled to take place within 24 months from contract award [174] to demonstrate Rocket Lab's responsive space program. NLT fall 2025 [175] LC-1 or LC-2: Pioneer derived satellite LEO: U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command: Mission for SSC.
Electron is a two-stage launch vehicle that uses Rocket Lab's Rutherford liquid engines on both stages. [104] [105] The vehicle is capable of delivering payloads of 150 kg to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. [106] The projected cost is less than US$5 million per launch. [107] Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket
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 ...
Electron is a two-stage, partially reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an American aerospace company with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. [14] [15] Servicing the commercial small satellite launch market, [16] it is the third most launched small-lift launch vehicle in history.
Image source: Rocket Lab USA. Since 2021, Rocket Lab has been developing its medium-lift Neutron rocket. This launch vehicle will have a significantly larger payload capacity of 13,000 kilograms.
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 ...
[4] [14] The launch contract with Rocket Lab has a value of US$9.95 million, according to NASA. [3] Rocket Lab's new launch pad in Virginia, designated Launch Complex 2, was completed in 2019 and was hoped to be ready to support launches by 2021. The company said the new facility would principally support Electron missions with U.S. government ...
On 5 April 2022, Rocket Lab announced that flight 26 would feature the first full recovery attempt with a helicopter catch. The flight launched on 2 May 2022 UTC from launch pad 1A in Mahīa. While the Sikorsky S-92 was able to intersect the booster mid-air, the booster was released at the pilot's discretion after an unexpectedly large increase ...