Rocket Lab "Ready, Aim, PREFIRE" Launch Thread!
Ready, Aim, PREFIRE...
NASA, Rocket Lab prepare for back-to-back launches of climate-monitoring PREFIRE spacecraft – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Rocket Lab pushes back Neutron debut to 2025 (spacenews.com)
Only slightly disappointing, and not too surprising. It’s honestly pretty impressive how little the timeline has slipped so far. Neutron was announced in 2021 with a target launch date in 2024. If it takes only 33% longer, that will still be pretty quick for rocket development.
Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign | Business Wire (www.businesswire.com)
Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project (spacenews.com)
Solar Sail CubeSat Has Deployed from Rocket - Small Satellite Missions (blogs.nasa.gov)
New solar sail technology launches on Rocket Lab flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula....
Rocket Lab "Beginning Of The Swarm" Launch Thread!
Beginning Of The Swarm...
An... interesting analogy from Peter Beck (sh.itjust.works)
Link to tweet....
Rocket Lab Returns Previously Flown Electron to Production Line in Preparation for First Reflight (investors.rocketlabusa.com)
Rocket Lab wins $14.4 million contract to launch Space Test Program experiment (spacenews.com)
Electron launches NRO mission from Wallops (spacenews.com)
Rocket Lab "Live and Let Fly" (NROL-123) Launch Thread!
Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)...
Neutron launch pad update (2023-03-18)
twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1769840689737855447...