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NASA
NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit
NASA’s DiskSat technology demonstration mission will test the performance of a new small spacecraft platform designed to expand the capabilities of current small spacecraft. By demonstrating the advantages of a flat, disk-shaped architecture over the conventional CubeSat design, DiskSat aims to enable lower-cost space missions, broaden scientific opportunities, and increase overall access to space. At 12:03 a.m. EST on Thursday,…
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From Contract to Launch in Four Months: Rocket Lab Schedules Electron Launch on a Rapid Turnaround for OroraTech Wildfire Detection Mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has scheduled a rapid turnaround mission on Electron for OroraTech, a Germany-based global provider of wildfire detection and monitoring solutions. The mission, named “Finding Hot Wildfires Near You,” is set to launch during a window that opens…
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Rocket Lab Schedules First of Multiple Launches for iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for its 61st Electron launch, a dedicated mission for Japanese customer the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named “The Lightning God Reigns”, will launch from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch…
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Rocket Lab Schedules Launch for First of Multiple Missions for BlackSky
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it will soon launch a satellite on a dedicated Electron mission, the first of a bulk order of multiple missions for real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky (NYSE: BSKY). “As more Gen-3 satellites complete production, we expect a regular cadence…
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Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window For Next Capella Space Mission From Launch Complex 1
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set the launch window for its 51st Electron launch, a dedicated mission for American space tech company Capella Space (“Capella”). “It’s with partners like Rocket Lab that we’re able to serve the mission requirements of our customers…
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Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today successfully launched a dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space (Capella). The mission demonstrated several significant milestones for Rocket Lab’s reusability program, including an ocean splashdown of the Electron rocket’s first stage and the successful flight of a previously flown Rutherford engine.…
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Rocket Lab to Launch Climate Change Research Mission Focused on Arctic Ice Caps for NASA
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency’s climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024. The two dedicated missions on Electron will deploy one small satellite each to a 525km…
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BlackSky Signs New Block Buy for Five Rocket Lab Launches
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, has today announced it has signed another block buy deal for five Electron launches with BlackSky (NYSE: BSKY), a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services. “Building and maintaining a constellation requires precision deployment to unique orbits and a dependable…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Seven Days After Previous Launch, Sets New Company Record for Fastest Launch Turnaround
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company’s previous Electron mission from…
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