04 September 2020
Rocket Lab secretly launches its first own designed and built satellite
... these systems for an extended period on orbit, Rocket Lab is building up flight heritage for future Photon satellite missions...This action marked the first on-orbit demonstration of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite as a two-in-one spacecraft, first using...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
...an incredibly high level is core to the success of both Rocket Lab and Spire. 'Still Testing' is a culmination of that work ...the ‘Still Testing’ flight is expected to be trucked to Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, ...
17 August 2020
Upgraded Electron rocket will be heading to Venus says Rocket Lab's CEO
... interplanetary mission to Venus. Unable to attend this years SmallSat conference in Utah due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck instead took to YouTube to discuss the company’s recent performances; a topic which...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
...The world is waking up to the new normal,” said Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck, speaking of the triumphant launch....mission for NASA” in the next few weeks. Rocket Lab’s success is partly down to its production facilities that enable...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... by a different Cubesat customer waiting on standby. Planet Labs co-founder and chief strategy officer, Robby Schingler, makes ...small satellites. The industry recognised leaders include Rocket Lab, Firefly and Virgin Galactic - however, dozens ...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... a key role by working side-by-side with humans and the objective of our mission at the Space Robotics Lab at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, is to develop the capabilities for planetary robots to be more efficient in reaching positional targets...
