15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
... possible business models, future small-satellite markets and infrastructure requirements for a spaceport. Rocket Lab wins launch contract from Planet. Rocket Lab, the company currently developing the Electron small launch vehicle has announced that...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
... navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit. The mission is the first time Rocket Lab will use its Photon spacecraft platform as a trans-lunar injection stage to place a satellite on a trajectory that will...
09 October 2020
BepiColombo could search for signs of life as it flybys Venus next week
... colleagues is tantalising, but if it turns out the Mercury probe is not suited to search for PH3, others such as Rocket Lab’s intended Venus mission and future Venera missions planned by Russia, might get lucky instead. Although the...
12 February 2019
Fleet Space Technologies hits major milestone with Project Galaxy
... US$2 per device, per year. Fleet Space Technologies launched the first of its nanosatellites in 2018 on board SpaceX, Rocket Lab and ISRO — to create its global, low-powered IoT connectivity network. Several Fortune 500 companies and...
06 July 2020
Rocket Lab's 13th mission fails to reach orbit
...successful lift-off, first stage burn, and stage separation, Rocket Lab's 13th Electron mission 'Pics Or It Didn't Happen' ...July, 2020. The nanosat was launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket yesterday evening (4th July) from New Zealand, but...
26 February 2016
SpaceX's Garrett Katzenstein joins Rocket Lab
... (SpaceX) to the International Space Station. “We are delighted to add Garrett to our executive team,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab founder and CEO. “As our manifest continues to grow, we are confident Garrett’s experience and skills will serve...
