July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...focus on the needs of the small satellite market. Rocket Lab successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its ...evolved around (and are predicated upon) the use of vertical (rocket) launches to access space. The UK has, however, invested ...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... or sub-payloads, using rideshare and piggyback opportunities on larger launch vehicles. Recently, however, with the arrival of Rocket Lab, soon to be joined by other smallsat launch specialists like Firefly and Astra, this market also looks like...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
...777 (77.7 percent), which is close to the insurance loss average of 0.804 (80.4 percent). In September 2023, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffered an anomaly 2.5 minutes into flight, resulting in the loss of a Capella Space Earth-observing satellite...
April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... from the value chain, together with an aligned focus on swift, responsive support and environmentally sustainable operations. Rocket Lab offers the world’s only private orbital launch range in Mahia, New Zealand. An FAA-licensed spaceport, Launch...
17 December 2015
Google Lunar XPRIZE deadline extended until next year
... verification of their launch contract from XPRIZE as part of the competition. Moon Express will use a Rocket Lab Electron rocket combined with the company’s “MX-1E” micro-lander as part of a 2017 mission. “We are extremely proud to officially...
17 January 2020
TriSept secures dedicated rideshare mission aboard Orbex Prime
...range of upcoming missions about securing rideshare slots aboard the Orbex rocket, which we expect will carry a complement of eight to ...the SpaceX Falcon 1 in 2009 and most recently the Rocket Lab Electron and the NASA ELaNa XIX mission that lifted 10...
