Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
While a conventional payload fairing is typically jettisoned from the launch vehicle and recovered at sea, Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket proposes to use a fairing that is integrated into the vehicle. This attached fairing would open during stage separation to release the second stage and payload and close again after stage separation, then return ...
In October 2018, Rocket Lab opened a factory large enough to produce more than 50 rockets per year according to the company. [63] Customers may choose to encapsulate their spacecraft in payload fairings provided by the company, which can be easily attached to the rocket shortly before launch. [64]
An earlier design of Neutron (March 2021), included a rocket 40 m (130 ft) tall with a 4.5 m (15 ft)-diameter payload fairing.Rocket Lab stated that they intended for the first stage of the vehicle to be reusable, with landings planned on a floating landing platform downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) launched its 12th rocket of the year, using a two-stage Electron launch vehicle to put a mysterious payload for a secret (commercial) customer into ...
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) disclosed an agreement with NASA to include its Neutron rocket under the existing Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract. The Neutron ...
Neutron is the second rocket launching system for Rocket Lab and will come with a significantly higher payload than the Electron, directly competing with SpaceX. Higher payload directly correlates ...
In June 2020, with a new Electron launch vehicle built every 18 days, Rocket Lab was planning to deliver monthly launches for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, including the company's first launch from Wallops LC-2 in 2023 and a mission to the Moon for NASA aboard Electron and Rocket Lab's spacecraft bus platform Photon in 2022.
Rocket Lab's success has already shown that Australia (or at least its smaller neighbor) is a good location from which to launch rockets, with a nice big ocean to the east that any misfired ...