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Rocket Lab Delays Launch of Synspective's Earth-Imaging Satellite
Rocket Lab's scheduled launch of Synspective's Earth-imaging satellite, "Owl The Way Up," was postponed on December 20, 2024. The delay, announced by the company, was due to the need for further analysis of sensor data. The mission aims to deploy one of Synspective's Strix radar-imaging satellites, part of a broader plan to establish a 30-satellite...
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NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Successfully Deploys in Space
After more than four months in orbit, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has achieved full deployment. The solar sail, which launched aboard Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle in April, harnesses photon momentum to propel itself through space. Equipped with cameras, the spacecraft is set to capture high-resolution images of the deployed sail.
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Israel Army Claims It Found Hamas Rocket-Making Lab Inside Gaza Mosque, Shares Video
They also shared a video that showed Israeli soldiers heading into the basement of a partially destroyed mosque and uncovering a base allegedly used by the group.
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Rocket Lab Catches Falling Booster Rocket With Helicopter, Drops It in Ocean Minutes Later
Rocket Lab is undertaking these demonstrations to test the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.
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US Rocket Companies Face Capacity Crunch for Satellite Launches Due to Russia Sanctions
The US satellite Internet boom could be in trouble as Russian sanctions have created a capacity crunch for rockets to ferry the satellites to space. Industry officials believe that US rocket companies won't be able to keep up with the demand for launches.
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Back to Venus: Upstart Company Wants to Beat NASA in Search for Life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbour? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023.
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Satellite-Carrying Rocket 'Lost' After New Zealand Launch
A rocket from small-satellite launch firm Rocket Lab failed to reach orbit minutes after a successful liftoff from New Zealand on Saturday, the company said, losing its payload of seven small satellites it had intended to carry to space.
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Rocket Lab Plans Reusable Booster for Satellite Launches
Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday a plan to recover the core booster of its Electron rocket using a helicopter.
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India Successfully Test-Fires Guided Rocket System "Pinaka"
India's defence lab DRDO successfully tested-fired the indigenously developed guided rocket system ''Pinaka'' on Tuesday at Pokhran desert in Rajasthan, the officials said.
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Rocket Lab Launches 13 CubeSats for NASA, Others on Sunday
The Electron rocket lifted off on Sunday evening from the world's only private orbital launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula, carrying a payload of 10-cm cube-shaped research satellites.
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T-Minus One Week Until China's Space Lab Crashes To Earth. Here's What It Will Look Like
When Tiangong-1 rocketed into the sky in 2011, optimists hoped the space station - literal translation: "heavenly palace" - would be a model for a permanent fixture among the stars, a space laboratory that was among humankind's first footsteps in the Cosmos.
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"Still Testing" Rocket Tastes Success As It Places 3 Satellites In Orbit
Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base
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Moon Express Set to Launch Robotic Lunar Spacecraft by Year-End
Moon Express' initial spacecraft, known as MX-1E, is slated to fly before the end of the year aboard a Rocket Lab Electron booster
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Electron, a 3D-Printed Rocket, From New Zealand
The successful launch of a low cost, 3D-printed rocket is an important step in the commercial race to bring down financial and logistical barriers to space.
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Rocket Lab Delays Launch of Synspective's Earth-Imaging Satellite
Rocket Lab's scheduled launch of Synspective's Earth-imaging satellite, "Owl The Way Up," was postponed on December 20, 2024. The delay, announced by the company, was due to the need for further analysis of sensor data. The mission aims to deploy one of Synspective's Strix radar-imaging satellites, part of a broader plan to establish a 30-satellite...
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NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Successfully Deploys in Space
After more than four months in orbit, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has achieved full deployment. The solar sail, which launched aboard Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle in April, harnesses photon momentum to propel itself through space. Equipped with cameras, the spacecraft is set to capture high-resolution images of the deployed sail.
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Israel Army Claims It Found Hamas Rocket-Making Lab Inside Gaza Mosque, Shares Video
They also shared a video that showed Israeli soldiers heading into the basement of a partially destroyed mosque and uncovering a base allegedly used by the group.
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Rocket Lab Catches Falling Booster Rocket With Helicopter, Drops It in Ocean Minutes Later
Rocket Lab is undertaking these demonstrations to test the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.
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US Rocket Companies Face Capacity Crunch for Satellite Launches Due to Russia Sanctions
The US satellite Internet boom could be in trouble as Russian sanctions have created a capacity crunch for rockets to ferry the satellites to space. Industry officials believe that US rocket companies won't be able to keep up with the demand for launches.
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Back to Venus: Upstart Company Wants to Beat NASA in Search for Life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbour? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023.
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Satellite-Carrying Rocket 'Lost' After New Zealand Launch
A rocket from small-satellite launch firm Rocket Lab failed to reach orbit minutes after a successful liftoff from New Zealand on Saturday, the company said, losing its payload of seven small satellites it had intended to carry to space.
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Rocket Lab Plans Reusable Booster for Satellite Launches
Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday a plan to recover the core booster of its Electron rocket using a helicopter.
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India Successfully Test-Fires Guided Rocket System "Pinaka"
India's defence lab DRDO successfully tested-fired the indigenously developed guided rocket system ''Pinaka'' on Tuesday at Pokhran desert in Rajasthan, the officials said.
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Rocket Lab Launches 13 CubeSats for NASA, Others on Sunday
The Electron rocket lifted off on Sunday evening from the world's only private orbital launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula, carrying a payload of 10-cm cube-shaped research satellites.
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T-Minus One Week Until China's Space Lab Crashes To Earth. Here's What It Will Look Like
When Tiangong-1 rocketed into the sky in 2011, optimists hoped the space station - literal translation: "heavenly palace" - would be a model for a permanent fixture among the stars, a space laboratory that was among humankind's first footsteps in the Cosmos.
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"Still Testing" Rocket Tastes Success As It Places 3 Satellites In Orbit
Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base
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Moon Express Set to Launch Robotic Lunar Spacecraft by Year-End
Moon Express' initial spacecraft, known as MX-1E, is slated to fly before the end of the year aboard a Rocket Lab Electron booster
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Electron, a 3D-Printed Rocket, From New Zealand
The successful launch of a low cost, 3D-printed rocket is an important step in the commercial race to bring down financial and logistical barriers to space.
