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Rocket Lab's Electron rocket sends Japanese satellite into orbit, sets a new single-year record

Rocket Lab smashes its launch record in 2025, closing the year with 21 straight successes and a Japanese satellite launch.
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Rocket Lab’s Electron launches Japanese satellite, sets a new yearly record

Rocket Lab’s final Electron mission of the year did more than loft another payload into orbit. By delivering a Japanese radar ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Seven Days After Previous Launch

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New ...
Seeking Alpha

Rocket Lab: Electron Launch Business Set To Grow

Rocket Lab's Electron launch cadence is expected to increase in the second half of 2023. RKLB's recently-initiated HASTE program could further expand the Electron launch business in the coming ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Seven Days After Previous Launch, Sets New Company Record for Fastest Launch Turnaround

Just seven days after a successful Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, Rocket Lab has completed another successful mission from the other side of the planet at Launch Complex 1 in New ...
Seeking Alpha

Rocket Lab: Electron Returns To The Launch Pad

On September 19, Rocket Lab's 41st Electron mission experienced a second stage failure. This was Rocket Lab's first unsuccessful launch since May 2021, when the 20th Electron mission failed. Rocket ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab reuses engine on Electron launch

An Electron rocket lifts off Aug. 23 carrying a Capella Space satellite. The Electron first stage included an engine that had previously flown on a launch in May 2022. Credit: Rocket Lab webcast ...
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Rocket Lab Adds Two New Missions to 2025 Electron Launch Manifest, Schedules First Launch in Four Days’ Time

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected ...
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Rocket Lab’s Second U.S. Launch Successfully Delivers Capella Satellites to Orbit

Update: March 17 at 9:27 a.m. ET: Electron took flight at 6:38 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 16 and successfully delivered two Capella Space satellites to low Earth orbit. “Congratulations to Capella ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Signs Second Multi-Launch Deal, Secures Eight Electron Missions with iQPS

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed one of its ...
Space.com

Rocket Lab launches 1st Electron booster from US soil in twilight liftoff

Rocket Lab now has a new launch site for what may be monthly missions from Virginia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WALLOPS ...