Rocket Lab

We're immensely proud to be supporting more frequent and affordable hypersonic test launches with our HASTE rocket. This is not the promise of a future capability. Launching since 2023, HASTE is delivering now and we have multiple missions in backlog. https://lnkd.in/gn9Eehqt

Launch Complex 1 is lined up with Electrons ready for lift-off. First up: ‘The Lightning God Reigns’, our first of multiple dedicated launches for iQPS, Inc. (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.) ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ is scheduled for launch no earlier than March 10th, 2025. 🚀 NZT | NET 1:00 PM, March 10 🚀 UTC | NET 00:00, March 10 🚀 EDT | NET 8:00 PM, March 9 🚀 PDT | NET 5:00 PM, March 9 Mission info: https://lnkd.in/gbQtM6D5

Bringing a spacecraft back to Earth is a highly complex process. But the @VardaSpace, Rocket Lab and @SouthernLaunch teams make it look easy! Go behind the scenes to see how it's done - https://bit.ly/3DhBHug

Blue Ghost 🤜🤛 Moon Congratulations to Firefly Aerospace for Blue Ghost’s successful landing on the Moon! We’re proud to have supported Firefly’s mission with Rocket Lab’s MAX Flight and MAX Ground Data Software suites in addition to three high-efficiency solar power assemblies.

Venus is a step closer. We’re embarking on the first private Venus mission and sending a probe into the Venusian atmosphere to search for signs of microbial life. Recently the probe’s heatshield, a crucial component that will protect the capsule as it passes through the volatile clouds above Venus’ surface, completed a fit check by engineers at NASA Ames Research Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3EZFwon

TOUCHDOWN-UNDER! Congratulations Varda Space Industries for the successful landing of your second reentry capsule Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range. Our Pioneer spacecraft powered the W-2 mission capsule as it carried an Air Force Research Laboratory spectrometer and employed a heatshield developed with NASA Ames Research Center. Looking forward to the next W series mission launch next month! Read more: https://bit.ly/3XmIPMI

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 New launch contract! That’s now eight missions lined up on Electron for @QPS_Inc to deploy their Earth-imaging constellation. Launching in 2025 and 2026. Full details: https://bit.ly/4kkgn84

Meet Return On Investment, Neutron’s 400ft landing vessel. It’s currently undergoing customization to support return to Earth missions. Neutron is scheduled to debut this year, with Return On Investment expected to enter service in 2026. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4igknof

Neutron’s Hungry Hippo fairing is alive. These two halves remain attached to Neutron’s first stage, opening up to let the second stage and payload through, before closing up again and landing back on Earth ready for reuse. 

During Varda Space Industries' orbital processing phase, our Pioneer spacecraft delivered critical mission functions for Varda’s 120kg capsule including power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control. Now that Varda’s capsule has completed orbital processing, it’s time to bring it home. Now it’s over to Varda to bring their capsule home for recovery in Australia!