https://www.europesays.com/us/14933/ Rocket Lab to launch European navigation tech demo satellites #Electron #ESA #Europe #LEOPNT #PNT #RocketLab #Science #Space #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US
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Private investors in the #US 
, #EU 
, and #Oceania 
have pumped tens of billions 
into launch vehicle companies—as examples, more than $10B for #BlueOrigin, $1.2B into #RocketLab, $2.4B for #RelativitySpace, $700 million into #Firefly, $500M into #StokeSpace, and $483M into #IsarAerospace. (As an aside, the cost of developing the expendable #Falcon9 was $400M 
) https://payloadspace.com/why-is-spacex-the-master-of-launch
Payload · Why Is SpaceX The Master of Launch?Billions of dollars have yet to buy a SpaceX competitor.
So cool watching E-66. Another successful launch of Electron in New Zealand.
Real Star Wars vibe with the updates in Boba Fett’s voice… 
https://www.europesays.com/2120048/ With strategic acquisitions, Rocket Lab pursues prime defense contractor status #business #GoldenDome #RocketLab #SpaceDevelopmentAgency
EUROPE SAYS · With strategic acquisitions, Rocket Lab pursues prime defense contractor status - EUROPE SAYSWASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s $275 million acquisition of satellite payload provider Geost is just the latest move in a broader campaign to establish itself as a
https://www.europesays.com/2113924/ Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand’s deep tech moonshots #business #DeepTech #Entrepreneurship #NewZealand #OutsetVentures #RocketLab
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Under the #COTS model, #NASA provides funding and guidance to private companies to develop their own #spacecraft, #rockets, and #services, and then buys those at a "market" rate. #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin, #RocketLab and #ImpulseSpace could ferry cargo to #Mars 
and land there https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/if-congress-actually-cancels-the-sls-rocket-what-happens-next
Ars Technica · If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?
Upcoming :
• 57th #Falcon9 flight of 
2025
• 
4th #CZ2D flight of 2025, the fifth launch of a #ZhuQue2 vehicle
• 
#GilmourSpace's #Eris
• #RocketLab's second of an eight-launch contract for flights in 2025 and 2026 for #iQPS
• 
#ISRO's second mission of 2025, first uncrewed test flight of #Gaganyaan planned
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/05/launch-roundup-051225
NASASpaceFlight.com · Launch Roundup: Orbital launches from five countries planned - NASASpaceFlight.comOn the heels of a busy April, activity is ramping up for May with launches…
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#NewZealand launched 
more than #Europe . #SpaceX is targeting 170 #Falcon launches in 2025 https://payloadspace.com/q1-2025-global-orbital-launch-attempts-by-country
Payload · Q1 2025 Global Orbital Launch Attempts by CountryThe US further tightened its hold on global launch in Q1
If the stock market doesn’t crash by the end of the month, Rocketlab is a good opportunity to invest in a very competent space company. They launch about a mission a week it seems, and they’ve been on a tear this fiscal year.
Their stock price is currently sitting at about $26, and it’s going to jump probably 20-25% at least by end of day Feb 27th, when their earnings report drops. This is a financial tip on the internet, and for posterity I’ll boost it on the 28th.
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October 8, 2024 #RocketLab will challenge the program to hit a 2028 launch window https://spacenews.com/nasa-awards-rocket-lab-study-contract-for-mars-sample-return
December 2, 2024 #SpaceX would rely on #Starship. Canceling #MSR would open the door for #China to become the first nation to return samples from #Mars https://spacenews.com/foust-forward-who-gets-the-final-word-on-mars-sample-return
SpaceNews · NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return
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#Orbex : “The first orbital #spaceflight from the #UK 
has come a step closer following the Highland Council’s decision for the #Sutherland #spaceport”.
Other private aerospace companies have also developed #3Dprinted rocket engines :
• #RocketCrafters has successfully completed a series of tests ahead of a planned test flight later this year.
• #RocketLab's #Electron
• #RelativitySpace will develop “the world’s first fully 3D printed rocket.”
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The cost of a #NewGlenn (45 tons) launch will be about $67 million . Elon Musk says that a #Starship (150 tons) launch would cost only $10 million . #RocketLab is targeting the price of a #Neutron (13 tons) launch to be $50 million. #GwynneShotwell noted that 400 Starships will launch in the next four years https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5004815-blue-origin-new-glenn-launch
First look: Rocket Lab's Neutron launch site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4VtCBX2d4s
* I'm an investor in rocket lab but I try not to simp.
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#BlueOrigin and Cerberus Capital Management had placed bids in early 2023 for #ULA. #RocketLab had also expressed interest. None of those discussions led to a deal. #Boeing and #LockheedMartin are in talks to sell their rocket-launching joint venture ULA to #SierraSpace https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-lockheed-martin-talks-sell-ula-sierra-space-2024-08-16/
Rocket Lab entered “hero mode” to finish Mars probes—now it’s up to Blue Origin - Enlarge / The two spacecraft for NASA's ESCAPADE mission at Rocket Lab'... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043958 #commercialspace #heliophysics #blueorigin #rocketlab #escapade #newglenn #science #launch #space #mars
Ars Technica · Rocket Lab entered “hero mode” to finish Mars probes—now it’s up to Blue OriginIn order to send NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars, Blue Origin must launch in September or October.
Rocket Report: ULA is losing engineers; SpaceX is launching every two days - Enlarge / A Falcon 9 booster returns to landing at Cape Canaveral Space... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043638 #federalaviationadministration #unitedlaunchalliance #rocketreport #stokespace #rocketlab #starship #science #falcon9 #launch #russia #space #nasa
Ars Technica · Rocket Report: ULA is losing engineers; SpaceX is launching every two daysThe first missions of Stoke Space's reusable Nova rocket will fly in expendable mode.
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#RocketLab has $1.07B in revenue backlog, 44% of which it expects to realize in the next 12 months.“Of all the things I worry about at night, demand is just not one of them,” said CEO @peter_j_beck https://payloadspace.com/rocket-lab-smashes-revenue-record-paving-the-path-to-break-even/
Payload · Rocket Lab Smashes Revenue Record, Paving the Path to Break EvenThe company posted it's highest ever quarterly revenue, and announced the successful hot fire test of its Archimedes engine, which opens the door for Rocket Lab's first medium-life launch vehicle, Neutron.
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@jfoust #ESA’s director of #space transportation : “Honestly, I don’t think #Starship will be a game-changer or a real competitor. Starship will not eradicate #Ariane6 at all” 
. The response on social media to those comments was one of #ridicule 
and #derision. https://spacenews.com/foust-forward-whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-starship/
SpaceNews · Foust Forward: Who’s afraid of the big bad Starship?Many in the global launch industry are skeptical that Starship will dominate the industry and force competitors out of business.
Rocket Report: China flies reusable rocket hopper; Falcon Heavy dazzles - Enlarge / SpaceX's 10th Falcon Heavy rocket climbs into orbit with a ne... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034138 #unitedlaunchalliance #europeanspaceagency #fireflyaerospace #rocketreport #falconheavy #rocketlab #science #falcon9 #launch #spacex #vulcan #space #china
Ars Technica · Rocket Report: China flies reusable rocket hopper; Falcon Heavy dazzles"I have a problem: Rockets are built and kept in stock but not finding customers."