#Rocket Lab

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Ever wondered how Oragami is relevant to aerospace? Well wonder no more

Video Credit: "Seekers of the Cosmos" on Instagram

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Well, we can’t confirm the world domination part, but…

And it seems there will be more space rockets (and robots?) built at that workshop:

From this week, Rocket Lab – who pioneered the use of carbon composites in space by developing the world’s first carbon composite orbital rocket – will lease SailGP Technologies’ 70,000 square foot development and manufacturing complex in Warkworth.

More than 50 SailGP Technologies New Zealand based team members will remain at the facility and join the Rocket Lab team, supporting a growing production rate for the Electron rocket and the rapid development of Neutron, Rocket Lab’s new 13,000 kg payload class rocket. As part of the transition, Rocket Lab will retain the facilities’ advanced manufacturing equipment including an autoclave, ovens, composite material cutting plotters, CNC metal machining equipment, and large-scale CNC composite machining equipment to support accelerated R&D and production.

Founded in 2001 as Core Builders Composites (CBC), the Warkworth facility has in recent years become heavily focussed on building and maintaining the cutting-edge F50 catamarans used in SailGP’s global racing league – one of the world’s fastest growing sport leagues – which accounts for around 80% of its work.

With 85% of SailGP events being staged in the northern hemisphere – growing from five to thirteen events since its inaugural season, the league will relocate its manufacturing facility to Southampton near SailGP’s global headquarters in London, England. SailGP Technologies will transition its operations to the South Coast of England from November this year, with the aim of being fully operational by April 2024.

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Azért az nem rossz, hogy a Rocket Lab ("kis SpaceX") is túl van az Electron 43. indításán, ez se kis szám ma egy rakétánál.

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Rocket Lab Launches Electron Rocket from the US for the First Time

Rocket Lab, a prolific launch company that routinely blasts its towering Electron rockets out of New Zealand, conducted its first liftoff from US soil on Tuesday.

The mission, nicknamed “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” took off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s northern coast at 6 p.m. ET. The launch of the 60-foot (18.3-meter) rocket delivered three small satellites to orbit for the Earth-imaging company HawkEye 360, which uses a network of spacecraft to pinpoint radio frequencies on Earth in support of military and business projects.

Rocket Lab is among the most successful aerospace start-ups of the modern era. Unlike Elon Musk’s even more prolific rocket company, SpaceX, which builds larger rockets capable of hauling tens of thousands of pounds to orbit, Rocket Lab builds lightweight launch vehicles designed solely to lift small satellites — as compact as a loaf of bread or a refrigerator — to space.

Though the company has been headquartered in the United States since its inception, all of its prior launches have taken place at a pad near Ahuriri Point, located on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island.

But Rocket Lab has sought for years to bring some of its launch operations stateside, in part so that it can provide services to the US government and military, which make up a lucrative slice of the global launch business customer base.

The NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia’s Accomack County is one of the oldest launch sites in the world. The first rocket flight took off from the site in 1945, before the creation of the space agency. More recently, the facility has been home to Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket, which launches cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station.

By Jackie Wattles.

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Why is the EscaPADE mission involved with four whole organizations/companies and none of them post literally anything about the mission

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Beagle's Space Weekly (Bulletin #3, The Almighty Speedrun Recap, April 17th-May 20th)

Hey, y’all! We’re back! Apologies about dropping out, there. I got a pretty nasty little cold that completely took me out and then finals happened. Now, though, with finals all done and me being firmly in summer break mode, I have more time to do this! So, let’s get a few highlights from the month I’ve been gone. HIGHLIGHTS Okay, highlights. Right after my last bulletin (oh, it’s been over a…

[in-nihilo]

Space "industry" should not exist. Allowing - and further, actively *enabling* with public funding - the private sector to expand beyond the bounds of the earth is a mistake. Capitalism is a cancer to be contained, not a gift that should be exported to the rest of the universe.

[cerebrodigital]

Una nave espacial 🚀 que trajo consigo medicamentos 💊 cultivados en la órbita terrestre, aterrizó en Utah, siendo el primer aterrizaje de este tipo y podría ser el comienzo de una nueva era farmacéutica.

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Sending Astronauts to Orbit?

The Angry Astronaut tells us about Vulcan Centore and how the UK is planning to send astronauts to orbit. He starts off by telling us about the first UK citizen in space with the Soviet’s in 1991, Helen Sharman. Angry tells us how important the Peregrine Lander is to the Artemis Program and that ULA needs to reach SpaceX’s launch numbers in a few years. ULA’s Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle uses…

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rocket lab launch complex 1 is without a doubt the prettiest launch pad in the fucking world

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NASA, Rocket Lab Announce Coverage for Second TROPICS Launch

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 9:00 p.m., carrying two TROPICS CubeSats for NASA.Credits: Rocket Lab After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22 (5:30 p.m. NZST), to launch the second pair of storm…

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Rocket Lab's Electron deploys two Capella radar satellites

Rocket Lab's #Electron deploys two Capella radar satellites. #StrongerTogether

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launched two Capella Space satellites into orbit from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab / Brady Kenniston With a loud roar and trail of flame, Rocket Lab’s Electron hoisted a pair of Capella Space satellites into the evening sky. (more…) “”

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Weekly output: Helicopters of D.C., DOJ sues Google, Rocket Lab launch, DirecTV drops Newsmax

Last week featured my second business trip of the year, and also my third trip to the destination in question since the middle of December. 1/23/2023: How Crowdsourced Chopper Spotting Helps ID the Helicopters of DC, PCMag I’ve been following the @HelicoptersofDC Twitter account for two years and change, so it was a treat to see Andrew Logan, the guy behind this aircraft-tracking project, explain…

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Do you- do you think he counted the lab as one of those??