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Rocket Lab finishes first Neutron facility and shows off new test hardware

Seth Kurkowski - Jan. 23rd 2023 1:11 pm PT @SethKurk

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Rocket Lab’s Electron launch program is finally starting to take off, with a chance to surpass double-digit launches this year. However, the development of the company’s next launcher, Neutron, is in full swing, with facilities built and hardware being produced.

Rocket Lab to launch first Electron rocket from Virginia NET December 2022

Derek Wise - Apr. 19th 2022 2:30 pm PT @derekiswise

Spaceflight Rocket Lab Electron Wallops Flight Facility

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Rocket Lab announced a new agreement to launch fifteen satellites for HawkEye 360, a Virginia-based geospatial analytics company. The first of these mission, which will be a rideshare mission, is expected to launch no earlier than December 2022, and will be the company’s first launch from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

Rocket Lab & NASA break ground on facility for Neutron, Rocket Lab’s reusable ‘mega constellation launcher’

Derek Wise - Apr. 11th 2022 1:09 pm PT @derekiswise

Spaceflight Rocket Lab Reusability Neutron Wallops Flight Facility

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In a ceremony on Monday, Rocket Lab broke ground on a new facility for the company’s upcoming Neutron rocket. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck was joined by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, the director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Dennis Andrucyk, the director of Wallops Flight Facility Dave Pierce, and others for the groundbreaking ceremony.

[UPDATE: Launched] NASA set to launch sounding rocket; those on the East Coast may see it

Jared Locke - May. 17th 2021 6:26 am PT @baserunner0723

NASA Launch Wallops Flight Facility Sounding Rocket

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May 16th, 8:44 PM: The Black Brant XII sounding rocket carrying the KiNET-X mission launched from Wallops Island in Virginia, images below.

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is set to launch a sounding rocket on May 8th late in the evening that could be easily seen across the east side of the US if weather conditions allow.