Saturday, October 2, 2021

Rocket Lab

 


More info: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/

Rocket Lab is a space company founded in 2006. They created the Electron small orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform. They are developing the Neutron launch vehicle to launch 8-ton payloads.

Their first orbital launch was January 2018, and Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually.

Their launches have enabled operations in space debris mitigation - which is a hot topic with me - and many other missions.

They will be partnering with NASA to take their Photon spacecraft platform to the Moon and Mars.

And (this is exciting) they will be part of the first private commercial mission to Venus!.

Rocket Lab launches from New Zealand and Virginia, USA.


The Rocket Lab story...



Full disclosure: I am a small (tiny, really) investor in Rocket Lab. But even if I wasn't, I would still want them to succeed!