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Rocket Lab confirms D2C ambitions

April 23, 2025

New Zealand-based (but Nasdaq-listed) Rocket Lab has confirmed that it intends attacking the Direct-to-Consumer market currently dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its Starlink broadband system. Rocket Lab, founded by […]

Filed Under: 5G NTN Radio Access Networks (RAN), Amazon Project Kuiper, D2C, Defense, Earth Remote Sensing, High-Speed Trunking, Investors, Kuiper, Launch, Low-Latency, National Security, Neutron, Neutron Launch Vehicle (Rocket Lab), New Zealand, Project Kuiper, Remote Sensing, Rocket Lab, Satellite Constellation Operations, Shareholder Financing, SpaceX, Starlink

Dawn Aerospace secures flight collaboration with U.S. universities for suborbital research

April 20, 2025

Dawn Aerospace will be flying research payloads from three leading U.S. institutions—Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab—on the company’s rocket-powered aircraft, the Mk-II […]

Filed Under: Arizona State University, Cal Poly, Dawn Aerospace, Government of New Zealand, Johns Hopkins APL, Mk-II Aurora, New Zealand, News, Research Payloads

Rocket Lab’s launch of OroraTech’s ‘Finding Hot Wildfires Near You’ will help tackle wildfires around the world

March 26, 2025

Right on time at 11:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) on March 26, from Rocket Lab’s Pad B at Launch Complex 1, Mahia base in New Zealand, the 59-foot (18-meter), three-stage […]

Filed Under: Booster, Constellations, Detection, Detection Analytics, Electron, Hazard Detection, Mission, Mission Payloads, Multiple Payloads, New Zealand, OroraTech, Payloads, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Wildfires Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab to launch Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1) expanding their constellation

March 24, 2025

“Finding Hot Wildfires Near You” is a rapid turnaround mission for OroraTech, a Germany-based global provider of wildfire detection and monitoring solutions. Rocket Lab will launch a dedicated mission for OroraTech […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Cloud, Constellation, Contracts, Detection, Germany, Mission, New Zealand, Orora Technologies, OroraTech, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Wildfires

Could Rocket Lab gain ground in D2C race?

March 20, 2025

There’s no doubt that Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system currently dominates Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) transmissions. Starlink is also enjoying success in serving Cruise ships and airlines with high-speed connectivity. There’s currently […]

Filed Under: 5G, Airbus, Airline Market, Amazon Project Kuiper, AST SpaceMobile, Business Moves, Connectivity, Constellation, Contracts, Cruise Line, Cruise Ships, Electron, Electron Launch Vehicle, Eutelsat OneWeb, Falcon 9, Germany, Kuiper, Laser Comms, Launch, Launch Contract, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mynaric, New Zealand, OneWeb, Project Kuiper, Rocket Lab, Smallsat Constellation, Solar, Solar Panels, Starlink

Successful Rocket Lab launch completes deployment of full Kinéis Constellation in less than a year

March 17, 2025

Rocket Lab’s announcement: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites to Low Earth […]

Filed Under: Chairman of the Board, Constellation, Electron, Forestry, France, Kinéis (France), Launch Services, Logistics, Logistics Services, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), New Zealand, Orbital, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Satellite IoT, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat IoT, smallsats, Space Systems, Transport & Tracking Layer Programs (SDA) Tagged With: Featured

Forrester’s Digest: Rocket Lab announces $500m stock offering

March 17, 2025

Sir Peter Beck’s New Zealand-based rocket company has gone ahead with its $500 million (€461.1m) cash-raising exercise. Rocket Lab has already confirmed an offer to buy German-based laser connectivity specialist […]

Filed Under: Aerospacelab, Airbus, Comms, Eutelsat OneWeb, Germany, Laser, Mynaric, New Mexico, New Zealand, OneWeb, Rocket Lab, Rocket Launch, Satellites, Solar Panels

Rocket Lab plans Friday launch of The Lightning God Reigns (iQPS Launch 1) Japan’s Earth imaging

March 13, 2025

Rocket Lab will launch a dedicated mission for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company on Friday, March 14, 5:00PM – 7:00 PM […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Earth Imaging, Electron, iQPS (Japan), Japan, Launches, Motorized LIghtband Separation System (Rocket Lab), New Zealand, Q-shu Pioneers of Space Inc. (iQPS), Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1

Rocket Lab’s Electron beating Musk’s Falcon 9

February 20, 2025

February 19th saw the New Zealand-based Rocket Lab, founded by Sir Peter Beck, launch its 60th Electron mission. The company specializes in launching smaller satellites, and its record to date […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Earth Imaging, Electron, Marine Environment, NASA, Neutron, Neutron Launch Vehicle (Rocket Lab), New Zealand, Reaction Wheels, Reusable, Reusable Rocket, Rocket Lab, Smallsat Constellation

Rocket Lab’s Electron launches BlackSky’s Fasten Your Seatbelts

February 18, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 60th Electron to deploy the next satellite in the Earth-imaging satellite […]

Filed Under: AI-Powered Analytics, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), BlackSky, Constellation, Earth Imaging, Electron, Gen-3 Imaging Satellite (BlackSky), Neutron, Neutron Launch Vehicle (Rocket Lab), New Zealand, Rocket, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Very High Resolution (VHR)

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