Reusable Rockets | Rocket Lab
WEBRocket Lab Announces Reusability Plans For Electron Rocket. 40th Electron Mission Successfully Flies Reusable Engine. The future of space will include constellations of satellites, important national security missions, and human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit.
Rocket Lab Unveils Plans for New 8-Ton Class Reusable Rocket …
WEBMar 1, 2021 · Rocket Lab Unveils Plans for New 8-Ton Class Reusable Rocket for Mega-Constellation Deployment. The advanced new rocket, Neutron, will transform space access by delivering reliable and cost-effective launch services for satellite mega-constellations, deep space missions and human spaceflight.
Electron | Rocket Lab
WEBElectron is the only reusable orbital-class small rocket. Capturing and reflying Electron’s first stage enables higher launch frequency without expanding production and lowers launch costs.
Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time
WEBApr 18, 2024 · If Rocket Lab's efforts are successful, the 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron will become the first small orbital launch vehicle ever to sport a reusable first stage.
The re-flight of a Rutherford engine demonstrates rocket reuse is …
WEBAug 24, 2023 · Rocket Lab has been taking tentative steps toward reusing its Electron rockets in recent years, first by gathering data about the vehicle's fiery return through the atmosphere and then...
Rocket Lab successfully retrieves its reusable rocket after …
WEBJul 18, 2023 · Rocket Lab, the small satellite launch company best known for its attempts to catch its reusable boosters with a helicopter, successfully retrieved its rocket from the ocean as part of its...
Rocket Lab Electron - Wikipedia
WEBElectron is a two-stage, partially reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an American aerospace company with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. [14][15] Electron services the commercial small satellite launch market. [16] . It's the third most launched small-lift launch vehicle in history.
Rocket Lab unveils details of new reusable Neutron launcher
WEBDec 2, 2021 · This morning, small satellite launcher Rocket Lab unveiled the details of its future, more powerful Neutron rocket — a launch vehicle optimized to carry satellites into orbit for future mega...
Rocket Lab fires Archimedes engine for the first time
WEBAug 9, 2024 · LOS ANGELES — Rocket Lab has fired its Archimedes engine for the first time, a key step in its efforts to develop the Neutron reusable rocket. The company announced Aug. 8 that it performed the...
Rocket Lab’s expanding global footprint: Neutron rocket, …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The Neutron rocket represents Rocket Lab’s most ambitious project to date, embodying a new era of reusable launch vehicles. Unlike traditional rockets, Neutron is designed from the ground up to be reusable, with a focus on reducing costs and increasing launch frequency.