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Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issue
Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab will bypass its current launch window to resolve a recurring problem with a motor controller on the company’s light-class Electron rocket, officials said Thursday, likely postponing its first commercial satellite launch at least a few weeks. The indefinite delay is the second time the U.S.-New Zealand launch company, which is…
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Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch scrubbed again
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket on its launch pad in New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab The liftoff of a Rocket Lab Electron booster from New Zealand with five U.S.- and German-built nanosatellites was grounded Tuesday, U.S. time, after engineers identified a problem with a motor controller on the two-stage launcher. Rocket Lab officials did not immediately…
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Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) on June 24 and 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT) on June 25. A view of the Electron rocket on its launch pad in New Zealand shortly after Rocket Lab scrubbed the launch attempt. Credit: Rocket Lab Problems with a downrange tracking station kept Rocket Lab’s Electron…
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CubeSats set to ride on Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is set for liftoff from New Zealand on Friday. Credit: Rocket Lab Five small satellites, including one built by high school students in Southern California, are awaiting launch Friday from New Zealand aboard the first commercial flight of Rocket Lab’s Electron booster. The U.S.-New Zealand launch company plans liftoff of the…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launch attempt scrubbed
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins around 20 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Rocket Lab updates launch window for first commercial mission
File photo of an Electron rocket. Credit: Rocket Lab After a two-month delay to resolve a technical concern, Rocket Lab plans to launch its first commercial mission as soon as June 22, U.S. time, from the company’s rocket base in New Zealand, the company announced Friday. Rocket Lab has four-hour launch windows available during a…