Tag: Curie
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Rocket Lab launches DARPA research satellite
Rocket Lab’s fifth Electron rocket launched at 7:27 p.m. EDT (2327 GMT) from the company’s launch complex on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab/Kieran Fanning & Sam Toms A Rocket Lab Electron rocket climbed into orbit from New Zealand Thursday (U.S. time) with an experimental payload for a U.S. military research and development…
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Rocket Lab launch with DARPA’s R3D2 satellite rescheduled for Thursday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 25 and March 26 with new target launch dates. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket during a countdown Sunday (U.S. time). Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s launch team canceled a launch attempt Sunday in New Zealand after discovering a misbehaving video transmitter on the Electron booster set to loft a small U.S. military…
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Timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of DARPA’s R3D2 tech demo satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 24, March 25 and 26 with new launch dates. Rocket Lab’s light-class Electron launcher is set to take off on its fifth flight from New Zealand, aiming for a 264-mile-high (425-kilometer) orbit with DARPA’s R3D2 technology demonstration satellite. The two-stage, 55-foot-tall (17-meter) rocket is scheduled for liftoff during a four-hour window…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches experimental satellite for DARPA
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying DARPA’s Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be…
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Rocket Lab readies for launch with U.S. military satellite
The Electron rocket’s payload shroud for the R3D2 mission. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab teams in New Zealand are preparing for the company’s first launch of the year Sunday (U.S. time) with a small experimental satellite for DARPA, the U.S. military’s research and development agency. Liftoff of Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket from the company’s…
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NASA, Rocket Lab partner on successful satellite launch from New Zealand
Rocket Lab’s Electron booster took off at 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 GMT; 7:33 p.m. New Zealand time) Sunday carrying 13 U.S.-built CubeSats to orbit on a mission chartered by NASA. Credit: Trevor Mahlmann/Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s commercial Electron booster fired into orbit from New Zealand on Sunday, carrying a flock of 13 CubeSats on the…
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Mission timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of NASA’s ELaNa-19 CubeSats
Rocket Lab’s light-class Electron launcher is set to take off on its fourth flight from New Zealand, aiming to deliver 13 CubeSats to orbit on the company’s first mission for NASA. The two-stage, 55-foot-tall (17-meter) rocket could take off as soon as 11 p.m. EST on Dec. 15 (0400 GMT on Dec. 16) from Rocket…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches on NASA mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying 10 NASA-funded CubeSat missions into orbit. 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…
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Rocket Lab preps to launch flock of NASA-funded CubeSats
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 14 with new launch date and correcting number of CubeSats. The Electron rocket’s nose cone is emblazoned with the NASA “meatball” patch for the mission launching Wednesday night (U.S. time). Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is set to launch 13 CubeSats Saturday night (U.S. time) under contract to NASA…