{"id":21672,"date":"2024-06-22T19:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T11:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-hits-50th-launch-milestone-with-its-electron-rocket\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T19:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T11:57:44","slug":"rocket-lab-hits-50th-launch-milestone-with-its-electron-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-hits-50th-launch-milestone-with-its-electron-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab hits 50th launch milestone with its Electron rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"40836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2024\/06\/22\/rocket-lab-hits-50th-launch-milestone-with-its-electron-rocket\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"rocket lab electron launch 50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Rocket Lab<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/rocket-lab-electron-launch-50.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: Rocket Lab\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday night Rocket Lab hit a major milestone for any rocket launch provider, 50 launches. The little rocket that could, did, and has become one of the most flown rockets in the world right now.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-40833\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a clean countdown, Rocket Lab successfully lifted off its 50th Electron rocket at its private launch site in New Zealand. The major milestone marks a historic moment for the company that has been working on increasing its launch cadence for a few years now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, Electron reached 50 launches faster than any other commercial rocket, in just about seven years, beating SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 by a few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2006, four years after SpaceX, Rocket Lab too went through a series of smaller rockets before landing on the Electron\u2019s design. Threading a needle in a difficult market, Rocket Lab has somehow made it work, but just barely. Facing increasing challenge from SpaceX\u2019s rideshare missions, Rocket Lab will soon enter the medium launch market with Neutron, taking the fight directly to its competitor.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-40833',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electron\u2019s 50th launch was for a French constellation of IoT satellites, allowing almost anything to connect to it. The final constellation will have 25 satellites, with the first five being launched on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kin\u00e9is, the company operating the constellation, shared yesterday morning that it had received the first communications from its satellites, which were also its first satellites to reach orbit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=SethKurk&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1804153191543562719&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2024%2F06%2F22%2Frocket-lab-hits-50th-launch-milestone-with-its-electron-rocket%2F&amp;sessionId=f4f1702d5a71b7742fd63958cef957a4ed2ba6f9&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1804153191543562719\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783315224350935777=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude80 One team, One spirit \ud83d\ude80<br \/>Anticipation, tension and finally joy and relief.<\/p>\n<p>Our first five nanosatellites are now launched and good news we have received the first signals from our 5 satellites.\ud83d\udef0<\/p>\n<p>We feel a deep sense of accomplishment and excitement for what lies ahead.\ud83c\udf0c<\/p>\n<p>To\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/0ypUZK07BG<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kineis IoT (@KineisIoT) June 21, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future for Rocket Lab is bright, although Electron might not always be in the picture. With the rise in constellations, Electron just doesn\u2019t have the capacity to launch more than a handful of satellites at a time. So the chapter is still unfinished if a market for dedicated SmallSat launch services will exist come Neutron operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, congrats to the entire Rocket Lab team. I\u2019ve had a chance to meet many of them and a long celebration of this milestone is very much entitled to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s to 50 more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}