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Rocket Lab Corporation<\/strong>, a global leader in launch services and space systems announced it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million multi-launch contract with the U.S. Space Force<\/strong>. This landmark contract further solidifies Rocket Lab\u2019s position as a leader in launch and critical mission enabler for programs with significant national importance. <\/p>\n Under the contract awarded by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command\u2019s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), Rocket Lab will execute 12 suborbital launches, with up to six additional launches. The first launch of this contract is expected to take place no earlier than the end of 2026.<\/p>\n The launches will primarily take place from a new Rocket Lab location at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak, Alaska, complementing Rocket Lab\u2019s existing launch sites at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, and Launch Complex 2 and Launch Complex 3 in Virginia.<\/p>\n Sir Peter Beck<\/strong>, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab<\/strong>, says: \u201cCadence, iteration, and relentless execution are essential to maturing America\u2019s missile defense capabilities, and that\u2019s exactly what we bring with launch leadership. The size and scale of this contract reflects the Space Force\u2019s confidence in our ability to meet their urgent national security demands with speed, responsiveness, and scale, and we\u2019re proud to provide the high-frequency launch capacity required to keep the U.S. ahead of global threats.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems announced it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million multi-launch contract with the U.S. Space Force. This landmark contract further solidifies Rocket Lab\u2019s position as a leader in launch and critical mission enabler for programs with significant national […]<\/p>\n","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":[41,26,25,54],"class_list":["post-46331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46331"}],"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=46331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Also Read: What are the the Different Types of Launch Vehicles used in Space?<\/h4>\n