{"id":6142,"date":"2025-01-13T17:32:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-selected-to-provide-neutron-launch-services-for-nasa-under-vadr-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:32:59","slug":"rocket-lab-selected-to-provide-neutron-launch-services-for-nasa-under-vadr-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-selected-to-provide-neutron-launch-services-for-nasa-under-vadr-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Selected to Provide Neutron Launch Services for NASA Under VADR Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rocket<\/p>\n

Rocket Lab USA<\/strong>, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced a mutual agreement with NASA has been reached to include Neutron launch services to the agency through Rocket Lab\u2019s existing VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract.<\/p>\n

Rocket Lab\u2019s new medium-lift reusable rocket Neutron allows the opportunity for Rocket Lab to continue broadening access to space to deliver multiple missions across a range of orbits, including CubeSats, Class D missions, and other payloads. With its small orbital launch vehicle Electron already on-ramped for NASA\u2019s VADR missions, Rocket Lab has demonstrated time-sensitive back-to-back launches within two weeks for the VADR PREFIRE missions and completed a similar fast turnaround of two launches in May 2023 for the VADR TROPICS missions.<\/p>\n

Neutron is designed to provide both commercial and government customers with an alternative reliable launch service capable of deploying 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit. Neutron is tailored to deploy constellations and national security missions as well as science and exploration payloads. In addition to serving customers, Neutron is key to Rocket Lab\u2019s strategy as an end-to-end space company capable of building, launching and operating its own constellations and delivering services from space in the future.<\/p>\n

Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck,<\/strong> says: \u201cNeutron brings choice and value to the launch industry and is the ideal rocket to support NASA\u2019s goals with VADR to provide new opportunities for science and technology payloads through commercial best practice. Rocket Lab has been a long trusted and reliable launch partner for NASA missions with Electron, and we\u2019re proud to have been selected to expand on this with Neutron.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neutron is strongly positioned to capitalize on the medium-lift launch requirements for future government and commercial missions. The selection of Neutron for the VADR contract builds on previous awards for the new launch vehicle, including an on-ramp to the United States Space Force\u2019s OSP-4 program, a separate $986m IDIQ contract. Neutron is also ideally placed to be on-ramped on to the U.S. Government\u2019s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Lane 1 program, an IDIQ contract valued at $5.6 billion over a five-year period.<\/p>\n

Significant progress continues to be made on the rocket\u2019s launch site on Wallops Island, Virginia, with the site\u2019s completion expected in the coming months. Production, infrastructure scaling, and both Archimedes engine and full-scale components testing is continuing at pace across Rocket Lab\u2019s various production and test facilities throughout the United States. Neutron is scheduled for its debut launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 in Virginia from mid-2025.<\/p>\n

Click here to learn more about NASA’s VADR Launch Services<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced a mutual agreement with NASA has been reached to include Neutron launch services to the agency through Rocket Lab\u2019s existing VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. Rocket Lab\u2019s new medium-lift reusable rocket Neutron allows the opportunity for Rocket Lab to […]<\/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":[26,25,54],"class_list":["post-6142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142"}],"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=6142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}