Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S.

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Rocket Lab has won an $816 million contract — its largest to date — with the U.S. Space Development Agency as the company continues to diversify beyond its “rocket company” label. The company said ...

Rocket Lab launched a new type of satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Thursday morning (Dec. 18). An Electron rocket carrying four "DiskSats" lifted off from Rocket Lab's pad on Wallops Island, ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The international space company Rocket Lab successfully launched its 21st Electron mission of the year Sunday, ending 2025 with a 100% success rate for its small-lift rocket program.

Shares in Rocket Lab Corp were heading for their second day of gains on Monday after the aerospace manufacturer was named as one of four companies that will build tracking satellites for the U.S.

An Indian rocket launched the record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit on Tuesday night (Dec. 23). BlueBird 6, built by Texas company AST SpaceMobile, lifted off atop an LVM3 rocket ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

The mission will deploy an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency. This launch is a departure from the company's recent focus on expanding its Starlink satellite constellation. The ...

Benthaus is among six passengers selected to ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, scheduled to get off the ground from West Texas on its 37th spaceflight. The passengers of NS-37 would join 80 ...

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Dec 23 (Reuters) - The first-ever commercial rocket launched at Brazil's Alcantara Space Center crashed soon after liftoff late on Monday, dealing a blow to Brazilian aerospace ambitions and shares of ...