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Rocket Lab pushing for first Neutron launch in 2024

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says it could launch its first Neutron rocket before the end of the year as it outlines a long-term vision for the company that involves its own satellite constellation. In a Feb. 27 earnings call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and 2023 financial results, Rocket Lab executives said development of
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Rocket carrying American lunar lander arrives at launchpad

This image released by NASA shows Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander being encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and
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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites

The Electron lifted off March 24 carrying two Gen-2 imaging satellites for BlackSky. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky imaging satellites March 24 on a launch that was also a test of its ability to recover and reuse boosters. The Electron rocket lifted off at 5:14 a.m. Eastern from
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Proton rocket launches classified Russian government satellite

A Proton rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: Roscosmos A Proton rocket launched Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting into a high-altitude orbit a classified Russian government satellite Western analysts believe is designed to eavesdrop on other countries’ radio transmissions. The Proton rocket, made Russia’s Khrunichev State Research and Production Space
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