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Rocket Lab launch supports Pentagon’s hypersonic testing push

June 2, 2023
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| Hypersonic weapons, Rocket Lab, Rockets

A suborbital version of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket launched for the first time June 17, demonstrating its utility to support hypersonic testing. (NASA/Patrick Black) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 20 June 2023 WASHINGTON — A U.S. Defense Department program aimed at increasing the frequency of hypersonic testing launched

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off Nov. 17 carrying two BlackSky satellites. Credit: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab sees itself as leader of the small launch industry

May 9, 2023
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| Rocket Lab, Rockets

By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 9 May 2023 WASHINGTON — As other companies suffer technical or financial setbacks, Rocket Lab says it believes it is the leader in the small launch market with little competition. In a May 9 earnings call to discuss its first quarter financial results, Peter

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SpaceX’s Starship, the Biggest Rocket Ever Built, Is Poised to Fly

April 17, 2023
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| Moon missions, NASA, Rockets, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Starship

By Jeffrey Kluger, Published by Time, 17 April 2023 Time was, nobody gave much thought to the town of Boca Chica, a little community at the toe of Texas, hard up against the Gulf of Mexico. Distinguished mostly by its proximity to the city of Brownsville, the county seat of

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Land it like SpaceX: China claims breakthrough in rocket vertical landing

April 9, 2023
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| China, Rockets, SpaceX

CAS Space's prototype vertical landing rocket prototype in the air. By Baba Tamim, Published by Interesting Engineering, 9 April 2023 China's future rocket models will make use of the technology developed for recovering rockets, claims report. China has successfully tested a rocket's vertical landing in the ocean, laying the groundwork

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A New Zealand company has started flying a rocket-powered spaceplane

April 5, 2023
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| New Zealand, Rockets, Space Plane

By Eric Berger, Published by arsTechnica, 5 April 2023 "Once we get our certification, we're allowed to fly as frequently as we want." A New Zealand-based space company, Dawn Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed the first three test flights of a rocket-powered spaceplane. This Mk-II Aurora vehicle measures 4.5

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Why Chinese Rockets Spew Toxic Bright Red Gas Clouds On Launch

March 22, 2023
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| China, Environmental/Health Concerns, Rockets

By OLiver Parken, Published by The War Zone, 22 March 2023 The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is. Footage of China’s most recent Long March 3B Y90 rocket launch appeared last week. Aside from the high terrain of the launch

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The venture-backed rocket industry is finally coming back to Earth

March 19, 2023
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| Launch failure, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Satellites, Virgin

By Tim Fernholz, Published by qz.com, 19 March 2023 Rocket makers that emerged from the venture capital ecosystem recently spent an anxious weekend waiting on the outcome of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, but their latest troubles have no connection to with the lender’s collapse. Astra Space (ASTR) is now fighting

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Noise complaints help bring down launch startup SpaceRyde

February 13, 2023
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| Environmental/Health Concerns, Launch sites, Rockets

By Jason Ranbow, Published by SpaceNews, 13 February 2023 TAMPA, Fla. — Canadian launch startup SpaceRyde has filed for bankruptcy just months after noise complaints put an end to rocket engine tests. The five-year-old company, which had been developing a rocket that would use a stratospheric balloon as its first

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