Electron - ракета компании Rocket Lab

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 3 ч. назад

The strongback for Launch Complex 2 in Wallops Island, Virginia is coming along nicely. We can't wait to watch Electron lift off from LC-2 later this year.

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 7 мин. назад

I dropped in to visit LC-2 today and the guys are ready to start pouring the main pad already. Huge thanks to all the teams working hard at Wallops! It seems that Virginia has no concept of the word "impossible" as they stride ahead on the build.

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pat o.  ‏ @spacepat_o 11 ч.11 часов назад

Rocket Lab'a new launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is under construction. It will be located directly beside the existing Pad-0A.

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 18 мин. назад

Thrilled to continue our heritage of mission success. Thank you and congratulations to our mission partners @AF_SMC and @DIU_X, and of course our incredible Rocket Lab team. That's 28 sats and counting now.

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https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-r-and-d-satellites-to-orbit-for-the-u-s-air-force/

Rocket Lab successfully launches three R&D satellites to orbit for the U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab successfully launches three R&D satellites to orbit for the U.S. Air Force

The launch took place just five weeks after Rocket Lab's last orbital mission, demonstrating the company's ability to provide rapid, responsive space access for government payloads.

Auckland, New Zealand, 05 May 2019 – A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST). The STP-27RD mission launched three research and development satellites for the DoD Space Test Program that will demonstrate advanced space technologies, including a satellite to evaluate new ways of tracking space debris.

The mission is Rocket Lab's second for 2019 and took the total number of satellites deployed to orbit by the company to 28. The DoD Space Test Program, under Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center, procured the STP-27RD mission in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as part of the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative. This initiative leveraged Other Transaction (OT) authority to competitively rapidly award DoD launch service contracts with non-traditional, commercial small launch companies.

"It's a testament to our team and mission partners that Electron has placed another three satellites in orbit, just weeks after our flawless mission for DARPA," says Rocket Lab Founder and CEO Peter Beck. "We're proud to have delivered 100% mission success for the launch procured by the Department of Defense's Rapid Agile Launch Initiative, proving once again Rocket Lab's ability to provide responsive and streamlined space access."

Approximately 54 minutes after lift-off, the Electron launch vehicle's Kick Stage successfully deployed the three payloads to their designated orbits. The Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat-1 (SPARC-1) mission, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV), is a joint Swedish-United States experiment to explore technology developments in avionics miniaturization, software defined radio systems, and space situational awareness (SSA). The Falcon Orbital Debris Experiment (Falcon ODE), sponsored by the United States Air Force Academy, will evaluate ground-based tracking of space objects. Harbinger, a commercial small satellite built by York Space Systems and sponsored by the U.S Army, will demonstrate the ability of an experimental commercial system to meet DoD space capability requirements.

The STP-27RD mission carried Rocket Lab's heaviest payload to date, with the three satellites weighing in at around 180 kg. The highly experienced Rocket Lab team have now delivered 28 satellites into orbit, enabling operations in space debris mitigation, Earth observation, ship and airplane tracking and radio communications. Rocket Lab's manifest is booked with monthly launches for the remainder of 2019 for a range of commercial and U.S. Government customers. Rocket Lab will scale to a launch every two weeks by the end of the year. The majority of launches in 2019 are scheduled to lift-off from Launch Complex 1, with the first mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia scheduled for late 2019.

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 2 ч. назад

Last week's STP-27RD mission was our 6th Electron launch! We've now deployed 28 satellites to orbit for innovative organizations including NASA, Planet, DARPA, Spire, the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program, and many more. We can't wait to share what's next on our 2019 manifest!

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 3 ч. назад

We're excited to confirm that our next mission is a rideshare launch for our friends at @SpaceflightInc! We're thrilled to be launching a range of innovative small sats on the mission in June. More here:

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-rideshare-mission-for-spaceflight/


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Rainy Seattle days at @SpaceflightInc HQ might have been behind the name of the upcoming mission on Electron. #MakeItRain

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 1 ч. назад

Fight 7's final stage test is completed and we are off to the launch pad again for another trip to orbit.

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 16 ч. назад

Fantastic progress by the team at LC2! It's starting to look like a launch pad with the LOX tank in place.

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Lily Ride  ‏ @lilyride2000 5 ч. назад

Can't wait for the wallops launches


Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 5 ч. назад

LC-2 is coming along well. Not too long to wait!


Ryan Bale  ‏ @rbalephoto 5 ч. назад

Good to hear! Think we'll get photos of the progress anytime soon?


Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 4 ч. назад

В ответ @rbalephoto @lilyride2000

Just for you, Ryan.

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 17 мин. назад

Hoffman: first launch from new pad at Wallops at the end of this year. Will be able to do 12 launches year from there.
#ISDC2019

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UnseenLabs‏ @UnseenLabs 20 ч. назад

Here we are! @UnseenLabs is on the way to become the first private operator of cubesatellites in France! We are impatient to open our maritime surveillance service and deliver the first data to our customers. #maritimesurveillanceservice #newspace #cubesatellite #Bretagne

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 10 мин. назад

Today's mission will lift off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, but progress on our second launch site is coming along nicely too. Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia is on track to be operational by the end of the year.

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Photon | A Spacecraft by Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab

Опубликовано: 3 июл. 2019 г.


The Photon spacecraft platform is the next step in Rocket Lab's evolution. Our goal is to help anyone get to space quickly, reliably, and affordably.
We started with launch - the common problem faced by the entire industry.
The next logical step is spacecraft: by co-architecting our launch vehicle and upper stage, which can also serve as a long-life satellite platform, we have transitioned to a one-stop shop for both launch and space segments. This lets customers focus on what really matters - their applications - without the needless distraction of developing or procuring a spacecraft platform that isn't optimized for any particular launch vehicle. Electron and Photon fit together by design.

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 7 ч. назад

Next flight, (#8) second stage all up test complete and ready to head to the launch site soon. Crazy to think the team sent flight 7 to orbit less than a week ago!

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 9 мин. назад

This week we celebrated the completion of our 100th Rutherford engine! 70 of these 3D printed, electric pump-fed engines have now been launched to space on Electron, with many more to come this year. Read more: https://bit.ly/30mAmsU 

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Peter Beck‏ @Peter_J_Beck 6 ч. назад

And there's another one! A few days after stage 2 was completed, stage 1 is tested and ready to ship to the launch site soon. The prop test team hit a new record by installing the stage and hot firing it all in the same day!

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-funds-demo-of-3d-printed-spacecraft-parts-made-assembled-in-orbit

July 12, 2019
RELEASE 19-056

NASA Funds Demo of 3D-Printed Spacecraft Parts Made, Assembled in Orbit
NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. The in-space robotic manufacturing and assembly technologies could be important for America's Moon to Mars exploration approach.


The contract is the start of the second phase of a partnership established through NASA's Tipping Point solicitation. The public-private partnership combines NASA resources with an industry contribution of at least 25% of the program costs, shepherding the development of critical space technologies while also saving the agency, and American taxpayers, money.


Archinaut One is expected to launch on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from New Zealand no earlier than 2022. Once it's positioned in low-Earth orbit, the spacecraft will 3D-print two beams that extend 32 feet (10 meters) out from each side of the spacecraft. As manufacturing progresses, each beam will unfurl two solar arrays that generate as much as five times more power than traditional solar panels on spacecraft of similar size.

Through a private-public partnership with NASA, Made In Space, Inc. will demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.
Credits: Made In Space, Inc.

"In-space robotic manufacturing and assembly are unquestionable game-changers and fundamental capabilities for future space exploration," said Jim Reuter, associate administrator of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. "By taking the lead in the development of this transformative technology, the United States will maintain its leadership in space exploration as we push forward with astronauts to the Moon and then on to Mars."


The potential of these technologies is profound and includes such benefits as:

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• Enabling remote, in-space construction of communications antennae, large-scale space telescopes and other complex structures;
  
• Enabling small satellites to deploy large surface area power systems and reflectors that currently are reserved for larger satellites;
  
• Eliminating spacecraft volume limits imposed by rockets; and,
  
• Avoiding the inherent risk of spacewalks by performing some tasks currently completed by astronauts.
  

Made In Space began working on Archinaut as a ground demonstration in 2016 and, just a year later, successfully 3D-printed structural beams in a unique NASA facility that mimics the conditions of space. In a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, they were able to prove the printing equipment and printed hardware can withstand the pressure, temperature, and other rigors of space.


The Archinaut team includes Made In Space, Northrop Grumman of Falls Church, Virginia, Ames, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA's Technology Demonstration Missions program within the Space Technology Mission Directorate matures groundbreaking technologies to extend mission capabilities as well as government and commercial opportunities in space. The program is based at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Last Updated: July 15, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon

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Rocket Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @RocketLab 44 мин. назад
Who's ready for another Rocket Lab launch? Electron is headed down to Launch Complex 1 this week for final preparations ahead of our next mission in August. More detail about this exciting mission coming soon!

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https://trisept.com/pr_dragracer/

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