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Rocket Lab

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Rocket Lab

@RocketLab

Official account for Rocket Lab, the end-to-end space company. We build rockets and spacecraft that open access to space to improve life on Earth.

USA

Joined November 2009

Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
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Launch alert 🚨Electron is on the pad at LC-1 ahead of tomorrow’s launch attempt for @synspective’s ‘Ten Owl Of Ten’ mission. Our team are keeping a close eye on unsettled weather that could impact the launch window. More updates to come closer to T-0 🌧️ Launch window opens
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
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Electron has been selected by @NASA for three launches in 2027 to deploy its PolSIR and TSIS-2 Sun and Earth sciences missions. We've been delivering reliability, precise orbital accuracy, and on-demand launch for NASA missions for almost a decade - and we're ready to deliver
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
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For TSIS-2, Electron will launch a single satellite to measure the Sun’s brightness at the top of Earth’s atmosphere. The data collected can be used by scientists to predict Earth’s ozone layer recovery or provide air quality forecasts. Launching NET early 2027.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
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Replying to @RocketLab
For PolSIR, Electron will deploy a pair of satellites across two launches to LEO to study ice clouds at high altitudes in the tropics and sub-tropics: how they form, why they change throughout the day, and how much ice they contain. Launching NET June 2027.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 24
Satellite builds can take years. For our Pioneer spacecraft for VICTUS HAZE, going from contract to launch ready took ~18 months 💪🛰️ An incredibly aggressive timeline for an important mission for the @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC, and the team delivered.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 24
Where others promise responsiveness, we deliver it with Electron - repeatedly. With reliable rockets, a steady production line, launch sites we control, and an experienced team that moves quickly, we deliver every piece that matters for responding fast to the nation's most
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 23
Meet our Pioneer spacecraft bringing commercial RPO capability to space for @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC. A highly configurable medium delta-V spacecraft that can carry up to 120kg of payload, Pioneer can approach and inspect other satellites with pinpoint precision. ✅
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Space Systems Command
@USSF_SSC
Jun 23
Our TacRS launch went to orbit June 19 as part of our multi-launch, multi-vehicle VICTUS HAZE mission. A demo of #USSF's capability to rapidly acquire, launch & operate space vehicles in response to urgent on-orbit threats. Shout out to mission partners! ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/Artic…
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 23
Four hours. That's all the time it took for our GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) team to calculate our T-0 liftoff time from the moment we received the Notice To Launch for VICTUS HAZE from @USSpaceForce @USSF_SSC. Incredible work by our engineers on this new company
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 23
Tactically responsive space launch 🤝 Commercial satellite with RPO capability Rocket Lab is the first and only company to deliver both for a Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission by the @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC with VICTUS HAZE. That means we designed and built the
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 23
The VICTUS HAZE mission explained. Phase 1: Launch on demand 🚀 The @USSpaceForce's @USSF_SSC called, told us to launch, and just 16 hours 42 minutes hours later, Electron successfully left the pad from LC-1. Phase 2: 🛰️ With Pioneer spacecraft checkouts complete 34 hours
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 23
More about the VICTUS HAZE mission: rocketlabcorp.com/updates/victus…
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 22
Launch so fast we did it without a webcast… just kidding. Watch our responsive launch for the VICTUS HAZE mission for the @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 22
Tactically responsive space needs responsive launch and spacecraft - and we've got both 🚀🛰️ We've delivered our own Pioneer spacecraft to orbit from Electron for the @USSpaceForce's VICTUS HAZE mission - the first to do so in the @USSF_SSC's TacRS program - that's demonstrating
Peter Beck
@Peter_J_Beck
Jun 22
Now…..we are on the hunt!
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 22
The Space Force called, and we launched. From call up to lift-off in just 16 hours 42 minutes 🎯 Rocket Lab has made history - the fastest response time ever for a @USSF_SSC Tactically Responsive Space mission.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 22
Lifting off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 10:19 pm NZT on June 19th, the mission shattered the previous TacRS record set by VICTUS NOX by more than 10 hours. The feat establishes a new global benchmark for rapid call-up space capabilities.
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