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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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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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@RocketLab
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More about the VICTUS HAZE mission: rocketlabcorp.com/updates/victus…
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@RocketLab
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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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@RocketLab
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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
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Now…..we are on the hunt!
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
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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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@RocketLab
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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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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 17
Mission update: The launch date for the ‘Ten Owl Of Ten’ mission for @synspective is being adjusted to conduct additional checkouts before launch. Standby for the new launch date soon.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 15
Payload integration complete. The StriX satellite for @synspective has been encapsulated on Electron ahead of our next mission to low Earth orbit for their Earth-imaging constellation. 'Ten Owl Of Ten' - our 90th Electron launch - is scheduled for launch NET June 18 NZT.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 12
More rockets in the hangar at LC-1 than we’ve ever had before. We’re lining up a busy few weeks of back-to-back-to-back-to-back launches from the world’s first private orbital launch site 🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 12
Rocket Lab is being added to the Nasdaq-100 Index. This is a landmark moment for the team. We're incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved, and even more excited about what is still to come.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 12
Read more: globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 10
Fresh rockets rolling off the line. Factory is busier than ever. Our 100th Electron rocket is in this lineup.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 9
“Launch is access to space and if you don’t have access to space, everything else is irrelevant.” Peter Beck joins @edels0n to talk about what it means to be an end-to-end space company, the biggest challenges in space that need solving, and what the industry will look like over
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 7
We're preparing for our next Electron launch from LC-1 for @synspective (our 10th to deploy their Earth-observation constellation) with our upcoming mission 'Ten Owl Of Ten' 🦉 Launch window opens NET June 18: 🚀 8:40 am NZST 🚀 5:40 am JST 🚀 20:40 UTC (June 17) 🚀 4:40 pm ET
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 3
Rocket Lab 🤝 Mars From orbiters and landers to rovers and helicopters – our technology has enabled some of the most ambitious Mars missions in history. With Motiv (creators of Perseverance's robotic arm) now part of Rocket Lab, we're one of the few companies capable of
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 2
Sneak peek of our recent Archimedes engine fit check to Neutron's Stage 1 thrust structure.
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Rocket Lab
@RocketLab
Jun 2
Why we fit test: 🔧To make sure all interfaces between the engine and the rest of Neutron work in real-life as they do in the design space. 🚀Prepare for integration to fully assemble Neutron for test before launch.
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