https://spacewatch.global/tag/rocket-lab-rutherford-engines/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/rocket-lab-rutherford-engines/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/rocket-lab-celebrates-100th-rutherford-engine-build/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15226 Rocket Lab is celebrating completion of the company’s 100th Rutherford engine.Rocket Lab began development on the world’s first 3D printed, electric turbo-pump fed engine in 2013. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-darpas-r3d2-satellite-from-new-zealand/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13288 A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 23:27, 28 March 2019 UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/spacewatchgl-interviews-peter-beck-rocket-lab/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8938 On 23rd June 2018, Rocket Lab’s launch window for the ‘It’s Business Time’ mission will open. During this 14-day window, the company will launch its groundbreaking Electron rocket and will transform access to space for the small satellite market. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/rocket-lab-set-responsive-launches-making-new-zealand-launching-power/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8217 U.S. orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has announced its first commercial launch for New Space companies Spire and GeoOptics, further establishing New Zealand as a space launch power. Rocket Lab will open a 14-day launch window beginning 20 April 2018 to conduct its first fully commercial launch. The mission, named ‘It’s Business Time’, will include manifested payloads for Spire Global and GeoOptics Inc., built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.]]>