Rocket Lab
@RocketLab • 640,643 subscribers
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.
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Archimedes second stage engine full duration burn - complete ✅ (and what a thing of beauty). The AVac (Archimedes Vacuum) engine produces 1.2x lbf of its Stage 1 variant and stands ~2.5m taller thanks to its extended nozzle optimized for the vacuum conditions of space. Recent AVac testing included a stub skirt for the nozzle. Since full length vacuum nozzles at ground level risk flow separation and instability, stub skirts are used to anchor our engineers' analysis for how the engine will perform with the full nozzle in vacuum conditions - all critical preparation for Neutron's first flight.
Rocket Lab506,792 views • 6 days ago
Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium Communications Inc – one of the most transformative deals in the space industry. By combining our launch capability and satellite manufacturing with Iridium’s global satellite communications network and rare spectrum, Rocket Lab becomes a fully integrated, self-launching, tier-1 space power, delivering critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide. Full details and important information:
Rocket Lab1,394,873 views • 20 days ago
Mission success for VICTUS HAZE! 🚀🎯 We’ve officially completed the United States Space Force Space Systems Command primary mission which saw Rocket Lab build a high performance spacecraft, deliver rapid call-up launch on Electron, and conduct complex on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations - all ahead of schedule. ⏱️ Launch: Lifted off with just 16h 42m notice - the fastest response ever for a TacRS mission (beating previous record by 10 hours). 🛰️ Commissioning: Activated our Pioneer spacecraft in 38 hours (30 hours ahead of deadline). 📸 RPO Operations: Tracked, approached, and photographed the target satellite in under 59 hours (25 hours ahead of deadline).
Rocket Lab140,866 views • 12 days ago
LIFTOFF for Electron! "The Wisdom God Guides" is on its way to space for iQPS / QPS研究所/QPSホールディングス.
Rocket Lab1,513,465 views • 7 months ago
Meet Gauss: Our new in-house designed and built electric propulsion system. Electric propulsion satellite thrusters have historically proven extremely difficult to produce in high volumes, causing supply chain fragility for national security and commercial constellation operators alike. We’ve already established the Gauss production line, designed to produce more than 200 thrusters per year, ensuring we can supply thrusters on demand in large quantities.
Rocket Lab466,643 views • 3 months ago
Nine years ago today, we launched Electron for the first time. Later this year, Electron is expected to reach 100 launches, likely making it the fastest privately developed orbital rocket to hit that milestone. From “It’s a test” to one of the world’s highest cadence launch vehicles in under a decade. Here's a little walk down memory lane from that first historic launch.
Rocket Lab226,280 views • 1 month ago
Successful stage separation test campaign ✅ We're validating stage separation for Neutron, one of the most novel rocket separation systems ever designed. From sep system design, component testing and qualification, GSE design, manufacturing, commissioning, and operations planning through to test execution - we're proving out the technology behind one of Neutron's most critical events for mission success. Up next: moving into intentional off-nominal separation events with non-flight test articles to further push the system's resilience.
Rocket Lab234,385 views • 2 months ago
Rocket Lab Robotics is coming 🤖 Our acquisition strategy is proven and effective: identify the best space technologies that have struggled to scale, and bring them into the Rocket Lab ecosystem. That’s what we’re doing with Motiv Space Systems, adding Mars-proven robotics heritage to our rapidly expanding capabilities. As leaders in motion control systems and precision mechanisms, Motiv will also bring in-house traditionally costly and supply-constrained spacecraft components including solar array drive assemblies, antenna and propulsion gimbals, filter wheels, focus mechanisms, and precision drive electronics.
Rocket Lab215,007 views • 2 months ago
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 important missions.
Rocket Lab81,044 views • 25 days ago
LIFTOFF! Electron is on its way to space once again for Synspective🚀
Rocket Lab155,907 views • 1 month ago
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 United States Space Force Space Systems Command. Incredible work by our engineers on this new company record!
Rocket Lab72,220 views • 26 days ago
Our largest launch contract yet: 20x new HASTE launches for Department of War 🇺🇸 to accelerate hypersonics for America. We're delivering reliable, modern hypersonic capabilities to the nation with speed and affordability - and the first mission in this block of launches is just months away🚀
Rocket Lab206,010 views • 4 months ago
Turning sunlight into survival - the role Rocket Lab solar cells play in the Artemis missions.
Rocket Lab103,637 views • 2 months ago
LIFTOFF! Electron is on its way to orbit with the NEONSAT-1A satellite for KAISTPR
Rocket Lab214,419 views • 5 months ago