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Media accreditation is now open for our 100th Electron launch.
Join us at Launch Complex 1 for flight 100 to set remote cameras, get a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s first private orbital launch site, meet the Rocket Lab launch team, watch our 100th lift-off in person.
Apply now: rocketlabcorp.com/100th-laun…
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We've just signed Electron's largest commercial launch contract ever: 20x new launches with Earth-observation constellation operator @synspective 🚀🦉
That brings the total number of Synspective launches on Electron to 47 - the most of any Rocket Lab launch customer. We're proud to continue building out their low Earth orbit constellation through to 2031.
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Just finished the interview and the tour of Mynaric!
Thank you @RocketLab for hosting me! Mynaric has mind blowing technology and amazing people and they are scaling very well 🔥🔥🔥
The interview with Frank Klein and Dr Brad Clevenger was full of key data. I think you guys are not going to want to miss it.
Here is a picture of me in the Mynaric factory!
Thank you Matt and Paul and all the awesome people I have met today.
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Our factories have never been busier as we scale production of rockets and spacecraft.
Manufacturing engineers are at the core of this and we’re hiring more in the US and New Zealand.
Join the team: bit.ly/47sPMQM
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A decade of launches from the edge of the world 🚀🇳🇿
Ten years ago, Launch Complex 1 was officially opened and became the world's first private orbital launch site.
What seemed like a crazy idea - making dedicated launches to space frequent and affordable from a farm paddock in New Zealand - is now routine. Across Electron's history, LC-1 has been the launch location for commercial smallsats and science missions, national security payloads, and even a mission to the Moon.
Two launch pads and almost 100 launches later, LC-1 has made New Zealand one of the world's busiest launch countries - proving big things can happen in the most unexpected locations.
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Electron launches for the 97th time and deploys the latest StriX satellite to space for @synspective from Launch Complex 1.
Highlights from today's mission:
✅Launched on 1st attempt
✅18th mission of the year
✅13th launch for Synspective with 100% mission success
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Missed liftoff? Rewatch the launch: piped.video/watch?v=hkLw0Kf_…
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🚀 Join us LIVE to watch Electron launch its 97th mission: 'Owlright Owlright Owlright' for @synspective x.lingyaoai.com/i/broadcasts/1pKdRDYBm…
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Less than 2 hours to launch with our next mission for @synspective, with LOX fueling underway and weather conditions clear over LC-1.
We have a new T-0 liftoff time:
🚀12:39pm NZST, Sept 26
🚀00:39 UTC, Sept 26
🚀09:39 am JST, Sept 26
🚀8:39 pm EDT, Sept 25
🚀5:39 pm PDT, Sept 25
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Launch preparations are underway for today's 97th Electron launch.
'Owlright Owlright Owlright' launch window opens:
🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26
🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26
🚀09:15 am JST, Sept 26
🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25
🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25
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Mission details:
🎯 Customer: @synspective
🛰️ Payload: 1x StriX satellite for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging
🌏 Orbit: 559km LEO
📍 Inclination: 37 degrees
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Wet Dress Rehearsal DONE ✅ Electron is ready for its 97th launch and latest mission from Launch Complex 1.
'Owlright Owlright Owlright' launch window opens tomorrow:
🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26
🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26
🚀9:15 am JST, Sept 26
🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25
🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25
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It’s official: @IridiumComm shareholders have voted and approved the acquisition by Rocket Lab ✅
By joining forces, we’ll be creating a vertically-integrated space powerhouse that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations to bring critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.
Full details and next steps: bit.ly/3T53qq1
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Think Rocket Lab only operates in low Earth orbit? Think again.
When a spacecraft orbits the Moon, touches down on the lunar surface, or charts a course across deep space to Mars, there's a strong chance Rocket Lab technology helped it get there and deliver mission success.
Through our launch, spacecraft, solar power, separation systems, software, operations, and robotics solutions, we’re proud to support historic planetary exploration missions across the solar system. 🧵👇
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Lunar Surface Robotics (Moon)
Rocket Lab supported @FireflySpace's Blue Ghost lunar lander with our MAX Flight and MAX Ground Data Software suites, alongside trajectory design and backup mission operations support.
We also provided the high-efficiency solar panels that powered the Blue Ghost spacecraft that successfully landed on the Mare Cirsium on the lunar surface.
Motiv Space Systems (now Rocket Lab Robotics) also developed the lightweight chassis, mobility actuators, and motor control electronics for @NASA's CADRE autonomous lunar rovers. Currently, we are developing a single-axis scanning gimbal with integrated avionics for the EMILIA-3D PRISM payload, an instrument designed to produce high-resolution 3D thermal maps of the Moon.
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