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Rocket Lab’s big ‘It’s Business Time’ launch targets this weekend for takeoff
"Upstart launch provider Rocket Lab aims to finally launch its first fully
commercial payload to orbit this weekend after months of delays. The small Electron rocket will take six satellites from four companies to orbit as early as tomorrow evening Pacific time — Sunday afternoon at the company’s launch site in New Zealand. “It’s Business Time,” as this launch is called, in honor of being the first to carry a full load of paying customers, was originally scheduled for this last spring, but small technical glitches have repeatedly delayed operations. Things are looking good for the 11th, though, and the window lasts until the 19th in case there’s inclement weather." See: https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/09/ro...d-for-takeoff/ |
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Rocket Lab’s big ‘It’s Business Time’ launch targets this weekend for takeoff
Congrats to Rocket Lab on their successful launch!:
"A small rocket from a little-known company lifted off Sunday from the east coast of New Zealand, carrying a clutch of tiny satellites. That modest event — the first commercial launch by a U.S.-New Zealand company known as Rocket Lab — could mark the beginning of a new era in the space business, where countless small rockets pop off from spaceports around the world. This miniaturization of rockets and spacecraft places outer space within reach of a broader swath of the economy." See: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/s...ab-launch.html |
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Rocket Lab's big 'It's Business Time' launch targets this weekend for takeoff
At $22000 per kg the launch costs aren't particularly revolutionary. wrote in message ... Congrats to Rocket Lab on their successful launch!: "A small rocket from a little-known company lifted off Sunday from the east coast of New Zealand, carrying a clutch of tiny satellites. That modest event - the first commercial launch by a U.S.-New Zealand company known as Rocket Lab - could mark the beginning of a new era in the space business, where countless small rockets pop off from spaceports around the world. This miniaturization of rockets and spacecraft places outer space within reach of a broader swath of the economy." See: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/s...ab-launch.html |
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Rocket Lab?s big ?It?s Business Time? launch targets this weekend for takeoff
The one thing I like about their rocket is that they replaced the turbopump
with a electric motor. It's probably only applicable to small engines (?), but it is innovative. The turbopump is by far the most complicated part in building a rocket engine, and they've bypassed the complexity by going electric. "Jeff Findley" wrote in message ... In article , says... Congrats to Rocket Lab on their successful launch!: "A small rocket from a little-known company lifted off Sunday from the east coast of New Zealand, carrying a clutch of tiny satellites. That modest event ? the first commercial launch by a U.S.-New Zealand company known as Rocket Lab ? could mark the beginning of a new era in the space business, where countless small rockets pop off from spaceports around the world. This miniaturization of rockets and spacecraft places outer space within reach of a broader swath of the economy." See: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/s...ab-launch.html This company is one to watch. They are taking the path of a relatively inexpensive to manufacture small expendable launcher. Last I read, they're going to add a launch site in the US. Space startup Rocket Lab will build a second launch site in Virginia Soon, the company will be able to launch from the US and New Zealand By Loren Grush@lorengrush, Oct 17, 2018, 10:00am EDT https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/...-nasa-wallops- flight-facility-virginia-electron-rocket-launch-pad From the article, they'll be launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Having a US launch site is a good choice if they want to launch for NASA or DOD. Lots of other tidbits in the article. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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Rocket Lab?s big ?It?s Business Time? launch targets this weekend for takeoff
Jeff Findley wrote on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
05:45:32 -0500: In article , says... The one thing I like about their rocket is that they replaced the turbopump with a electric motor. It's probably only applicable to small engines (?), but it is innovative. The turbopump is by far the most complicated part in building a rocket engine, and they've bypassed the complexity by going electric. Agreed. Plus they drop battery packs when they're expended, which is a version of staging. I thought that was pretty clever. Even dropping the batteries I would think an electric pump would be heavier than a turbopump. Perhaps that's not significant at this scale but I'd think it would eat you up quick as you got bigger. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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