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The upcoming week features flights from China, California, Virginia, and Florida. Three Starlink launches, two... The post Launch Preview: Chinese, Rocket Lab, and Starlink flights scheduled appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Six launches are scheduled worldwide during the next week, with the 12th flight of SpaceX's... The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Electron, and Vega C launch missions alongside Starship Flight 12 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Rocket Lab opened 2026 by breaking every record it set in 2025. The company signed... The post Rocket Lab signs new launch contracts and acquires robotics company during Q1 2026 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
The company pivoted to a Neutron rocket launch debut no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2026 following a first stage tank test failure earlier this year. The first flight of Neutron won't be reusable, but aims to recover the first stage during its second flight with a landing barge.
"Early technology development can be done at these small mom and pop shops, but when it really comes prime time to make things at scale, people like ourselves who are procurers of that, if they don't vertically integrate, they get very nervous," Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice told Payload
"You look at things like Golden Dome. There were a couple of capability gates there where you had to demonstrate capability by deadlines in order to be eligible to continue to compete," Brian Rogers, Rocket Lab's VP of launch, told Payload. "The constraints around launch can pick winners and losers there if you don't have a way to get to space by a deadline."
Another busy launch manifest is scheduled for this week, with nine launches expected from various... The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Spectrum, Electron to launch during busy week of launches appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft March 5 for a confidential customer, most likely Earth observation company BlackSky.
The failure of a propellant tank during testing in January will delay the first launch of Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket to at least the fourth quarter of this year.
The last week of January has a busy slate of orbital launches, with flights from... The post Launch Roundup: GPS, Starlink, Electron launches scheduled for last week of January appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Rocket Lab's innovative "Hungry Hippo" fairings for the Neutron rocket have arrived at Wallops Island,... The post Hungry Hippos and Test Tanks - Rocket Lab building towards Neutron appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Global launch activity is set to surge over the next week, with 13 missions scheduled... The post Launch Previews: Ariane 6, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Electron launches highlight busy week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .