The Rocket Lab spacecraft will provide the power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control for the mission demonstration.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket deployed the ADRAS-J satellite for Astroscale Japan to conduct an orbital debris inspection demonstration mission.
The contract includes operating the satellites through 2030, with an option to extend to 2023.
NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future EO constellation.
The mission follows on from Rocket Lab’s two previous launches for Capella.
Across two Electron launches in 2024, Rocket Lab will deploy NASA’s PREFIRE mission to study naturally occurring radiation at the Arctic to better understand...
Rocket Lab is now scheduled to launch three missions for Synspective beginning in late 2023 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
The mission is the second marine recovery attempt of Electron this year after the success of the 35th mission.
The vehicle is designed to accommodate payloads of up to 700 kg for suborbital tests.
TROPICS will study tropical cyclones as part of NASA’s Earth Venture Class missions, which select targeted science missions to fill gaps in our overarching...
