Thursday, December 12, 2019

Rocket Lab Sets Up First US Launch Site

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab, the satellite rocket launch developer, has set up its first U.S. launch site, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia. The launch site, which is it second, is in addition to an existing launch complex the company has in New Zealand. At a press conference at Wallops Island on Thursday, Rocket Lab said construction on its Launch Complex 2 started in February. Rocket Lab develops the Electron rocket, which is used to deliver small satellite payloads into space; the company has so far launched ten flights into space.

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