STP-27RM (It’s a Little Chile Up Here)
Electron
Rocket Lab
Mission
STP-27RM (It’s a Little Chile Up Here)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $6,000,000
A U.S. Air Force experimental spacecraft. It will demonstrate the use of a deployable sensor, where the sensor’s mass is a substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft and provide a platform to test future space protection capabilities.
Trajectory
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Location
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
38 rockets have launched from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
Agency
Rocket Lab – RL
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: RL
- Administration: CEO: Peter Beck
- Founded: 2006
- Launchers: Electron
- Country: USA
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. Electron currently launches from only Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand however a second launch complex in the US is under development.
Cubesats are the way to go ,cost effective etc. Australia’s young space industry is currently looking to explore this method .
Keep on keeping on Rocket Lab.
Nice launch from our New Z. friends .
Now the Moon and Mars, Venus.