From the RocketLab webpage:QuoteRocket Lab is a US corporation with a New Zealand subsidiaryIs the allocation to New Zealand correct? Doesn't it American company?
Rocket Lab is a US corporation with a New Zealand subsidiary
Quote from: JSz on 11/13/2016 04:08 pmFrom the RocketLab webpage:QuoteRocket Lab is a US corporation with a New Zealand subsidiaryIs the allocation to New Zealand correct? Doesn't it American company?Its current launch facilities are only in New Zealand until US Spaceports joint government and civilian agency task forces approve their pad requests and assign them an available missile/space launch complex(es).
So the Rocket Lab should be reported in "US Launch Schedule" as the company is US entity. Launch facility location is not a criterion (like Ariane is an Europe rocket in spite of the fact that Kourou is not located in Europe).
Quote from: JSz on 01/11/2017 10:08 amSo the Rocket Lab should be reported in "US Launch Schedule" as the company is US entity. Launch facility location is not a criterion (like Ariane is an Europe rocket in spite of the fact that Kourou is not located in Europe).if i remember correctly my school times, french guyana is politically part of france and the eu
Quote from: aga on 01/11/2017 05:40 pmQuote from: JSz on 01/11/2017 10:08 amSo the Rocket Lab should be reported in "US Launch Schedule" as the company is US entity. Launch facility location is not a criterion (like Ariane is an Europe rocket in spite of the fact that Kourou is not located in Europe).if i remember correctly my school times, french guyana is politically part of france and the euaga wrote truth. French Guyana is oversea department of France.
Rocket Lab's first Electron vehicle has arrived at its launch site south of Gisborne in what the New Zealand company says is an important milestone for the space industry.The historic test launch will take place in ''the coming months'', dependent on equipment testing and weather on the Mahia Peninsula.Pre-flight checks would now start on the 17m tall rocket - with a call sign chosen by staff: ''It's a Test.''"It's an important milestone for our team and for the space industry, both in New Zealand and globally. In past, it's been countries that go to space, not companies," said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab founder and chief executive.''I'm immensely proud of the team it's a great effort by a group of incredible people."The rocket was taken by truck in two climate-controlled containers to the Mahia Peninsula from Rocket Lab's manufacturing base near Auckland Airport. Launch Complex 1 is at the tip of the peninsula, about 90km south of Gisborne.
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Launched:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site (Country) - Time (UTC)2017:April 20 - suborbital test - VEx5a - Pipinas (Argentina) - 21:02 (launch failure)Scheduled:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site (Country) - Time (UTC)2017TBD - test flight - Black Arrow II - Nothern Scotland (UK)2018TBD - customer flight - Black Arrow II - TBD (Great Britain)2019TBD - suborbital test - VEx5c - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)2020midyear - TBD - ARION 2 - INTA-CEDEA (Spain)TBD - TBD - Tronador II - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - SARE-1A-1 - Tronador II - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - SARE-1A-2 - Tronador II - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - SARE-1A-3 - Tronador II - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - SARE-1A-4 - Tronador II - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - TBD - North Star Launch Vehicle (NSLV) - Andoya (Norway)20213rd quarter - smallsat (50 kg) + cubesat (x4) - ARION 2 - INTA-CEDEA (Spain)20232nd quarter - moon launch - ARION 2- INTA-CEDEA (Spain)Unclear:NET 2020 - TBD - Skylon - TBD (Great Britain)2023 - TBD - Águila IV - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)2024 - TBD - SLV - Lapan (Indonesia)TBD - TBD - Tronador III - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - TBD - Sirio III - Bahía Blanca (Argentina)TBD - TBD - Gokturk - TBD (Turkey)TBD - TBD - TBD - Sonmiani (Pakistan)TBD - ELE - Haas-2C - TBD (Romania)TBD - TBD - CHEETAH-1 CSLV - TBD (South Africa)Changes on April 23rd
U.K.-based Skyrora has unveiled plans to host a suborbital test flight in the fourth quarter of 2018. As part of its strategy to meet the rising demand for small satellite launches in a cost-effective manner, the company aims to set up a facility to launch smallsats from Scotland.
Now, this new financial support will allow PLD Space to start manufacturing two complete reusable ARION 1 rockets that will be ready to fly into space in 2019 from the CEDEA “El Arenosillo” test range in Huelva, belonging to the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA). ...Raúl Torres, CEO and co-founder of the company: – “We are in the process of manufacturing our first two space rockets, and we hope to start their integration and testing by the end of this year. It’s the beginning of a new era in our company, very nice but complex, because for the first time, we’re going face to face with building our first space launcher. In fact, we have already started purchasing materials and equipment to manufacture those 2 vehicles and more than 8 rocket engines that will be qualified for the first space launch in PLD Space’s history. In addition, I am proud to say that everything is being developed in Spain: Design, Manufacturing, Integration, Qualification, and the future Launch, which increases Spain’s competitiveness and brings added value to our national aerospace industry, which is strategically important at international level”-.