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Rocket Lab Electron development, test flights, and rideshare expansion (2006–2022)

Rocket Lab Electron development, test flights, and rideshare expansion (2006–2022)

  1. Rocket Lab founded in Auckland, New Zealand

    Labels: Peter Beck, Auckland, Rocket Lab
  2. Launch Complex 1 officially opens on Māhia Peninsula

    Labels: Launch Complex, M hia, Rocket Lab
  3. Electron makes its first flight attempt

    Labels: Electron, It s, Launch Complex
  4. Electron reaches orbit on “Still Testing”

    Labels: Electron, Still Testing, orbital launch
  5. First commercial Electron launch, “It’s Business Time”

    Labels: Electron, It s, Curie kickstage
  6. Photon spacecraft program announced

    Labels: Photon, Rocket Lab, kick stage
  7. Rocket Lab closes acquisition of Sinclair Interplanetary

    Labels: Sinclair Interplanetary, Rocket Lab, acquisition
  8. First Electron first-stage recovery by ocean splashdown

    Labels: Return to, first stage, ocean recovery
  9. Launch Complex 2 opened to support U.S. launches

    Labels: Launch Complex, Wallops Island, Rocket Lab
  10. Rideshare mission “They Go Up So Fast” flies Photon Pathstone

    Labels: They Go, Photon Pathstone, rideshare
  11. “Running Out Of Toes” launch fails after anomaly

    Labels: Running Out, Electron, launch anomaly
  12. Helicopter catch achieved on “There And Back Again”

    Labels: There And, helicopter catch, first stage
  13. CAPSTONE launched with Photon on a lunar transfer mission

    Labels: CAPSTONE, Photon, lunar transfer