Maiden Flight

Overview

Destination: Unknown
Mission: Test Flight

Unknown Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D) Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle.

Neutron

Family:
Configuration:

Neutron is an upcoming medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle under development by Rocket Lab. Neutron features a reusable first stage fueled by LOX and Methane.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    40.0 m
  • Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    480.0 T
  • Thrust
    5960.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Neutron
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Neutron
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    15000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab

(RL)

CEO: Peter Beck Founded: 2006 Successes: 59 Failures: 4 Pending: 33

Agency Type:

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. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.

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